Syfte: Arbetets syfte var att beskriva äldres, 65 år +, självupplevda förändringar i aktivitetsmönster och välbefinnande efter flytt till ett särskilt boende. Metod: En kvalitativ intervju med semistrukturerade frågor och skattning med VAS-skala, genomfördes på tio äldre personer som flyttat in på särskilt boende. Urvalet var ett bekvämlighetsurval kompletterat med ett sekundärt avsiktligt urval. Urvalet genomfördes på två särskilda boenden, ett i en större stad och ett i en mindre. En kvalitativ dataanalys genomfördes för att analysera intervjusvaren. Resultat: Resultatet visade att informanterna upplevde förändringar i både aktivitetsmönster och välbefinnande efter flytt till ett särskilt boende. Informanterna upplevde att de hade fler fritidsaktiviteter, eller rekreativa aktiviteter och färre måste-aktiviteter som städ eller tvätt. Många meningsfulla fysiska aktiviteter hade blivit svåra att utföra och ersatts med mindre krävande aktiviteter. Deras välbefinnande hade förbättrats på grund av ökad social kontakt och trygghet. Slutsats: Aktivitetsmönster och upplevt välbefinnande påverkades av flytt till särskilt boende. Även åldrandets aspekter upplevs ha varit en bidragande faktor till förändring. / Aim: The purpose of the thesis was to describe older adults (65 and older) perceptions about changes to their occupational patterns and wellbeing after a move to a special care facility. Method: A qualitative interview with semi-structured questions and estimated wellbeing on a VAS-scale was performed on ten older adults living in special care facilities. The sampling was a convenient sampling with a secondary purposive sampling. The sampling of participants was made from two separate special care facilities, one in a city and one in a town. A qualitative data analysis was performed to analyses the collected data.  Results: The result showed that the participants perceived changes to both occupational patterns and wellbeing after a move to a special care facility. The participants perceived that they had more recreational activities or leisure activities and less household chores or mustdo-activities after moving to a special care facility. Many meaningful physical activities had become hard to perform and had been replaced with less demanding activities.  Conclusion: Occupational patterns and estimated wellbeing was affected by the move to a special care facility. The aspects of aging were perceived to affect the change as well.

Syfte: Syftet med studien var att beskriva om aktivitetskorten i I-HOPE motsvarar äldre personers aktiviteter i hemmet utifrån svenska förhållanden samt identifiera behov av att komplettera med ytterligare aktiviteter. Metod: Datainsamling utfördes med en kvantitativ standardiserad webbenkät med kvalitativt inslag. Totalt deltog 41 personer mellan 65 och 87 år med en medelåldern av 73.3 år och standardavvikelse på 5.1 år. Samtliga deltagare bodde i ordinärt boende i Södra Norrland kust- och inland i Sverige. Datamaterialet bearbetades med kvantitativ analysmetod, resultatet presenterades i löptext med tabeller och figurer. Svaren från webbänktens öppna fråga angående saknade aktiviteter kategoriserades i grupper utifrån de faktiska svaren. Resultat: Resultatet från studien visade att samtliga deltagare kunde identifiera 18 av de 44 aktivitetskorten utan vägledning och 16 aktivitetskort kunde 75-99% av deltagarna identifiera utan vägledning.Vidare var det 10 aktivitetskort som färre än 50% av studiens deltagare identifierade utan vägledning. På flertalet aktivitetskort kunde deltagarna identifiera aktiviteten men de identifierade sig sedan inte med miljön, utrustningen eller hur aktiviteten utfördes. Resultatet visade även att 10 av de 44 aktiviteterna inte utfördes av samtliga deltagare i studien. Vidare framkom behov av att komplettera I-HOPE med ytterligare aktivitetskort för att svara mot svenska förhållande. Slutsats: Utifrån studiens resultat finner författarna ett behov av att komplettera med fler aktivitetskort samt att revidera ett antal av bilderna på de befintliga aktivitetskorten i bedömningsinstrumentet I-HOPE. / Purpose: The purpose of the study was to describe whether the activity cards in I-HOPE correspond to older people's activities in the home based on Swedish conditions and identify the need to supplement additional activities. Method: Data collection was performed with a quantitative standardized web quote with qualitative elements. In total, 41 participants participated between 65 and 87 years with an average age of 73.3 years and a standard deviation of 5.1 years. All participants lived in Ordinary accommodation in southern Norway, coastal and inland in Sweden. The data was processed using quantitative analysis method, the result was presented in running text with tables and figures. The answers from the web site's open question about missing activities were categorized into groups based on the actual answers. Results: The result of the study showed that it was 18 of the 44 activity cards that all participants could identify without guidance. 16 activity cards were 75-99% of the participants who could identify. In addition, there were 10 activity cards that fewer than 50% of the study participants were able to Identify without guidance. On most activity cards, participants were able to identify the activity without guidance but they could not identify with the environment, equipment or how the activity was performed. The result also showed that 10 of the 44 activities were not performed by all participants in the study. Furthermore, there was a need to supplement I-HOPE with additional activity cards to respond to Swedish conditions. Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, the authors find a need to supplement more activity cards and to revise a number of the pictures on the existing activity cards in the I-HOPE assessment tool.

Influenza vaccination is recommended for persons with high-risk health conditions such as chronic diseases to prevent flu-related complications and death. African Americans 65 years and older have consistently been reported to have the lowest influenza vaccination rates compared to all other racial groups, despite having higher rates of chronic diseases. A review of the literature indicated that there is a dearth of qualitative studies examining the grounds for these low rates. In this study, 15 African Americans 65 years and older were interviewed to explore the factors that contribute to low rates of flu vaccination among this racial group. Research questions using the constructs of the theory of planned behavior gathered the behavioral beliefs, normative beliefs (social norm), and control beliefs affecting low influenza vaccination uptake among older African Americans. Data analysis yielded 5 major themes: (a) fear of illness, (b) vaccine does not work, (c) self-advocacy, (d) have access to flu vaccine, and (e) education needed. These findings suggest that older African Americans would benefit from system, organization, and policy changes that support improved provider efforts and community interventions specifically targeting their concerns about flu vaccination. Implementation of strategies supported by evidence found in this study may improve understanding of flu vaccination from the perspective of older African Americans, and potentially increase the rates of influenza vaccination among this racial group to bring about positive social change.