Thesis (M.H.A.)--University of Michigan, 1969.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 133-136).

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 1999. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains v, 66 p. : map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-56).

Thesis (M.G.S.)--Miami University, Dept. of Sociology and Gerontology, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35).

I focused on the topic of activation of seniors in social care facilities in my diploma thesis. The aim of the diploma thesis was to describe possibilities regarding the activation of seniors in social care facilities and to find out how much the activation services in selected types of social care facilities differ. I conducted a research survey through interviews with social and activation workers from four types of social care facilities: homes for the elderly, special regimes homes, hospice care and social beds in long-term hospitals. The questions for the interviews were semi-structured and aimed at finding out the possibilities and differences in the activation of seniors in these facilities. All social care facilities are legally obliged to activate their clients. However, on the basis of this research, I have come to the conclusion that not all facilities follow this requirement. Some entities activate their clients very little, and for this reason, these people are suffering and their life feels meaningless. On the other side, in facilities where activation is provided, seniors are more satisfied, feel they have a meaningful life, and they enjoy their life. As a result of the research, I found that the differences in activation of seniors in social care facilities are really significant.

Using a pre- and post-test design with both experimental and control groups, the research was conducted to see if life review improved the independence, depression, and integrated functioning of the institutionalized elderly. The elderly on the long term care unit of an acute care hospital waiting to be placed in a long term care facility were studied using a pre- and post-test design. Patients who were not depressed and could communicate in English were included in the study. They were randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups when possible. Patients in the experimental groups attended eight life review sessions over a four week period while the control groups carried on with the usual activities on the unit. Three scales, the Geriatric Depression Scale, Activities of Daily Living Evaluation Form, and the Geriatric Rating Scale were administered before the four week period and after. Data was also collected during the sessions on group process using the Group Process Observational Checklist on the experimental groups. Demographic data was collected on all the patients in the study. It was found that the experimental group did become more independent, integrated and less depressed. This study indicated that life review is beneficial for the institutionalized elderly but, it could not show exactly what variables in the life review process contributed to these positive results. Replication studies are needed to validate these findings. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

A role description for a medical coordinator in extended and long term care facilities in British Columbia has been defined using a Delphi method. Also obtained during the study was a long term care philosophy. Three groups - nurses, administrators, and physicians took part in three rounds of the Delphi study. Thirty-five respondents were interviewed in the first round. During this interview the researcher obtained from the respondents the statements that they considered should be included in this role and philosophy description. During the second round the respondents rated the responses of the first round and in the third round those of the second round were revised after seeing the mean scores of the whole group and the three separate groups. The description of the role of a medical coordinator developed describes the role as it applies to: resident care; private physicians; planning, development and evalution of care; staffing of a facility; education; administration; and the training, experience, skills and attitude of a medical coordinator. When the description created was compared with that for the medical director in a long term care facility in the United States it was found that this study had described additional dimensions of the role, in particular the multi-disciplinary approach and the physician's knowledge, training, experience, skills and attitude. The results of the study show where there was agreement and where there were differences of opinion between the three professional groups. A long term care philosophy which was considered very important for a medical coordinator to promote, has been defined during the study. It focuses on the resident reaching his full potential, the creation of a special environment, as well as acceptance of disability, dying and death. Recommendations from the study are made for facilities which might be considering employing a medical coordinator, for planners deciding whether to provide funds for medical coordinators, for geriatric medical education and for the acceptance of a long term care philosophy in all parts of the health care system where there are long term care clients. / Medicine, Faculty of / Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of / Graduate

