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  • 1.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Äldre, infrastruktur och boende2017In: Vem är den äldre? - Äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige / [ed] Abramsson, Marianne; Hydén, Lars-Christer & Motel Klingebiel, Andreas, Stockholm: Nationell Kvalitetsplan för Äldreomsorgenionell Kvalitetsplan för Äldreomsorgen , 2017Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 2.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    The housing situation of older people – Issues of investigations2017In: Book of abstracts, 2017, p. 51-51Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    The housing situation of older people has been on the Swedish political agenda for some time. An increasing ageing population implies a demand for housing in correspodence to their needs. Assisted living facilities decreased with 30 000 places between 2002 and 2016, as a result, the majority of older people age in a dwelling in the ordinary housing market. In 2008 and 2015 respectively two government investigations on older people’s housing were presented. The investigations focused on the need for housing to bridge the gap between ordinary housing and assisted living facilities and issues of affordability and social community but also the lack of accessible housing in particular geographic areas. This paper aims to investigate the origins of the two investigations and relate them to changes in the housing market affecting older people, arguing that the strong emphasis on ageing in place has shifted the responsibility of having a good place to live from general welfare to older individuals themselves.

  • 3.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Vad kännetecknar de äldre under kommande årtionden? Äldre, generationsperspektiv och sociala nätverk2017In: Vem är den äldre?: äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige / [ed] Marianne Abramsson, Marianne, Lars-Christer Hydén, Andreas Motel Klingebiel, Stockholm: Regeringskansliet Kommitteservice , 2017, p. 118-127Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 4.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Äldre, generationsperspektiv och sociala nätverk2017In: Vem är den äldre? Äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige / [ed] Abramsson, Marianne; Hydén, Lars-Christer & Motel Klingebiel, Andreas, Stockholm: Nationell Kvalitetsplan för Äldreomsorgenationell Kvalitetsplan för Äldreomsorgen , 2017Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 5.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Ageing and Social Change.
    Hagberg, Jan-Erik
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change.
    Boende och bostäder för äldre på framtidens landsbygd2018In: Nya visioner för landsbygden / [ed] Josefina Syssner, Boxholm: Linnefors förlag , 2018, Vol. Sidorna 95-117, p. 95-117Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 6.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Hagberg, Jan-Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Housing plans of the oldest: ageing in semi-rural areas in Sweden2020In: Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, ISSN 1566-4910, E-ISSN 1573-7772, Vol. 35, no 1, p. 27-43Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    A number of smaller municipalities have decreasing population rates. Generally, the young move out, increasing the proportion of older people. To increase our understanding of the living conditions of an ageing population in small municipalities, a postal survey was conducted in three small, semi-rural municipalities in southern Sweden. In the survey the respondents answered questions about their living situation and their housing plans. The aim of this study was to investigate the housing situation and housing plans of the very old in semi-rural areas and research questions analysed for this study concerned the current housing situation and plans for future housing. A total of 1386 surveys were sent out in March 2014, to all inhabitants aged 80 years or more, residing in the ordinary housing market in the three municipalities, the response rate was 60%. The results show that most of the respondents were firmly rooted in the area as most of them had lived in the municipality for more than 20 years and 60% had lived in their current dwelling for more than 20 years. Ageing in place was the dominating plan, although one quarter of the respondents answered that they did not know what would happen in the future. Those who planned to move wanted to move to housing that required less maintenance and to a more central location. Residential mobility is at play also in old age as 27% of the respondents had moved at some point during the last 10 years, i.e., after the age of 70.

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  • 7.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Hagberg, Jan-Erik
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    What about community sustainability? - dilemmas of ageing in shrinking semi-rural areas in Sweden2018In: Scottish Geographical Journal, ISSN 1470-2541, E-ISSN 1751-665X, Vol. 134, no 3-4, p. 103-121Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Many municipalities in Sweden have decreasing population rates combined with an increasing proportion of older people. Such a demographic shift will influence the way life is led as the foundation for service provision and social activities becomes undermined. This leads us to question the extent to which shrinking municipalities can be considered socially sustainable. The aim of the paper was to investigate older peoples participation in the local community and to study the perceived changes in the local community as reported by older people and how these are experienced. A postal survey was sent out to all inhabitants aged 80 years and older living in their own household in three small, semi-rural municipalities in southern Sweden, in total 1386. The response rate was 60%. Thus, focus was on the experiences of the oldest individuals. The research questions analysed for this study concerned the ageing populations social networks, community involvement, car dependence and service provision. The results are used to discuss the social sustainability of the societies in which these people have lived for a long time.

  • 8.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Hyden, Lars-ChristerLinköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.Motel-Klingebiel, AndreasLinköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Vem är den äldre? Äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige.2017Collection (editor) (Other academic)
  • 9.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Öhman, Annika
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division of Occupational Therapy. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Äldres hälsa och livsstil2017In: Vem är den äldre? - Äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige / [ed] Abramsson, Marianne; Hydén Lars-Christer & Motel Klingebiel Andreas, Stockholm: Nationell Kvalitetsplan för Äldreomsorgen , 2017Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 10.
    Andersson, Eva K.
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Malmberg, Bo
    Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Patterns of changing residential preferences during late adulthood2019In: Ageing & Society, ISSN 0144-686X, E-ISSN 1469-1779, Vol. 39, no 8, p. 1752-1781, article id PII S0144686X18000259Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Earlier research on residential mobility has demonstrated a tendency for the young old of the 55+ population to prefer peripheral locations, whereas older age groups choose central locations. Here, we present survey results indicating that such late-adulthood differences in preferences are supported by age-related shifts corresponding to differences in housing preferences expressed by individuals in peripheral as well as central locations in Sweden. A sample of 2,400 individuals aged 55 years and over was asked to select the seven most important characteristics of a dwelling from a list of 21 alternatives (Survey of Housing Intentions among the ELDerly in Sweden (SHIELD), 2013). The preferences expressed were used as dependent variables in logistic regressions to determine to what extent the housing preferences of older people are linked to age, gender, socio-economic status and type of geographical area. The results demonstrated a close link between neighbourhood characteristics and housing preferences. Owning the dwelling, having a garden and access to nature were stressed as important by individuals living in non-metropolitan middle-class areas and in suburban elite areas. The youngest cohort expressed similar preferences. Older age groups instead stressed the importance of an elevator, single-storey housing and a good design for independent living; preferences that have similarities to those expressed by individuals living in large cities and smaller urban centres where such housing is more readily available.

