Äldres delaktighet och inflytande i äldreomsorgen beskriver Socialdepartementet som bristfällig. För att öka äldres delaktighet tillsattes ett verktyg, genomförandeplaner. I den här uppsatsen ställer vi oss frågorna: Hur upplever personal äldres delaktighet på äldreboenden samt vad fyller genomförandeplaner för funktion för äldres delaktighet? Utifrån sex intervjuer med personal på äldreboenden visar resultatet att personalen upplever äldres delaktighet som framåtskridande och betydelsefull inom äldreomsorgen. Personalens syn på genomförandeplaner är att det är ett krångligt men bra verktyg för att öka äldres delaktighet. Slutsatser vi argumenterar för är att äldres delaktighet kan gynnas eller missgynnas av: Personalens förhållningssätt och hur de arbetar, huruvida de äldre är engagerade till att vara delaktiga och om de kan vara delaktiga. Studien visar att genomförandeplaner som verktyg för äldres delaktighet fungerar och ger positiva resultat. Faktorer som kan främja eller begränsa delaktigheten via genomförandeplaner är: kontaktmannaskapet, äldre och personalens förståelse för frågorna och genomförandeplansprocessen. / Elderly people’s participation and involvement in elderly care are according to the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs inadequate. To increase elderly people’s participation, a tool for documentation for implementation was made. In this study we ask ourselves: How does staff experience elderly people’s participation in nursing homes and which function does the documentation for implementation have on elderly people’s participation? On the basis of six interviews with staff in nursing homes the result shows that staff experience that elderly people’s participation is in progress and is very important in elderly care. The staff’s view on the documentation for implementation is that it is complicated. However, they feel that it is a good tool for increasing elderly people’s participation. We argue that elderly people’s involvement can be advantaged or disadvantaged by: How the employee acts and works, if the elderly are committed and if they can be involved. We argue that the documentation for implementation, as a tool for elderly people’s participation, give positive results. Factors that can promote or limit the participation in the documentation for implementation are: the contact person and elderly and employees comprehension about the questions and the process.

Manitoba’s population is aging. Trends in personal care home (PCH) use have also changed so that residents today have more cognitive impairments including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). While quality of life (QoL) has emerged as an important PCH research outcome, this literature is relatively sparse for residents with versus without ADRD. This study was conducted to examine the QoL of PCH residents with ADRD, using a recently developed but as of yet untested framework by Kane and colleagues (1999, as cited in Frytak; Kane 2001, 2003). The specific aims of this study were to gather family caregivers’ perspectives on: (a) the meaning of the six domains that constitute Kane et al.’s ADRD-specific PCH-QoL framework; (b) domains they considered to be more important or lacking from this framework; and, (c) general PCH policies, practices, and activities that currently (or could better) facilitate positive QoL experiences for their loved ones.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2008. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1459942. ProQuest document ID: 1622191061. Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89)

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2007. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1447177. ProQuest document ID: 1472164151. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-64)

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2008. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1450362. ProQuest document ID: 1490085351. Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28)

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1989.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Jill Quadagno, Florida State University, College of Social Sciences, Dept. of Sociology. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 23, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1989.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1990.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1990.