Orientador: Maria Elena Guariento / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-28T02:26:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Biasoli_TiagoRodrigo_M.pdf: 825455 bytes, checksum: 6d0f70441461706b304a0a416c486bed (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Resumo: Em decorrência do aumento significativo de pessoas acima de 60 anos com transtornos mentais, é necessário conhecer as características destes sujeitos, com o intuito de promover uma melhor assistência em saúde, assim como identificar os possíveis fatores de risco associados à incidência destas doenças. Em função disso, esta pesquisa teve como o objetivo principal a caracterização sociodemográfica (gênero, idade, escolaridade, estado conjugal) e clínica (número de consultas, tempo de tratamento, número de ambulatórios frequentados e óbitos) de 318 idosos com algum tipo de transtornos de humor, entre os 1131 idosos atendidos em Ambulatórios Especializados na atenção ao idoso, do Hospital de Clínicas da Unicamp no período de 2008 a 2013. Os dados foram coletados dos prontuários do Serviço Digital de Arquivo Médico. A análise dos dados foi realizada utilizando-se os testes Qui-Quadrado (para valores esperados menores que 5). Para avaliar a associação dos transtornos de humor com as demais variáveis, foram realizadas análises de regressão logística univariada, para a verificação de associações isoladas. Em seguida, foram realizadas com os mesmos desfechos análises de regressão logística multivariada pelo método de entrada manual (enter) das variáveis independentes. Para todas as análises foram adotadas um valor de p menor ou igual a 0,05 e utilizando-se, para isso, o software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS®), versão 20. Verificou-se, que a amostra total era composta predominantemente por mulheres (59,8%), por idosos na faixa etária entre 70-79 anos (38,8%) e casados (50,8%). Os Transtornos Mentais Orgânicos estavam presentes em 62,3% dessa população, seguidos por 23,6% relacionado aos Transtornos de Humor, sendo que 67,6% da amostra submetiam-se a tratamento por período superior a dois anos, 39% tinham realizado mais de 6 consultas e 34,1% tinham registro de comorbidades associadas. Em relação ao perfil por Especialidade, novamente se constatou um predomínio de mulheres idosas em todos os segmentos, já em relação à faixa etária, percebe-se uma diferença significativa entre as Especialidades, já que os indivíduos mais novos predominavam na Área de Psiquiatria e os mais idosos (acima de 80 anos), são mais evidentes na Área de Geriatria. Quanto às características clínico-psicológicas, verificou-se predomínio dos Transtornos Mentais Orgânicos nos Ambulatórios relacionados da Geriatria e Neurologia, sendo que os Transtornos de Humor tiveram maior registro na Psiquiatria com 44,4% dos diagnósticos. Em relação ao número de comorbidades registradas, verificou-se que 76,3% dos idosos atendidos na Geriatria apresentavam comorbidades associadas, sendo que o maior tempo de tratamento foi encontrado nos pacientes da Psiquiatria, que também registrou o maior número de consultas por paciente, e foi o único local com pacientes acompanhados em três ou mais ambulatórios. Em relação aos idosos com Transtornos de Humor, evidenciou-se que os sujeitos com menos de 80 anos, do sexo feminino, analfabetos, sem companheiros, e que comparecimento a maior número de consultas associaram-se positivamente com a presença desses Transtornos / Abstract: As a consequence of the significant increase in people over 60 with mental disorders, it is necessary to know the characteristics of this population in order to promote better health care, and to identify possible risk factors associated with the incidence of these diseases. This research has as main objective to describe the socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, education, marital status) and clinical characteristics (number of counsel, treatment time and deaths) of 318 elderly people with some kind of disorder mood among 1131 elderly patients from outpatient clinics of Clinic Hospital of the State University of Campinas, during the period of 2008-2013. The data were collected from medical records of Digital Medical Archive Service. Data analysis was performed using the chi-square test (expected to lower values than 5) to compare categorical variables. To evaluate the association of mood disorders with the other variables, analyzes were performed univariate logistic regression, for the verification of individual associations. They were then held to the same outcomes multivariate logistic regression analysis by manual input method (enter) the independent variables. For all analyzes were adopted a p-value lesser than or equal to 0.05. It was used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS), version 20. It was found that the total sample was consisted in the majority of women (59.8%). people aged between 70-79 years (38.8%) and married (50.8%). The Organic Mental Disorders were present in 62.3% of the population, followed by 23.6% related to Mood Disorders; 67.6% of the sample were undergoing treatment for longer than two years, 39% had conducted over 6 consultations and 34.1% had associated comorbidities registration. Regarding the profile for Specialty, again we found a predominance of older women in all segments. In terms of age, a significant difference between the specialties was evident, as the younger individuals predominated in Psychiatry Area and older (over 80) are more evident in Geriatrics Area. As for the clinical and psychological characteristics, there was predominance of Organic Mental Disorders related to outpatient clinics Geriatrics and Neurology, and the Mood Disorders had greater occurrence more record in Psychiatry with 44.4% of diagnoses. Regarding the number of registered comorbidities, it was found that 76.3% of the elderly seen in Geriatrics had more comorbidities, and the longer treatment was found in patients of Psychiatry, who also recorded the highest number of visits per patient and was the only place with patients followed for three or more clinics. Regarding the elderly with Mood Disorders, it became clear that individuals under 80 years, female, illiterate, without companions, and that attendance at more consultations were positively associated with the presence of these disorders / Mestrado / Gerontologia / Mestre em Gerontologia

