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Näringstillförsel för äldre personer med demenssjukdom,Broberg, Berit, Noren, Linnéa January 2007 (has links)
<p>The aim of this littrature review has been to describe how you can satisfy the need of nourishment for older people who suffer from dementia. Data has been retrieved by searches in Academic Search Elite, Sience Direct, Blackwell, PubMed and in the Journal Vård i Norden. The studies show that most of the people with dementia have a hard time to satisfy the nourishment. The results show that through different preventive measurement you can improve the nourishment for these people, to set the table, play calm music and to have a table companion. By taking the food oneself created a good meal environment and the individually need was provided for. A good oral status improved the nutritional status. Patients who got nourishment addition put on weight or retained their weight. Nursing staff wished and needed more education in nutrition for older people with dementia.</p>
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Relation between Hazard Perception and Visual Behaviour among Older Drivers / Förhållandet mellan riskuppfattning och visuellt beteende bland äldre förareEriksson Thörnell, Emelie January 2010 (has links)
<p>The hazard perception test developed by Sagberg and Bjornskau (2006) measuring reaction times in relation to different hazardous situations in traffic, has been used in the present study to analyze older drivers’ visual behaviour when passing/responding to the test.</p><p>The overall objective of this study has been to investigate the relation between hazard perception in traffic and visual behaviour among older drivers in comparison with a younger age group. The purpose of the study was to provide knowledge on what traffic situations that are more difficult for older drivers to interpret or perceive as hazardous. The elderly were expected to have more problems in situations that included objects classified as context hazards. Context hazards consist of objects that are slowly moving on the side of the road, which poses a situation where the driver should be prepared for the potential behaviour of that object.</p><p>The study was composed of two groups of drivers, one group of middle-aged drivers, 35-55 years old, and one group of older drivers, 65 years old and above, who performed the hazard perception test wearing an eye tracker. Hazard interpretation level within age group and situation was investigated, and eye movement data analyzed in terms of fixation duration time.</p><p>Overall results showed that the older participants had more problems in interpreting situations classified as context hazards as risky, especially context hazards consisting of pedestrians or cyclists. The differences were nevertheless significant. In addition, when investigating total fixation time on the hazard objects, the differences between age groups were shown to be significant for one of the situations consisting of pedestrians, classified as context/hidden hazard. No significant differences between age groups were found in either of the other situations.</p><p>The conclusions are that the elderly tentatively should be exposed to context hazards composed by pedestrians or cyclist in future training schemes. Since there were no significant differences between age groups, more research is, however, needed in the area. Also, since the class of context/hidden hazards, which showed significant differences in fixation time between age groups, was composed by only one situation, resembling situations should be investigated in order to verify these differences.</p>
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Trajectories of social support in later life : a longitudinal comparison of socioemotional selectivity theory with dynamic integration theoryToyokawa, Noriko 18 May 2012 (has links)
In this study, we contrasted socioemotional selectivity theory (SST;
Carstensen, 2006) with dynamic integration theory (DIT; Labouvie-Vief, 2003) using
trajectories of quantitative and qualitative social support in later life. SST is a lifespan
theory of motivational development (Carstensen, Isaacowitz, & Charles, 1999). There
is a normative decline in social support networks in later life. In other words,
individuals who perceive the limitation on time left for their future are likely to
decrease the quantitative social support and compensate for this decrease by
improving qualitative social support with emotionally meaningful social partners. The
theory also postulates that age is the primary proxy for perceived limitation of
individuals' lives (Carstensen, Fung, & Charles, 2003). Further, self-reported health
and functional status are factors that affect older adults' perception of limitation of
time left in their lives (Carstensen, 2006).
In contrast, DIT is a neo-Piagetian theory that emphasizes the presence of
individual differences in quantitative and qualitative social support in later life
depending on individuals' levels of cognitive resources that are associated with
educational levels (Labouvie-Vief & Diehl, 2000). Despite these different arguments
on the trajectories of quantitative and qualitative social support in later life, SST and
DIT have not been tested within a same study.