  • 11.
    Antelius, Eleonor
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Dementia in the age of migration: cross-cultural perspectives2017In: Living with dementia: relations, responses and agency in everyday life / [ed] Lars-Christer Hydén, Eleonor Antelius, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, Vol. Sidorna 29-48, p. 29-48Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 12.
    Antelius, Eleonor
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Hydén, Lars-ChristerLinköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Living with dementia: Relation, responses and agency in everyday life2017Collection (editor) (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Traditionally, dementia has been defined primarily in terms of loss: loss of cognitive and communicative competencies, loss of identity, loss of personal relationships. People living with dementia have been portrayed as increasingly dependent on others, with their loved ones seen more as care givers than as spouses, children and relatives. However, in the last two decades this view of the person living with dementia as an 'empty vessel' has been increasingly challenged, and the focus has shifted from one of care to one of helping people to live with dementia. With contributions from an international range of expert authors, Living with Dementia strongly advocates this new perspective through in-depth discussion of what people with dementia and their loved ones can do, and how they can actively make use of remaining resources. Topics covered include: how to involve people with dementia in collaborative activities in the home, and the benefits this has on their cognitive and communicative abilities ways in which identity can be presented and preserved through storytelling, and the impact on identity of moving from home into residential care the benefits of a 'citizenship' approach to dementia: of recognising that a person living with dementia is an active agent, with the right to self-determination and the ability to exert power over their own lives. This important new contribution to the dementia debate is truly enlightening reading for students across the full range of health and social care disciplines, and offers a fresh perspective to existing practitioners and those who care for people with dementia.

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  • 13.
    Antelius, Eleonor
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Kiwi, Mahin
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Strandroos, Lisa
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Ethnographic methods for understanding practices around dementia among culturally and linguistically diverse people2018In: Social research methods in dementia studies: inclusion and innovation / [ed] John Keady, Lars-Christer Hydén, Ann Johnson, Caroline Swarbrick, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018, p. 121-139Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 14.
    Barbabella, Francesco
    et al.
    Linnaeus Univ, Sweden; Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy.
    Poli, Arianna
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy.
    Hanson, Elizabeth
    Linnaeus Univ, Sweden; Swedish Family Care Competence Ctr, Sweden; Eurocarers, Germany.
    Andréasson, Frida
    Linnaeus Univ, Sweden; Swedish Family Care Competence Ctr, Sweden.
    Salzmann, Benjamin
    Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy; Wir Pflegen eV, Germany.
    Doehner, Hanneli
    Eurocarers, Germany; Wir Pflegen eV, Germany.
    Papa, Roberta
    Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy.
    Efthymiou, Areti
    Eurocarers, Germany; Cyprus Univ Technol, Cyprus.
    Valenza, Silvia
    Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy.
    Pelliccioni, Giuseppe
    Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy.
    Lamura, Giovanni
    Italian Natl Inst Hlth and Sci Ageing, Italy.
    Usage and Usability of a Web-based Program for Family Caregivers of Older People in Three European Countries: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation2018In: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, ISSN 1538-2931, E-ISSN 1538-9774, Vol. 36, no 5, p. 232-241Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    InformCare is a European Web platform that supports informal caregivers of older people by providing access to online information and professional and peer support. The aim of this study was to assess the usage and usability of a psychosocial Web-based program carried out in three European countries (Italy, Sweden, and Germany). A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design was adopted, comprising baseline and postintervention assessments, as well as combined thematic content analysis of results and focus group findings. A convenience sample of 118 caregivers was enrolled, of whom 94 used the services offered by the program at least once. The subsamples in the three countries used the platform in different ways, with a predominance of passive strategies (eg, seeking information and reading other peoples comments) for Italian caregivers, and more active usage by Swedish and German caregivers. The usability assessment showed that the platform was perceived well by Italian and German caregivers, whereas technical problems affected the Swedish samples experiences. Focus group data highlighted user satisfaction with the online support and reliability of the environment. Recommendations for practitioners are to ensure digital training for caregivers who have lower confidence in use of the Internet, to involve different healthcare professionals in the provision of professional support, and to adequately manage online community building.

  • 15. Bulow, Pia
    et al.
    Persson-Thunqvist, Daniel
    Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Education and Sociology. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Sätta ord på föräldrars psykiska problem för barnens skull: Familjestöd som professionell praktik2019In: Socialvetenskaplig tidskrift, ISSN 1104-1420, E-ISSN 2003-5624, Vol. 26, no 1, p. 43-64Article in journal (Refereed)
  • 16.
    Bulow, Pia
    et al.
    Avdelningen för beteendevetenskap och socialt arbete Hälsohögskolan i Jönköping .
    Thunqvist Persson, Daniel
    Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Education and Sociology. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Samtal som familjestödjande praktik: barn som anhöriga när föräldrar har psykiska problem2017Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Rapporten redovisar resultatet av en forskningsstudie om familjestödjande samtal med barn och föräldrar i familjer där mamma och/eller pappa har psykiska problem som föranleder kontakt med vuxenpsykiatrin. Det studerade familjestödet bygger på ett utvecklat samarbete mellan en landstingsdriven vuxenpsykiatrisk mottagning och en familjeenhet inom socialtjänsten i en medelstor kommun i Mellansverige. Den del av familjestödet som har studerats är den serie samtal som erbjuds genom familjeenheten och som genomförs där.

    Studiens övergripande syfte var att undersöka hur familjestödjande samtal fungerar och organiseras i samspel mellan barn, föräldrar och professionella. Mer specifikt avsåg studien belysa om och hur barn genom dessa samtal får stöd att prata om föräldrars psykiska problem samt huruvida och på vilket sätt familjestödet kan bistå föräldrarna i deras föräldraskap.

    Inom ramen för forskningsstudien samlades data in från 21 familjestödssamtal samt intervjuer med sju föräldrar och fyra barn efter avslutat familjestöd. Dessutom genomfördes sju intervjuer med samtalsledarna som medverkat vid de studerade familjestödssamtalen. Tre familjer följdes genom hela samtalsserien som för dessa familjer omfattade mellan sex och åtta samtal. Samtliga familjestödssamtal spelades in med ljud och bild medan enbart ljud gällde för intervjuerna.

    Familjestödssamtalen analyserades med samtalsanalytiska och narrativa metoder. Viktiga teoretiska utgångspunkter var det som brukar kallas institutionella samtal och teorier om socialt samspel i interaktion. Av betydelse var också tidigare forskning om barnsamtal och familje-samtal som kommunikativ praktik och i institutionella kontexter t.ex. familjeterapi, samt internationella och nationella studier om familjestödjande interventioner av typen Beardslees preventiva familjeinterventionoch den finska kortversionen Föra barnen på tal.

    Analysen av de studerade familjestödssamtalen – som enskilda samtal och som samtalsserier – visar att familjestödet på flera sätt skiljer sig från många andra institutionella samtal som beskrivs i forskningen, genom att till sin karaktär vara samarbetsinriktade och samtidigt både kartläggande och rådgivande. Familjestödet liknar istället mer terapeutiska möten såsom familjeterapeutiska samtal med den avgörande skillnaden att det i familjestödssamtal är föräldrars psykiska problem som står i fokus medan det klassiska i familjeterapi är att barn är den identifierade patienten.

    Inom familjestödet har framför allt föräldrar, men också barn i viss utsträckning, möjlighet till stort inflytande när det gäller upplägg av samtalsserien som trots ett tydligt gemensamt mönster modifieras utifrån varje familjs livsomständigheter och konstellation. Både barn och föräldrar kan också styra vilken information som föras vidare från enskilda samtal till övriga i familjen.

