Bakgrund: Idag lever äldre iranier med sin kultur- och tradition bakom sig i det svenska samhället. De blir oftast beroende av vårdpersonalen på grund av nedsatt kroppsfunktion. Bemötandet bör ses som något centralt i strävan mot att ge en god vård för att höja livskvaliteten. Syfte: Syftet är att beskriva hur äldre iranier upplevde att flytta ett iranskt särskilt boende och vårdpersonalens bemötande. Metod: Denna studie är en kvalitativ studie med semistrukturerad samt öppna frågor mellan två kvinnor och två män med iranskbakgrund mellan 78 och 92 år i ett persiskt äldreboende. Resultat: I analysen framkom olika positivt och negativt faktorer som påverkar deltagarnas välbefinnande. Under analysen framkom " Upplevelse av värdigt bemötand och kräkningar" som huvudteman. Det skapades två teman; upplevelse av att flytta till det iranska äldreboendet och upplevelse av personalens bemötande. Under varje tema framkom också några subteman. Diskussion: Det var en stor omställning för deltagarna att lämna Iran, ha svenska språksvårighet, vara utanförskap, åldras, bli sjuka, vara inaktiva, beroende och sedan blev tvungna att flytta till ett särskilt boende. Upplevelse av sorg över att bli ensamma och isolerade, och behov av att känna sig trygga illustrerades. God miljö saknades inte men deras behov av bli respekterad och ha samtal med persisktalande personaler var stort. Slutsats: Det var inte essentiellt att vårdpersonalen var persisktalande. En del av persisktalande vårdpersonal behöver olika utbildningar för att kunna se boende iraniers helhet. Bemötande är någonting som vårdpersonal via kroppsspråket och beteende visar och den äldre personen förstår. / Background: Today, living elderly Iranians with their culture and tradition in the Swedish community. They often become dependent on caregivers because of impaired body function. The response should be seen as central in the quest to provide good health care to improve of life. Aim: The aim is to describe how older Iranians experienced about to move an Iranian especially nursing homes and health care staff encounter/attitude. Method: This study is qualitative study using semi-structured and open questions between two women and two men with Iranians background between 78 and 92 years old in a Persian nursing home. Results: The analysis revealed various positive and negative factors affecting the participants the health. During the analysis revealed "Experience the dignity treatment and vomiting" as the main theme. It was created two themes: The experience of moving to housing for the Iranian elderly and experience of the health care encounter. In each theme was also found in some sub-themes. Discussion: There was a big factor for participants to leave Iran, have Swedish language difficulty, be exclusion, aging, getting sick, being inactive, dependent and then had to move to a particular nursing home. Experience of sadness about becoming feeling isolated and lonely, and ness to feel safe illustrated. Good environment were not lacking, but their need to be respected and to have conversations with Persian speaking of nursing staff were great/big. Conclusion: It was not essential that health nursing staff were Persian speaking. Some of Persians peaking health professionals need different training to be able to see the residents Iranians whole. Treatment is something that a healthcare professional through the body language and behavior shows and the older person understands.

Nursing assistants’, as frontline caregivers in the care of older people, have a unique opportunity to encourage physical activity and exercise in older people. Hence, the perceptions by these care providers of physical activity and exercise among older people are an essential factor. The aim of this study is to  describe how nursing assistants perceive physical activity and exercise for older people, over the age of 65, receiving home care and home help. Method: Data was collected through interviews with 19 nursing assistants, selected by strategic sampling and analysed using a phenomenographic approach. Results: The findings show two different perceptions of physical activity for the older people: “physical activity is to  move” described as everyday movements i.e. everyday activities and outdoors activities and “physical activity is to make an effort”, described as older people handling their day-to-day tasks and outdoor activities or struggling to be less inactive and performing healthy activities. Three different perceptions of exercise for the older people emerged: “exercise as physical activity”, described as movement performed, based on individual exercise programmes from the physiotherapist or through day-to-day tasks such as dressing, cleaning or shopping; “exercise as rehabilitation” described as part of the rehabilitation process or as a prescription to follow, and “exercise as an agent” described as enhancing the health and well-being of older people, principally related to mobility or enhancing the older people’s social activities. Conclusion: This study shows that there are a variety of perceptions of physical activity and exercise among nursing assistants which can be important for health professionals to be aware of, in order to provide targeted support. This study also shows two different approaches by nursing assistants towards older people: a health-promotion one and a preventive one; it would seem to be important to be aware of these approaches, if a shift towards promoting health and well-being should be implemented in the care of older people.