The current study examined the trajectories of frequency of social contact
(quantitative social support) and reliance on family members and close friends
(qualitative social support) in later life. Participants were drawn from the Normative
Aging Study (NAS; N = 1,067, M[subscript age] = 60.83, SD = 8.08) who completed social support
surveys three times from 1985 to 1991. Using unconditional and unconditional
analyses (Raudenbush & Bryk, 1986), growth models of frequency of social contact
with and reliance on family members and close friends were tested. Within subject
analyses found that the trajectory of frequency of social contact was a U-shaped curve
with the age of 54 years at a peak, while the trajectory of reliance on family and
friends were stable and linear. Random effects of age for the intercept and slope were
significant in both models of frequency of contact and reliance on family and friends,
although the random effect for the latter were small in both models.
Between subjects analyses were conducted to examine whether cognitive
resources, marital status, health status, and functional status predicted variance in the
intercept and slope of both types of support. As SST hypothesized, having better self-reported
physical health predicted higher levels of frequency of contact over age.
Being married was associated with higher quantity of social support. However,
contrary to our hypothesis based on SST, having poorer functional status predicted
more frequent social contact over age. The random effect of intercept was still
significant after controlling for these psychosocial predictors.
The evidence to test the DIT hypotheses was examined in the model of the
qualitative social support. Having memory problems predicted decreasing reliance on
social partners. However, marital status and education did not significantly predict
change in qualitative social relationships. Contrary to the hypothesis based on SST
that posited poor self-reported health was associated with higher qualitative social
support, it was better self-reported health that predicted higher qualitative social
support. The random effects for the intercept and slope were still significant after
controlling for these psychosocial factors.
Taken together, the findings of the current study suggest that SST and DIT can
be used as theoretical frameworks that are complementary rather than contradictory in
their predictions of socioemotional development in later life. SST is useful to
illustrate the overall trajectory of quantitative social support in a normative
development in late life. DIT's stance better explains the individual differences in
qualitative social support in non-normative contexts. The findings also suggest that
having memory problems and poor self-reported health as non-normative
developmental outcomes may be risk factors of older adults' ability to seek for social
support. / Graduation date: 2012
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An exploration of older persons' experiences of drought as revealed in indigenous knowledge practices / Shingairai ChigezaChigeza, Shingairai January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (M.A. (Psychology))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.
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Preferences for universal design features in apparel retail stores by older female customersHuss Pace, Megan Greer, January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-173).
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A phenomenological inquiry into the experience of reflection by older adults in adventure-based experiential education /Brennan, L. A. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-154). Also available on the World Wide Web.
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Impacts of grandparenting on life satisfaction of the Chinese elderly in Hong Kong /Liang, Yim-sin, Fiona. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (M. Soc. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006.
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An explanatory sequential mixed method study of well-being, religious coping, and service utilization patterns of African American caregivers of ADRD eldersTarver, Dolores D. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (site viewed on Feb. 8, 2007). PDF text: 252 p. UMI publication number: AAT 3216342. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche format.
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Much ado about adherence a tale of two disease states /Kulkarni, Amit Sharad, January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-131).
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Att vara 50+ på arbetet : Äldre lärare om utveckling, åldrande och pensionCarenholm, Sofia January 2007 (has links)
Äldre yrkesverksamma är en ökande grupp på arbetsmarknaden. Det är inte ovanligt att stereotypa uppfattningar kring denna grupp resulterar i åldersdiskriminering. Det är även känt att människor förändras, både till det bättre och sämre, genom åren och att detta påverkar individens yrkesutövande. Sex grundskolelärare intervjuades med syftet att beskriva och förstå hur de ser på åldrandet, pensionen, hur de upplever att de utvecklats under åren samt hur de upplever att omgivningen ser på dem. Erfarenheter ansågs vara det mest positiva med att vara äldre medan distansen till eleverna var det negativa. Åldrandet ansågs medföra fysiska försämringar, men samtidigt upplevdes bättre människokännedom och ökad säkerhet i rollen som lärare. Pensionen lockade för vissa men arbetet upplevdes vara en viktig trygghet i livet.
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