Background: The diagnoses of dementia increases in line with the aging population of the earth. Symptoms vary between different dementia diagnoses and for some, a diagnosis might be a relief and confirmation of what’s really going on for both the patient and their relatives. Person centered care aims to empower a person's self-esteem and involvement in their own care. It urges healthcare professionals to look beyond the diagnosis of the patient, which makes this the form of care advocated for patients with dementia. Despite the fact that long waiting times is an acknowledged problem, nurses are still obliged to pursue nursing on equal standardse. Aim: The aim was to acknowledge nurses' experiences of caring for patients with dementia in acute care settings Method: A literature-based study with nine qualitative articles were chosen. Results: The analysis identified three main categories; lack of knowledge, structural deficiencies and relatives as a co-actor of the caring process, and eight subcategories. Conclusion: Dedication and education are central aspects regarding the care of patients with dementia. It becomes apparent that regardless of context, caring for patients with dementia is often mired in complexity. Nurses claim that lack of time and education combined with structural deficiencies constitutes an obstacle for nurses providing what they would consider sufficient care. These deficiencies may also negatively affect attitudes and perceptions and consequently the care of patients with dementia can be stigmatized. / Bakgrund: Diagnostik av demens ökar i takt med världens åldrande befolkning. Symtom skiljer sig mellan olika diagnostyper och en diagnos kan innebära en lättnad och bekräftelse för både patient och anhöriga. Den vårdform som förespråkas för patienter med demens är personcentrerad vård som syftar till att stärka en persons självkänsla och delaktighet i vården och se bortom diagnoser. Även om väntetiderna på landets akutmottagningar är erkänt långa för äldre patienter har sjuksköterskor en skyldighet att ge omvårdnad på en likvärdig grund. Syfte: Syftet med studien var att belysa sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att vårda patienter med demens på akutvårdsavdelningar. Metod: En litteraturbaserad studie valdes där nio kvalitativa artiklar analyserats Resultat: Ur analysen framträdde tre kategorier; bristande kunskap, strukturella brister och anhöriga en medaktör i vårdandet med åtta underkategorier. Konklusion: Vårdandet av patienter med demens kräver engagemang och utbildning och det visar sig att det oavsett kontext är komplext att vårda patienter med demens. Sjuksköterskors erfarenheter visar att tid, utbildning och strukturella brister utgör ett hinder i vårdandet. Dessa brister kan även påverka attityder i negativ riktning och vårdandet av patienter med demens kan stigmatiseras.

Magister Psychologiae - MPsych / According to the findings of this study, childcare workers caring for HIV-positive children working in a residential care setting, have similar experiences and challenges to nurses, community-based caregivers and primary caregivers, such as coping with loss and contagion fear. Nonetheless, caring for HIV-positive children poses unique challenges for the caregiver, calling for flexibility and situation-dependent coping strategies.

Given the stress involved in caring for elders, the propensity for abuse among the older adult population continues to be a problem, as the number of caregivers providing care in the home is increasing to meet the demand of an increasing population of older adults. One solution is to implement video surveillance in the home. The purpose of this phenomenological, retrospective and prospective study was to describe the perceptions and experiences of caregivers that affect stress in the home care setting and to describe participants' perceptions about the impact of video surveillance in the home environment on caregiver stress and elder abuse. Using a lens of critical ecological framework and privacy theory, the research questions inquired about the specific experiences of stress and the perceptions of the use of home surveillance of caregivers in the home. A sample of 9 older adult home caregivers were recruited from the United Jewish Council of the East Side Home Attendant Service Corp. Findings revealed that increased family, community, and agency involvement and support may offset the feelings of isolation of the home care environment and ensure the caregiver is given opportunities to engage in strategies designed to help cope with the inherent stressors of the job. In addition, video camera surveillance in the home care setting may provide social support through observation of the situation in the home, supporting both social control on the behavior of the caregiver and direct evidence of quality of care for the caregiver. The findings of the study help to highlight effective intervention strategies based on the specific stressors and stress relievers identified, serving to reduce the potential for older adult abuse and neglect in the home care setting.