    Att det studerade familjestödet har formen av en serie samtal med det övergripande målet att stödja barn genom att ge föräldrar stöd i att samtala med barnet/barnen om sina psykiska problem, innebär också att de olika samtalen i serien – som sker i varierande konstellationer avseende personer och antal deltagare – knyts till varandra genom ett fokus på barnet/barnen och dess/deras behov av information om föräldrars psykisk hälsa/ohälsa.

    Tre viktiga aspekter på familjestödet som identifierades var: 1) hur det tycktes öka barns möjlighet att prata om föräldrars psykiska problem utifrån sitt behov av information samt att tydliggöra barns position som anhörig med rätt att få vetskap; 2) den lärande dimensionen av familjestödsamtal; och 3) hur familjestödet realiseras genom en balansakt av de professionella men där barn och föräldrar aktivt deltar.

    I relation till andra institutionella samtal med barn och föräldrar, tycktes barnen i familjestödet få sitt perspektiv belyst i relativt hög utsträckning, och barn kom till tals särskilt i barnsamtalen. Ett viktigt tema i familjestödet och speciellt i enskilda samtal med barn, handlade om huruvida barn tog eller kände ett för sin ålder alltför stort ansvar för sin/sina föräldrar. Analysen av barnsamtalen tydliggör dock att det kan krävas mycket samtalstid för att barn på eget initiativ ska ta upp frågor om oro beroende av föräldrars sjukdom. För barn är det krävande att förmedla sina funderingar kring svåra frågor till andra vuxna och särskilt i ett institutionellt sammanhang.

    Samtidigt indikerar analysen att barns roll som anhörig inte är självklar eller oproblematisk då barn i hög grad tycktes medverka utifrån föräldrars önskan snarare än en egen uttalad vilja att delta. Inte heller stod det helt klart att barnen fullt ut förstod vilken typ av samtal de skulle medverka i när de kom till sitt första samtal inom ramen för familjestödet.

    Den lärande dimensionen av familjestödet hör delvis ihop med den seriekoppling som tydligt skedde mellan olika samtal genom att samtalsledare rekapitulerade tidigare möten, återberättade vad andra familjemedlemmar hade sagt i tidigare möten samt upprepade planen för nästkommande samtal liksom målet för familjestödet i sin helhet. I detta märktes även den utmaning det innebar för de professionella när det gällde att anta ett barnperspektiv då flertalet samtal utgjordes av föräldrasamtal. Anläggandet av ett barnperspektiv kan därför ses både som en professionell hållning och som en del av den lärande aspekten i familjestödssamtalen där just barnperspektivet tycktes bidra till att konstituera familjestödet som en helhet genom t.ex. att hålla fokus och att seriekoppla möten.

    Till skillnad från den kamp mellan ett professionellt perspektiv och klientens livsvärlds-perspektiv som ofta beskrivs i tidigare forskning som gällt samtal och samtalsserier inom välfärdsinstitutioner som socialtjänst, hälso- och sjukvård, försäkringskassan och arbetsförmedlingen, visar analysen av familjestödet hur samtalsledaren växlar mellan flera olika perspektiv – föräldraperspektivet, barnperspektivet och ett professionellt perspektiv. Detta sker på ett flexibelt sätt anpassat till samtalens dynamik och föräldrars och barns individuella förutsättningar och utgör på övergripande plan den balansakt de professionella utför.

    Analysen av familjestödet visar att det finns tydliga likheter med den struktur som beskrivs för Beardslees preventiva familjeintervention. Därmed kan studien av familjestödet bidra till ökad förståelse också för den typen av samtalsserier med barn och föräldrar och för vilken det saknas naturalistiska studier av autentiska möten.

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  • 17.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Ageing and Social Change.
    Olaison, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Social Work. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Sverker, Annette M.
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Social Work. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Finding the right care path: Experiences of participation in care by older persons with complex health problems: A Focused Primary Care Intervention2021Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction: Despite evidence that older persons want to be involved in care, little is known about how older people with complex health problems living at home experience participation in care provided by different stakeholders. This study investigates the experiences of participation in care by older people, following their involvement in a proactive intervention based on a new health care model called Focused Primary Care. Material and methods: Individual semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 older persons in five municipalities in Sweden. All the interviewees had participated in the intervention. Results: The older persons highlighted opportunities and limitations for participation on a personal level i.e. conditions for being involved in direct care and in relation to independence. Experiences of participation on an organisational level were reported to a lesser degree. In order to keep care contacts together and improve participation, a coordinating person (called “the spider in the net”) was requested who could safeguard the staff’s relationship with the older person. Conclusions: Primary care should to a greater extent involve older persons more directly in the planning and execution of care. There is considerable potential for developing the health and primary care sector to better target the needs of older persons with complex health problems, and to enhance their participation and independence. Interventions, like the one followed in this project, can play a critical role in realising the needs of older persons, where providing participation in care is recognised as a significant goal to assist them in navigating the care system. 

  • 18.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    et al.
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change.
    Rapp, Gunilla
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Business Administration. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Holmquist, Carin
    Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Sweden.
    Sundin, Elisabeth
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Business Administration. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Old Age as a Market Advantage: The Example of Staffing Agencies in Sweden2017In: Ageing, Organisations and Management : Constructive Discourses and Critical Perspectives / [ed] Aaltio, Iiris; Mills, Albert J.; Helms Mills, Jean, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, 1, p. 183-210Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 19.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Sverker, Annette M.
    Region Östergötland, Local Health Care Services in Central Östergötland, Department of Rehabilitation in Central County.
    Olaison, Anna
    Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Social Work.
    Bridging between social and medical perspectives: Old people´s experiences of a new health care model. 2018Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 20.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Ågren, Axel
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Äldre människor i ensamhet och gemenskap2017In: Vem är den äldre?: Äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige / [ed] M. Abramsson, L-C. Hydén, A. Motel-Klingebeil, Stockholm: Nationella institutet för forskning om äldre och åldrande, NISALn , 2017, 1, p. 73-84Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Kapitlet innehåller en sammanställning över kunskapsläget när det gäller äldre personers upplevelse av ensamhet. Ensamhet kanbeskrivas som en negativ känsla vilken uppkommer och hörsamman med människors brist på sociala relationer. Det kan röra sig om brister när det gäller relationernas antal och/eller kontinuitet. Ensamhet är ett komplext fenomen, och mätningar av andelenäldre som upplever negativ ensamhet ger olika resultat beroende påstudie. Studier genomförda i Sverige har visat att cirka 10 procentav gruppen äldre (65+) uppger att de ofta har en känsla avensamhet. Till detta kan läggas att cirka 40 procent uppger att de ibland upplever ensamhet. Det finns ännu få svenska effektstudierav de satsningar som genomförts med syfte att motverka äldresensamhet.

  • 21.
    Dahlberg, Lena
    et al.
    School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Falun, Sweden.
    Andersson, Lars
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Lennartsson, Carin
    Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Long-term predictors of loneliness in old age: results of a 20-year national study2018In: Aging & Mental Health, ISSN 1360-7863, E-ISSN 1364-6915, Vol. 22, no 2, p. 190-196Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    OBJECTIVES: The understanding of social phenomena is enhanced if individuals can be studied over longer periods. Regarding loneliness in old age, there is a general lack of longitudinal research. The aim of this study was to examine whether there is an association between loneliness in old age and social engagement 20 years earlier, as stated by life course theory and the convoy model.