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Inledning: Under Covid-19 pandemin har ett intresse väckts hos författarna angående hur en upplevd ensamhet påverkar en äldre negativt.Bakgrund: Bland annat kulturen, upplevelsen av ens egen hälsa och förtrogna kontakter påverkar upplevelsen av ensamhet. Äldre som bor på särskilda boenden upplever en större ensamhet än äldre som bor i eget hushåll. Ensamhet är en subjektiv upplevelse och kan delas in i existentiell, emotionell och social ensamhet. Besvär med ensamhet kan leda till en försämrad hälsa och ett ökat vårdbehov. Syfte: Belysa vilka omvårdnadsåtgärder som minskar de äldres besvär av ensamhet på särskilda boenden.Metod: En litteraturstudie baserad på 13 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativa (n=3) och kvantitativ (n=10) metod.Resultat: Resultatet delas in i två huvudteman och åtta underteman. Den äldres syn på hur ensamhet kan minskas med fyra underteman: att få stöd och uppmärksamt, att ha kontroll över sin vardag och vara nöjd med livet, att vara i kontakt med det existentiell och spirituella samt att få distrahera sig. Andra temat handlar om Omvårdnadsåtgärder i form av aktiviteter med fyra underteman: Reminiscens- och kognitivstimulerandeterapi, videosamtal, djur- och robotterapi samt hobbyaktiviteter.Slutsats: Olika omvårdnadsåtgärder lämpar sig till olika former av ensamhet, beroende på om den äldre upplever existentiell, emotionell eller social ensamhet. Vidare är den äldres individuella intresse och förutsättningar av relevans vid val av omvårdnadsåtgärd. / Introduction: A spark of interest has grown during the Covid-19 pandemic about how experienced loneliness can affect elderly in a negative way.Background: For instance, culture, the experience of once own health and close relationships influences experienced loneliness. Elderly in residential care facilities experience loneliness in a higher regard than elderly who lives at home. Loneliness is a subjective experience and can be divided into existential, emotional, and social loneliness. Encumbrance of loneliness can lead to decline in health and increased care needs. Aim: Portray nursing interventions that decrease the elderly’s encumbrance of loneliness at residential care facilities.Method: A literature review based on 13 scientific studies with qualitative (n=3) and quantitative (n=10) methods.Result: The result has been divided into two main themes and eight sub-themes. The elderly’s view of how loneliness can be decreased, with four sub-themes: to get support and attention, to have control over once daily-life and to be satisfied with life, to be in contact with the existential and spiritual dimensions, and to distract one-self. The second main theme is nursing interventions in the form of activities, with four sub-themes: reminiscence- and cognitive stimulation therapy, videocalls, pet- and robot therapy and leisure activities.Conclusion: Different nursing interventions is suitable to different kind of loneliness, depending if the elderly is experiencing existential, emotional, or social loneliness. Furthermore, the elderly’s individual interest and condition is of relevance when applying nursing intervention.