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As aplicações da tecnologia de identificação por radiofrequência (RFID) em hospitais movimenta uma importante área de estudo no setor de saúde. Acompanhando o crescente número de trabalhos na área, encontra-se a necessidade de sistematização e categorização destas aplicações e de estudos que apresente soluções para o processo logístico hospitalar, particularmente, sob a perspectiva do fluxo de pacientes em ambulatórios de ensino. Diante deste cenário, a presente tese propõe um modelo de referência para a identificação e análise de aplicações RFID, considerando o objeto de estudo em questão. A revisão da literatura inicia-se abordando a Logística Hospitalar, apresentando os principais autores e correntes dessa área de pesquisa, apontando para a importância do fluxo de pacientes como elemento direcionador dos demais fluxos logísticos. Em seguida, é realizado um levantamento e categorização das aplicações da RFID em organizações hospitalares, permitindo a análise e o entendimento de suas principais características. Dessa forma, três bases apoiam o método de pesquisa. O primeiro é a revisão bibliográfica. O segundo é a metodologia para o desenvolvimento de modelos de referência na área de TI e por final, a avaliação do modelo por profissionais de saúde e TI, futuros usuários do modelo. Como contribuição da pesquisa, destaca-se o desenvolvimento e prescrição de um conjunto de atividades voltadas à identificação e análise de aplicações RFID dentro da visão de Logística Hospitalar, objetivando uma maior aproximação entre profissionais de saúde e TI na etapa de planejamento do processo de implantação da tecnologia em um ambiente ambulatorial de ensino. / The applications of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) in hospitals move an important area of study in the healthcare. Accompanying the growing body of research on this topic, there is a need for systematization of such applications and proposals for solutions to the hospital logistics processes, particularly from the perspective of patient flow logistics in teaching ambulatory care setting. In this way, this thesis proposes a reference model for the identification and analysis of RFID applications, considering this object of research. The literature review begins by addressing the hospital logistics management, presenting the main authors of this emerging area of research, pointing to the importance of patient flow. Next, we conducted a review and categorization of RFID applications in hospital organizations, theme of this research, allowing the analysis and understanding of its main characteristics. Thus, three bases support the research method. The first is the literature review. The second is the methods for reference model development in IT field and the third, the evaluation by health and IT professionals, potential users of model. As a research contribution, a set of activities designed to identifying and analyzing RFID applications in hospital logistics was developed, aimed to approach health and IT professionals in the planning stage of RFID implementation process.

As aplicações da tecnologia de identificação por radiofrequência (RFID) em hospitais movimenta uma importante área de estudo no setor de saúde. Acompanhando o crescente número de trabalhos na área, encontra-se a necessidade de sistematização e categorização destas aplicações e de estudos que apresente soluções para o processo logístico hospitalar, particularmente, sob a perspectiva do fluxo de pacientes em ambulatórios de ensino. Diante deste cenário, a presente tese propõe um modelo de referência para a identificação e análise de aplicações RFID, considerando o objeto de estudo em questão. A revisão da literatura inicia-se abordando a Logística Hospitalar, apresentando os principais autores e correntes dessa área de pesquisa, apontando para a importância do fluxo de pacientes como elemento direcionador dos demais fluxos logísticos. Em seguida, é realizado um levantamento e categorização das aplicações da RFID em organizações hospitalares, permitindo a análise e o entendimento de suas principais características. Dessa forma, três bases apoiam o método de pesquisa. O primeiro é a revisão bibliográfica. O segundo é a metodologia para o desenvolvimento de modelos de referência na área de TI e por final, a avaliação do modelo por profissionais de saúde e TI, futuros usuários do modelo. Como contribuição da pesquisa, destaca-se o desenvolvimento e prescrição de um conjunto de atividades voltadas à identificação e análise de aplicações RFID dentro da visão de Logística Hospitalar, objetivando uma maior aproximação entre profissionais de saúde e TI na etapa de planejamento do processo de implantação da tecnologia em um ambiente ambulatorial de ensino. / The applications of radio frequency identification technology (RFID) in hospitals move an important area of study in the healthcare. Accompanying the growing body of research on this topic, there is a need for systematization of such applications and proposals for solutions to the hospital logistics processes, particularly from the perspective of patient flow logistics in teaching ambulatory care setting. In this way, this thesis proposes a reference model for the identification and analysis of RFID applications, considering this object of research. The literature review begins by addressing the hospital logistics management, presenting the main authors of this emerging area of research, pointing to the importance of patient flow. Next, we conducted a review and categorization of RFID applications in hospital organizations, theme of this research, allowing the analysis and understanding of its main characteristics. Thus, three bases support the research method. The first is the literature review. The second is the methods for reference model development in IT field and the third, the evaluation by health and IT professionals, potential users of model. As a research contribution, a set of activities designed to identifying and analyzing RFID applications in hospital logistics was developed, aimed to approach health and IT professionals in the planning stage of RFID implementation process.