    METHOD: Data from the nationally representative Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (2002 and 2011 data collection waves) and the Swedish Level of Living Survey (1981 and 1991 data collection waves) were used. The sample included 823 individuals with an average age of 62.2 years at baseline and 82.4 years at follow-up.

    RESULTS: Each form of social engagement in old age was significantly associated with the same form of social engagement 20 years earlier. Close forms of social engagement were associated with loneliness in old age; as were more distant forms of social engagement, but only when they were considered solely in old age.

    CONCLUSION: Patterns of social engagement in old age were established at least 20 years earlier and close forms of social engagement are long-term predictors of loneliness, although current social engagement tended to be more influential on loneliness. The study underlines the importance of interventions targeted at close relationships that can provide social support in old age.

  • 22.
    Dahlbäck, Nils
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, Human-Centered systems. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Forsblad, Mattias
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Reflections and Comments on Research on Memory and Conversation From an Ethnographic Perspective2019In: Topics in Cognitive Science, ISSN 1756-8757, E-ISSN 1756-8765, Vol. 11, no 4, p. 817-820Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Reflecting on three papers included in this issue, we suggest that research on memory and conversation could benefit by making more use of analyzing real-life situations or close to real-life scenarios, full speech and body interactions, and the interaction with the physical environment. We also suggest that the process of remembering during conversation is investigated on a level of detail and sequence that allow for locating actual functions of different actions. Finally, we suggest that a life-span perspective on transactive memory systems must also model the development, maintenance, breakdown, and reestablishment of such systems.

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  • 23.
    Harding, Andrew J. E.
    et al.
    Univ Lancaster, England.
    Morbey, Hazel
    Univ Lancaster, England.
    Ahmed, Faraz
    Univ Lancaster, England.
    Opdebeeck, Carol
    Manchester Metropolitan Univ, England.
    Wang, Ying-Ying
    Univ Lancaster, England.
    Williamson, Paula
    Univ Liverpool, England.
    Swarbrick, Caroline
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Leroi, Iracema
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Challis, David
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Davies, Linda
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Reeves, David
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Holland, Fiona
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Hann, Mark
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Hellström, Ingrid
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division of Nursing Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Local Health Care Services in East Östergötland.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Burns, Alistair
    Univ Manchester, England.
    Keady, John
    Univ Manchester, England; Greater Manchester Mental Hlth NHS Fdn Trust, England.
    Reilly, Siobhan
    Univ Lancaster, England.
    Developing a core outcome set for people living with dementia at home in their neighbourhoods and communities: study protocol for use in the evaluation of non-pharmacological community-based health and social care interventions2018In: Trials, E-ISSN 1745-6215, Vol. 19, article id 247Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Background: The key aim of the study is to establish an agreed standardised core outcome set (COS) for use when evaluating non-pharmacological health and social care interventions for people living at home with dementia. Methods/design: Drawing on the guidance and approaches of the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET), this study uses a four-phase mixed-methods design: 1 Focus groups and interviews with key stakeholder groups (people living with dementia, care partners, relevant health and social care professionals, researchers and policymakers) and a review of the literature will be undertaken to build a long list of outcomes. 2 Two rounds of Delphi surveys will be used with key stakeholder groups. Statements for the Delphi surveys and participation processes will be developed and informed through substantial member involvement with people living with dementia and care partners. A consensus meeting will be convened with key participant groups to discuss the key findings and finalise the COS. 3 A systematic literature review will be undertaken to assess the properties of tools and instruments to assess components of the COS. Measurement properties, validity and reliability will be assessed using the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement (COSMIN) and COMET guidance. 4 A stated preference survey will elicit the preferences of key stakeholders for the outcomes identified as important to measure in the COS. Discussion: To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first to use a modified Delphi process to involve people living with dementia as a participant group. Though the study is confined to collecting data in the United Kingdom, use of the COS by researchers will enhance the comparability of studies evaluating non-pharmacological and community-based interventions.

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  • 24.
    Hellström, Ingrid
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division of Nursing Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Taghizadeh Larsson, Annika
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Dementia as chronic illness: Maintaining involvement in everyday life2017In: Living with Dementia: Relations, Responses and Agency in EverydayLife / [ed] L-C Hydén & E. Antelius, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, p. 136-148Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 25.
    Hjalmarsson Österholm, Johannes
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division of Occupational Therapy. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Community Medicine.
    Taghizadeh Larsson, Annika
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Social Work.
    Audio recorded data as a method to understand encounters between people living with dementia and social workers2018In: Social research methods in dementia studies: inclusion and innovation / [ed] John Keady, Lars-Christer Hydén, Ann Johnson, Caroline Swarbrick, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2018, p. 38-55Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 26.
    Homman, Lina E.
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Queens Univ Belfast, North Ireland.
    Perra, Oliver
    Queens Univ Belfast, North Ireland.
    Higgins, Kathryn
    Queens Univ Belfast, North Ireland.
    ONeill, Francis
    Queens Univ Belfast, North Ireland.
    The longitudinal relationship of alcohol problems and depressive symptoms and the impact of externalising symptoms: findings from the Belfast Youth Developmental Study2019In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, ISSN 0933-7954, E-ISSN 1433-9285, Vol. 54, no 10, p. 1231-1241Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose The aim of the present study was to contribute to the inconsistent literature on the comorbid relationship of alcohol problems and depressive symptoms from late adolescent to emerging adulthood by accounting for their trajectories and their conjoint relationship while controlling for the influence of externalising symptoms. Methods We utilised data, from a longitudinal school cohort from Northern Ireland (Belfast Youth Developmental Study), over three time points where the participants were 16, 17 and 21 years of age. A total of 3118 participants were included, 1713 females and 1405 males. Second-order latent growth models were applied to examine growth trajectories. Parallel process growth models were used to assess whether growth trajectories of the symptoms were associated. Externalising symptoms were subsequently added as a covariate. Results Alcohol problems among males significantly increased over time but decreased in females. Depressive symptoms initially increased then decreased in both genders. Results indicated associations of the alcohol problems and depression, both initially and with time. Accounting for externalising symptoms only somewhat diminished this effect in males but not in females. An increase of initial levels of depression was associated with a decrease in alcohol problems over time. This association was only true among females. After controlling for externalising symptoms, the relationship was no longer observed. Conclusions The present study provides further evidence of a significant relationship of alcohol problems and depression in adolescents and further supports a small literature indicating that depression may have protective effects of alcohol problems. Finally, the study shows the importance of accounting for externalising symptoms.

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  • 27.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Dementia, Embodied Memories, and the Self2018In: Journal of consciousness studies, ISSN 1355-8250, E-ISSN 2051-2201, Vol. 25, no 7-8, p. 225-241Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Researchers in cognition and linguistics have in the last couple of decades argued that more complex memories of the kind often called episodic memories are embodied and are multimodal. This is something that is interesting in the field of persons living with, for example, neurodegenerative dementia. In this article the interest is on how bodily gestures can be used to make sense of episodic memories that cannot be verbally communicated by persons with dementia. Empirical examples are discussed with a focus on the use of bodily gestures and how the stories are connected to identities and a sense of self. A key conclusion is that embodied resources like bodily gestures can be used to construct and communicate a sense of self. It further indicates that modal aspects of memories are central in the communicative sense-making process. Finally, the examples demonstrate how embodied episodic memories can be used to present and sustain a sense of self

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  • 28.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Narrative Matters in Medical Contexts across Disciplines2018In: Biography, ISSN 0162-4962, E-ISSN 1529-1456, Vol. 41, no 1, p. 152-154Article, book review (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

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  • 29.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Storytelling in dementia: collaboration and common ground2017In: Living with dementia: relations, responses and agency in everyday life / [ed] Lars-Christer Hydén, Eleonor Antelius, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017, Vol. Sidorna 116-135, p. 116-135Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 30.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Forsblad, Mattias
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Collaborative Remembering in Dementia: A Focus on Joint Activities2017In: Collaborative Remembering: Theories, Research, and Applications / [ed] Michelle L. Meade, Celia B. Harris, Penny Van Bergen, John Sutton, and Amanda J. Barnier, Oxford University Press, 2017, p. 436-455Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In this chapter we consider collaborative remembering and joint activates in everyday life in the case of people living with dementia.

    First, we review past research of practices that scaffolds the participation of persons with dementia in everyday chores under different stages of dementia diseases. We do so by suggesting three analytical types of scaffolding: when the scaffolding practices (i) frame the activity, (ii) guide actions, or (iii) are part of repair activities. Second, we review two aspects of collaborative remembering that are especially important in the case of dementia: training of scaffolding practices, and the sustaining and presentation of identities through collaborative storytelling. Finally, theoretical and methodological tendencies of the research field are summarized and future research needs are formulated.

  • 31.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Samuelsson, Christina
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Speech language pathology, Audiology and Otorhinolaryngology. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    So they are not alive?2019In: Dementia, ISSN 1471-3012, E-ISSN 1741-2684, Vol. 18, no 7-8, p. 2662-2678Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    In some conversations involving persons with Alzheimers disease, the participants may have to deal with the difficulty that they do not share a common ground in terms of not only who is alive or dead, but even more, who could possibly be alive. It is as if the participants face a reality disjunction. There are very few empirical studies of this difficulty in conversations involving persons with Alzheimers disease or other kinds of dementia diagnoses. Often studies of confabulation have a focus on the behavior and experience of the healthy participants, but rarely on the interaction and the collaborative contributions made by the person with dementia. In the present article, we discuss various strategies used by all participants in an everyday conversation. The material consists of an hour long everyday conversation between a woman with Alzheimers disease and two healthy participants (relatives). This conversation is analyzed by looking at the organization of the interaction with an emphasis on how the participants deal with instances of reality disjunctions. The result from the analysis demonstrates that both the healthy participants as well as the person with dementia together skillfully avoid the face threats posed by reality disjunctive contributions by not pursuing argumentative lines that in the end might jeopardize both the collaborative and the personal relations.

  • 32.
    Jahan, Yasmin
    et al.
    Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
    Moriyama, Michiko
    Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
    Rahman, Md Moshiur
    Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
    Rahman, Atiqur
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Self-monitoring urinary salt excretion device can be used for controlling hypertension for developing countries2019In: Clinical hypertension, ISSN 2056-5909, Vol. 25Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Restriction of dietary salt is widely recommended in the management of hypertension, but assessment of individual salt intake has drawn little attention. Monitoring nutritional salt intake through sodium excretion has been popular, because the main route for sodium (Na) excretion is through the urine. Nonetheless, direct measurement of dietary salt intake is time consuming and lacks accuracy. To collect a 24-h urine and measure the content is difficult method for most patients. In this review paper, we would like to explore the usefulness of measuring urinary salt excretion by using a self-monitoring device at home. Measuring daily overnight urine by the self-monitoring device at home will be useful for the management of hypertension suitable for each individual. From the recent increase of processed foods, the term "salt intake" would not accurately be equal to "sodium intake". Devices measuring urinary sodium excretion have been developed and evaluated on their accuracy and correlation with sodium intake. They must be handy, simple and capable of measuring large populations to be useful for monitoring of daily salt intake and to guide salt restriction as well as the long-term effects by dietary salt intake.

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  • 33.
    Jönson, Håkan
    et al.
    Lunds universitet.
    Harnett, Tove
    Lunds universitet.
    Taghizadeh Larsson, Annika
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change.
    Rethinking the concept of successful aging: A disability studies approach2017Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 34.
    Jönson, Håkan
    et al.
    Socialhögskolan, Lunds universitet.
    Taghizadeh Larsson, Annika
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Social Work. Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Skilda upplevelser och möjlighetshorisonter bland äldre brukare av äldreomsorg och LSS-insatser2018In: Äldreomsorger i Sverige: Lokala variationer och generella trender / [ed] Håkan Jönson & Marta Szebehely, Malmö: Gleerups Utbildning AB, 2018, p. 75-90Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 35.
    Kelfve, Susanne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Karolinska Inst, Sweden; Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Underestimated Health Inequalities Among Older People-A Consequence of Excluding the Most Disabled and Disadvantaged2019In: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, ISSN 1079-5014, E-ISSN 1758-5368, Vol. 74, no 8, p. E125-E134Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Objectives: The present study analyzed whether estimates of health inequalities in old age are sensitive to the exclusion of people living in institutions and nonuse of proxy interviews. Method: Pooled data from the 2004 wave (n = 1,180, aged 69-100, primarily interviewed over the phone) and the 2011 wave (n = 931, aged 76-101, primarily interviewed face-to-face) of the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old were used to compare absolute and relative differences in disability and mortality between people with compulsory education and people with more than compulsory education. Results: Both absolute and relative health inequalities would have been underestimated in a survey that excluded institutionalized people and proxy-interviewed community dwellers. The same patterns were found in men and women and regardless of the mode of data collection (telephone or face-to-face interview). The degree of underestimation was lower in those 85 years and older than in those 69 to 84 years. Discussion: A survey that only includes people who live in the community and can participate without the help of a proxy might give the impression that those with low levels of education have less extensive health disadvantages than they actually have.

  • 36.
    Kelfve, Susanne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Äldres materiella förhållanden2017In: Vem är den äldre: äldrebilder i ett åldrande Sverige / [ed] Marianne Abramsson, Lars-Christer Hydén, Andreas Motel Klingebiel, Stockholm: Nationell Kvalitetsplan för Äldreomsorgen , 2017, p. 15-24Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 37.
    Kelfve, Susanne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Univ Stockholm, Sweden.
    Fors, Stefan
    Univ Stockholm, Sweden.
    Lennartsson, Carin
    Univ Stockholm, Sweden.
    Getting better all the time? Selective attrition and compositional changes in longitudinal and life course studies2017In: Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, E-ISSN 1757-9597, Vol. 8, no 1, p. 104-119Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Longitudinal surveys are valuable tools for investigating health and social outcomes across the life course. In such studies, selective mortality leads to changes in the social composition of the sample, but little is known about how selective survey participation affects the sample composition, in addition to the selective mortality. In the present paper, we followed a Swedish cohort sample over six waves 1968-2011. For each wave we recalculated the distribution of baseline characteristics in the sample among i) the sample still alive and ii) the sample still alive and with complete follow-up. The results show that the majority of the compositional changes in the cohort were modest and driven mainly by mortality. However, for some characteristics, class in particular, the selection was considerable and in addition, was substantially compounded by survey non-participation. We suggest that sample selections should be taken into account when interpreting the results of longitudinal studies, in particular when researching social inequalities.