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Bakgrund: Den palliativa vården syftar till att främja bästa möjliga livskvalitet för människor drabbade av obotlig, livshotande sjukdom. För att den sista tiden i livet ska bli så bra som möjligt för patienter och närstående krävs en helhetssyn på människan där hänsyn tas till både fysiska, psykiska, sociala och existentiella behov och att vården ges utifrån patientens önskemål. Sjuksköterskor har ett betydelsefullt omvårdnadsansvar i vården av svårt sjuka och döende patienter, men ansvaret kan se olika ut beroende på var patienten vårdas. I Sverige sker cirka en tredjedel av alla dödsfall varje år på sjukhus, i en miljö vars huvudsakliga fokus är att rädda liv. Palliativ vård är en grundläggande rättighet för alla människor och sjukvården har ett ansvar att ge en god, säker, jämlik och individanpassad vård, oavsett var patienten vårdas. Trots detta har den palliativa vården på sjukhus visat sig vara otillräcklig ur många perspektiv. Syfte: Syftet med litteraturöversikten var att beskriva sjuksköterskors syn på sitt omvårdnadsansvar i vården av patienter i livets slutskede på sjukhus. Metod: En litteraturöversikt med kvalitativ ansats utfördes på ett systematiskt sätt. Artiklar söktes med hjälp av relevanta sökord i databaserna PubMed och CINAHL.12 vetenskapliga originalartiklar inkluderades, kvalitetsgranskades och analyserades och resultatet sammanställdes med hjälp av tematisk innehållsanalys. Resultat: Fyra huvudteman utkristalliserades. Det första handlade framför allt om känslor av osäkerhet i rollen och ansvaret relaterat till kunskaps- och erfarenhetsbrist och det andra om ansvaret att ge en helhetsvård utifrån patientens behov och önskemål, ofta svårt i en akut vårdkontext. Det tredje temat beskrev att sjuksköterskorna ofta fick kämpa sig till ett samarbete, att deras profession inte alltid togs på allvar och att ansvaret att bygga tillitsfulla relationer med patienter och närstående krävde förutsättningar som inte alltid fanns. Sista temat handlade om ansvaret att företräda patienterna och viljan att göra det bästa möjliga för patienter och närstående. Samtliga teman beskrev faktorer som påverkade sjuksköterskans möjlighet att ta sitt omvårdnadsansvar. Slutsats: Det finns en önskan och strävan hos sjuksköterskorna i litteraturöversiktenatt vården i livets slutskede ska vara den bästa möjliga, men de saknar många gånger rätt förutsättningar för att ge en god vård utifrån ett palliativt förhållningssätt. För att kunna tillgodose patientens fysiska, psykiska, sociala och existentiella behov behöver sjuksköterskorna mer utbildning och kunskap, tid samt ett bättre teamarbete professionerna emellan. / Background: Palliative care is an approach aimed to improve quality of life for patients with serious, life-threatening illness. To optimize the time for patients and their families the care should be provided through the integration of physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs and health professionals that pay special attention to the preferences of individuals. Nurses have a significant responsibility in the care of the terminal ill, and the responsibility can look different depending on where the patients are cared for. In Sweden, about a third of all deaths occur in hospitals, in an environment whose main focus is to save lives. Palliative care is a basic human right and healthcare has a responsibility to give a good, secure, equal and person-centered care, regardless of where the patients are cared for. Despite this, the hospital palliative care has been shown as insufficient in many perspectives. Aim: The aim was to describe nurses’ view of their responsibility in the end-of-life care in hospitals. Method: A qualitative literature review was made in a systematic way. Articles were sought with relevant search terms in the PubMed and CINAHL databases. 12 scientific original articles were included, quality reviewed and analysed and the result was compiled with thematic content analysis. Results: Four main themes crystallised. The first was mainly about feelings of uncertainty in the role and responsibility related to lack of knowledge and experience. The second was about the responsibility to provide comprehensive care based on the patient’s needs and wishes, often difficult in an acute care context. The third theme described that nurses often had to fight their way to a collaboration, that their profession was not always taken seriously and that the responsibility to build trusting relationships with patients and loved ones required conditions that did not always exist. The last theme was about the responsibility to represent patients and the desire to do the best possible for patients and loved ones. All themes described factors that affected the nurse’s ability to assume her nursing responsibilities. Conclusion: There is a desire and ambition among the nurses in the study that end-of-life care should be as good as possible, but they often lack the right conditions to provide good care based on a palliative approach. To meet the patient's physical, mental, social and existential needs, nurses need more education and knowledge, time and better teamwork between the professions.

Improvements in technology have allowed people with tracheostomies to live at home on mechanical ventilation (HMV). Quality of life (QOL) for HMV users has been studied quantitatively, but few qualitative studies have been published. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore QOL for individuals with tracheostomies on prolonged HMV focusing on activities of daily living (ADLs) and the role of decision- making. The Roper, Logan, and Tierney activities of living theory were used to categorize activities. Ten participants, 18 years and older, with a tracheostomy and on HMV for at least 6 months were enrolled using purposive sampling. Data were collected through structured, in-depth, face-to-face interviews. Themes that emerged were (a) autonomy, (b) significance of ventilator for well-being, (c) feeling tied up, (d) creating meaning, (e) tipping point, (f) reminiscence, (g) building trust and confidence, (h) adjusting to technology, (i) family support and relationships, and (g) meaning of life. The participants were relatively healthy and their QOL was improved when they were on HMV compared to the hospital. The participants felt empowered that they had control in their daily lives at home when they had competent caregivers and family members for continuity of care. Recommendations for future research would include exploring improved methods of collaboration among health care workers and families in providing holistic care and reducing role strain and isolation in young HMV users. The study may promote positive social change through education for family, health care workers, and the public about strategies to promote independence and subsequent improvement in QOL for individuals on HMV.