  • 38.
    Kelfve, Susanne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Karolinska Inst, Sweden; Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Wastesson, Jonas
    Karolinska Inst, Sweden; Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Fors, Stefan
    Karolinska Inst, Sweden; Stockholm Univ, Sweden; Karolinska Inst, Sweden.
    Johnell, Kristina
    Karolinska Inst, Sweden; Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Morin, Lucas
    Karolinska Inst, Sweden; Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Is the level of education associated with transitions between care settings in older adults near the end of life? A nationwide, retrospective cohort study2018In: Palliative Medicine: A Multiprofessional Journal, ISSN 0269-2163, E-ISSN 1477-030X, Vol. 32, no 2, p. 366-375Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Background: End-of-life transitions between care settings can be burdensome for older adults and their relatives. Aim: To analyze the association between the level of education of older adults and their likelihood to experience care transitions during the final months before death. Design: Nationwide, retrospective cohort study using register data. Setting/participants: Older adults (65 years) who died in Sweden in 2013 (n = 75,722). Place of death was the primary outcome. Institutionalization and multiple hospital admissions during the final months of life were defined as secondary outcomes. The decedents level of education (primary, secondary, or tertiary education) was considered as the main exposure. Multivariable analyses were stratified by living arrangement and adjusted for sex, age at time of death, illness trajectory, and number of chronic diseases. Results: Among community-dwellers, older adults with tertiary education were more likely to die in hospitals than those with primary education (55.6% vs 49.9%; odds ratio (OR) = 1.21, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.14-1.28), but less likely to be institutionalized during the final month before death (OR = 0.83, 95% CI = 0.76-0.91). Decedents with higher education had greater odds of remaining hospitalized continuously during their final 2 weeks of life (OR = 1.12, 95% CI = 1.02-1.22). Among older adults living in nursing homes, we found no association between the decedents level of education and their likelihood to be hospitalized or to die in hospitals. Conclusion: Compared with those who completed only primary education, individuals with higher educational attainment were more likely to live at home until the end of life, but also more likely to be hospitalized and die in hospitals.

  • 39.
    Kiwi, Mahin
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Iranian relatives' attitudes towards culturally profiled nursing homes for individuals living with dementia2019In: Dementia, ISSN 1471-3012, E-ISSN 1741-2684, Vol. 18, no 6, p. 2206-2219Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article discusses Iranian family members attitudes towards the culturally profiled nursing home, their relationships with the staff, the obstacles, their hopes and their fears. This study is based on qualitative research using 29 semi-structured interviews with family members who had previously been informal caregivers, as well as using fieldwork, all in the same nursing home. The interviews were analysed by the three steps of content analysis. The results show the identification of three main categories with nine main subcategories. The categories and subcategories in the table clarify and explain how the interviewees tended to compare the situation in Iran with that in Sweden, how they perceived the situation in Sweden and finally how they also saw the culturally profiled nursing home.

  • 40.
    Kiwi, Mahin
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Antelius, Eleonor
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Deciding upon Transition to Residential Care for Persons Living with Dementia: why Do Iranian Family Caregivers Living in Sweden Cease Caregiving at Home?2018In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, ISSN 0169-3816, E-ISSN 1573-0719, Vol. 33, no 1, p. 21-42Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Previous research has shown how filial piety is strong among people of Iranian background and that traditional Iranian culture result in most families’ preferring to care for their elderly (and sick) family members at home. While acknowledging this, this article highlights what living in diaspora could mean in terms of cultural adaption and changing family values. By interviewing people with Iranian background living in Sweden (n = 20), whom all have been former primary caregivers to a relative living with dementia, we are able to show how the decision to cease caregiving at home is taken, and what underlying factors form the basis for such decision. Results indicate that although the existence of a Persian profiled dementia care facility is crucial in the making of the decision, it is the feeling of ‘sheer exhaustion’ that is the main factor for ceasing care at home. And, we argue, the ability to make such a decision based upon ‘being too tired’ must be understood in relation to transition processes and changes in lifestyle having an affect upon cultural values in relation to filial piety. Because, at the same time the changes on cultural values might not change accordingly among the elderly who are the ones moving into residential care, resulting in them quite often being left out of the actual decision.

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  • 41.
    Kvarnström, Susanne
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Självpresentationer i vårdteam2016In: Team i vård, behandling och omsorg: Erfarenheter och reflektioner / [ed] Johan Berlin, Håkan Sandberg, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB, 2016, 2:1, p. 163-186Chapter in book (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    I detta kapitel diskuteras hur teamets identitet och medlemmarnas självuppfattning skapas och formas genom språkliga förhandlingar och positioneringar mellan och inom gruppen och gentemot gruppens omgivning. Vilka ord väljer teammedlemmar när de talar om sig själva och om teamet? Beskrivningarna visar att dessa ”självpresentationer” kan vara en resurs för medlemmarna i det tvärprofessionella teamet i det vardagliga arbetet.

  • 42.
    Larsson, Elias
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Ekström, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Speech language pathology, Audiology and Otorhinolaryngology. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Samuelsson, Christina
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Speech language pathology, Audiology and Otorhinolaryngology. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Recycling narratives as a joint accomplishment in interaction with people with dementia2018Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    This presentation focuses on recycling of stories in conversations involving people with dementia. In dementia, communicative ability gradually deteriorates as the disease progresses typically leading to profound decline of communicative skills in the late stage. Of all of the domains affected by dementia diseases, communication is one of the areas where people with dementia and their caregivers experience most challenges. A significant characteristic for persons with dementia is a tendency to tell the same stories over and over (e.g. Hydén et al., 2013). While the significance conversational partners have on the organization of stories told by people with dementia are highly recognized (e.g. Hydén, et al., 2013; Hydén, 2011), how conversational partners to people with dementia orient toward recycling of stories are still in need of further investigation. In previous research, the phenomenon of recycling stories is mainly credited to the person with dementia. In our present study, we would like to propose another parallel point of view in which caregivers also tend to recycle stories repetitively in conversation with persons with dementia. We argue that recycling of stories in interaction involving people with dementia is a highly collaborative activity, and sometimes even initiated by conversational partners to people with dementia. In this presentation, we focus on how recycling of stories are sequentially organized is ordinary interaction between people with dementia and professional caregivers. The data consist of video recordings of 4 dyads (one person diagnosed with dementia and a professional caregiver in each dyad) totaling approximately 2,5 hours of recordings. In the analyses, we have focused specifically on how the telling of recycled stories is initiated in conversation, and what kind of feedback such stories receive. Our analyses show that recycled stories told by persons with dementia receive strong interactional support from conversational partners by, for example, the use of responses signaling newness and surprise (cf. Hydén et al., 2013). Conversational partners are also actively involved in the telling of recycled stories by, for example, asking guiding questions expanding the stories and use prompting techniques in cases where the person with dementia seem to have difficulties telling the whole story. In our analyses, we have also seen examples where conversational partners to people with dementia not only support the telling of recycled stories, but actually initiate such stories by instructing the person with dementia to talk about a specific topic.

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    Machat-From, Laura
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Identity, Old(er) Age and Migrancy: A Social Constructionist Lens2017Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    ldentity research in relation to ethnicity and migration has tended to focus an younger people whilst identity research in relation to ageing and old(er) age has not focused an migrants. This inadvertent mutual neglect has led to a lack of identity research that examines the identity categories of old(er) age and migrancy together, a lacuna that this dissertation aims to redress. This dissertation departs from a social constructionist understanding of identity as situationally accomplished in the interplay between how one defines oneself (internally) and how others define one (externally). The questions raised by this perspective and addressed in this dissertation are: When (in what situations) and in relation to whom do old(er) age and migrancy (respectively) seem to become meaningful for identification? How do the identity categories of old(er) age and migrancy seem to be negotiated? The empirical material consists of in-depth interviews with 24 older migrants (13 men, 11 women) aged between 55 and 79 who have been living in Sweden for 18 to 61 years. Interviewees come from 12 different countries that vary in perceived cultural distance from Sweden. The findings suggest that identifications with old(er) age and migrancy seem to be dynamic and flexible rather than necessarily permanently meaningful, thus gaining meaning in specific situations and in relation to particular Others. External definitions furthermore do not always seem to match with internal ones. Regardless of how old(er) age and migrancy are constructed, they seem to be negotiable. This dissertation thus contributes to identity research by studying old(er) age and migrancy together and furthermore sheds light onto how the social constructionist lens allows us to see variability where stability otherwise would be presumed.

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  • 44.
    Machat-From, Laura
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Negotiating the Identity Categories of Old(er) Age and Migrancy: A Social Constructionist Lens2017Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Given the concurrent trends of population ageing and the globalization of international migration, more and more people are ageing in countries other than the ones in which they were born. The resulting growing number of older migrants has led to an increased interest in this population both in social gerontology and in migration and ethnic studies. One area of research in which this has become apparent is in the small but growing literature on identity among older migrants. What this literature thus far has not yet examined together are the two identity categories of old(er) age and migrancy (i.e. perceived difference from the native population resulting from migration). The present paper departs from a social constructionist understanding of identity as accomplished in the interplay between internal (self-)definitions and external definitions (by others). When (in what situations) and in relation to whom are identities pertaining to old(er) age and migrancy asserted or ascribed? How are the identity categories of old(er) age and migrancy negotiated? The presentation is based upon empirical material in the form of 24 interviews with individuals aged between 55 and 79 who were born in 12 different countries and have lived in Sweden between 18 and 61 years. The overall aim of the presentation is to shed light onto how the identity categories of old(er) age and migrancy are negotiated.

  • 45.
    Mahrs Träff, Annsofie
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Fysisk aktivitet för äldre på särskilda boenden: Om inställningar och handlande i svensk äldreomsorg2018In: Journal of Care Research, ISSN 2387-5976, E-ISSN 2387-5984, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 165-176Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Physical activity is described in the literature as positive and important, and has come into focus in recent years. An activity-based theoretical approach dominates in Swedish eldercare, and there are also international recommendations on physical activity for older people. Nevertheless, few studies have explored how the need for physical activity is satisfied at assisted living facilities.

    The aim of this study was to investigate how professionals working in eldercare think about and act to promote physical activities for elderly people. The empirical data consists of observations and interviews conducted at four assisted living facilities in two different Swedish municipalities.

    The results show how cultures and norms are important for how professionals think and act regarding physical activity. There is a contradiction between how professionals discuss elderly people’s need for support for physical activity and how they act in their day-to-day work. There seems to be an acceptance that elderly people’s individual needs cannot be met if professionals have other tasks to perform.

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  • 46.
    Mahrs Träff, Annsofie
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Culture and Society, Division of Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    What Promotes and What Limits Physical Activity in Assisted Living Facilities?: A Study of the Physical Environments Design and Significance2020In: Journal of Housing for the Elderly, ISSN 0276-3893, E-ISSN 1540-353X, Vol. 34, no 3, p. 291-309Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The design of assisted living facilities is an issue that has engaged architects and contractors since they began building the first residential homes. Previous research has shown that participation in everyday activities promotes wellbeing in older people. Many assisted living facilities have locked units that limit the individuals ability to move freely. Our interest is directed towards older peoples opportunities to be physically active in assisted living facilities and how the physical environment affects these opportunities. The aim of this study was to increase the understanding of the importance of the physical environment to enable physical activities in assisted living facilities. The empirical material consists of observations and semi-structured interviews with thirteen residents and seventeen staff in four assisted living facilities in Sweden. The results show how the physical environment influences the opportunities for physical activity. Certain factors in the physical environment can be both promoting and limiting. An unsuitable environment limits the ability of older people to be physically active.

  • 47.
    Mahrs Träff, Annsofie
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Larsson, Ann-Christine
    The Research and Development Unit for Eastern Östergötland, Norrköping, Sweden.
    Abramsson, Marianne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Approaches to physical activity at assisted living facilities: from the perspective of older people and physiotherapists2019In: European Journal of Physiotherapy, ISSN 2167-9169, E-ISSN 2167-9177, Vol. 21, no 1, p. 27-34Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Aim: Physical activity has been described as important for the well-being of all individuals, including the very old. The aim of this study was to investigate how physical activity is performed at assisted living facilities, the situations in which older people were and wanted to be physically active and the role of the physiotherapist at each facility.

    Methods: To achieve this aim, an ethnographic study including observations and interviews was conducted at four assisted living facilities.

    Results: The results show that physical activity neither was an issue in focus at any of the assisted living facilities, nor were recommendations on physical activity followed. Individuals that were able to exercise themselves could do so, whereas those in need of assistance had but limited possibilities to be physically active. There was a need for physical activity that the staff do not necessarily and sufficiently identify.

    Conclusion: The study illustrated that there were major variations in how older people engaged in physical activity and how physical activities were part of everyday life. Physiotherapists played no clear role at the facilities, especially with regard to preventive exercise. Older individuals were not involved in determining which activities should be made available to the residents.

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    Mahrs-Träff, Annsofie
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    ”Fysisk aktivitet –att röra sig och må väl.” Villkor och dilemman för äldres fysiska aktivitet: En observations- och intervjustudie2018Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Physical activity is described as being positive for both physical and mental health and for people of all ages. A daily level and amount of physical activity has been recommended for older people. There are also specific recommendations for people living in assisted living facilities.

    The purpose of this dissertation is to illustrate different aspects of physical activity in assisted living facilities in relation to the people living, and the people working, in assisted living facilities. Previous research shows the importance of being physically active and the risk of passivity when people move to assisted living facilities. It is therefore important to examine the conditions of physical activity in the particular environment that the assisted living facilities consist of.

    An ethnographic method has been used for which observations, interviews and information brochures constitute the empirical material.

    The results show that older people and staff do not always define the concept of physical activity in the same way, and what is meant by the term is perceived differently. The cultures and norms for how staff think about physical activity is of great importance. There is an acceptance that the older person’s individual wishes cannot be met. Physiotherapists appear to have no clear role in the assisted living facilities, in particular in regard to preventive physical activity. The national recommendations for physical activity are rarely used and are not achieved. The physical environment is important and can promote or prevent physical activity. There are a number of factors that can be perceived as promoting or limiting the individual’s ability to be physically active. In some cases, the physical factors can influence a limiting factor to change and to become a promoting factor. There is a difference between the extent of physical activity in assisted living facilities which have dedicated premises for this purpose, compared to facilities where such premises are lacking.

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    1. Perceptions of physical activity among elderly residents and professionals in assisted living facilities
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    2017 (English)In: European Review of Aging and Physical Activity, ISSN 1813-7253, E-ISSN 1861-6909, Vol. 14, article id 2Article in journal (Refereed) Published
    Abstract [en]

    Physical activity is often described as being important for people of all ages, but what different people mean when they talk about physical activity is unclear. A phenomenographic method was used to analyze how 13 older people and 17 professionals answer the question, "If I say physical activity, what does the concept mean to you?" as part of semi-structured interviews conducted in four assisted living facilities in two different municipalities. We identified a number of different perceptions of physical activity, with the older people and professionals having different responses. Elderly and professionals alike, define physical activity as a requirement for life and as an opportunity to maintain the body although they define the concepts in different ways. Elderly define the concept as a way to create meaning and the professionals have the attitude that the concept means everyday activities. The concept of physical activity may be defined in many different ways. This study has shown that elderly and professionals do not define physical activity in the same way. Therefore, professionals need to be aware of these differences when talking with elderly about individual needs in everyday life.

    Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
    SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2017
    Keywords
    Older people; Residential care; Qualitative interviews; Phenomenography; Variation of perceptions; Descriptive categories
    National Category
    Social Work
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-135717 (URN)10.1186/s11556-017-0171-9 (DOI)000394341900001 ()28203305 (PubMedID)
    Available from: 2017-03-17 Created: 2017-03-17 Last updated: 2018-09-11
    2. Approaches to physical activity at assisted living facilities: from the perspective of older people and physiotherapists
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Approaches to physical activity at assisted living facilities: from the perspective of older people and physiotherapists
    2019 (English)In: European Journal of Physiotherapy, ISSN 2167-9169, E-ISSN 2167-9177, Vol. 21, no 1, p. 27-34Article in journal (Refereed) Published
    Abstract [en]

    Aim: Physical activity has been described as important for the well-being of all individuals, including the very old. The aim of this study was to investigate how physical activity is performed at assisted living facilities, the situations in which older people were and wanted to be physically active and the role of the physiotherapist at each facility.

    Methods: To achieve this aim, an ethnographic study including observations and interviews was conducted at four assisted living facilities.

    Results: The results show that physical activity neither was an issue in focus at any of the assisted living facilities, nor were recommendations on physical activity followed. Individuals that were able to exercise themselves could do so, whereas those in need of assistance had but limited possibilities to be physically active. There was a need for physical activity that the staff do not necessarily and sufficiently identify.

    Conclusion: The study illustrated that there were major variations in how older people engaged in physical activity and how physical activities were part of everyday life. Physiotherapists played no clear role at the facilities, especially with regard to preventive exercise. Older individuals were not involved in determining which activities should be made available to the residents.

    Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
    Taylor & Francis, 2019
    Keywords
    Physiotherapy, participation, elderly care, ethnography, observations, interviews
    National Category
    Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Physiotherapy Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-151021 (URN)10.1080/21679169.2018.1465120 (DOI)2-s2.0-85046025809 (Scopus ID)
    Available from: 2018-09-11 Created: 2018-09-11 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved
    3. Fysisk aktivitet för äldre på särskilda boenden: Om inställningar och handlande i svensk äldreomsorg
    Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fysisk aktivitet för äldre på särskilda boenden: Om inställningar och handlande i svensk äldreomsorg
    2018 (Swedish)In: Journal of Care Research, ISSN 2387-5976, E-ISSN 2387-5984, Vol. 4, no 2, p. 165-176Article in journal (Refereed) Published
    Abstract [sv]

    Fysisk aktivitet för äldre beskrivs i litteraturen som något positivt och viktigt och har kommit i fokus under senare år. I svensk äldreomsorg dominerar ett aktivitetsteoretiskt synsätt och det finns även internationella rekommendationer om fysisk aktivitet för äldre. Få studier har dock undersökt hur behovet av fysisk aktivitet tillfredsställs i det särskilda boendet.

    Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur äldreomsorgens personal tänker och agerar när det gäller fysisk aktivitet för äldre. Det empiriska materialet består av observationer och intervjuer på fyra särskilda boenden i två olika svenska kommuner.

    Resultaten visar betydelsen av rådande kulturer och normer för hur personalen tänker och agerar kring fysisk aktivitet. Det finns en motsättning mellan hur personalen diskuterar äldres önskemål om stöd för fysisk aktivitet och hur hänsyn tas till fysisk aktivitet i det dagliga arbetet. Denna motsättning visar sig genom att personalen beskriver vikten av fysisk aktivitet för de äldre personerna samtidigt som denna prioriteras bort till förmån för andra arbetsuppgifter. Det förefaller ha skapats en acceptans för att äldres individuella önskemål inte kan tillgodoses om personalen har andra uppgifter att utföra.

    Abstract [en]

    Physical activity is described in the literature as positive and important, and has come into focus in recent years. An activity-based theoretical approach dominates in Swedish eldercare, and there are also international recommendations on physical activity for older people. Nevertheless, few studies have explored how the need for physical activity is satisfied at assisted living facilities.

    The aim of this study was to investigate how professionals working in eldercare think about and act to promote physical activities for elderly people. The empirical data consists of observations and interviews conducted at four assisted living facilities in two different Swedish municipalities.

    The results show how cultures and norms are important for how professionals think and act regarding physical activity. There is a contradiction between how professionals discuss elderly people’s need for support for physical activity and how they act in their day-to-day work. There seems to be an acceptance that elderly people’s individual needs cannot be met if professionals have other tasks to perform.

    Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
    Universitetsforlaget, 2018
    Keywords
    Professional role, older people’s requests, routines, norms, Professional role, older people’s requests, routines, norms, Personalens roll, äldres önskemål, rutiner, normsystem
    National Category
    Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
    Identifiers
    urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-151022 (URN)10.18261/issn.2387-5984-2018-02-12 (DOI)
    Available from: 2018-09-11 Created: 2018-09-11 Last updated: 2020-01-23Bibliographically approved
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  • 49.
    Majlesi, Ali Reza
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Sweden.
    Ekström, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Speech language pathology, Audiology and Otorhinolaryngology. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Hydén, Lars-Christer
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Spatiotemporal arrangement of objects in activities with people with dementia2019In: Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology, ISSN 1401-5439, E-ISSN 1651-2022, Vol. 44, no 1, p. 31-40Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose: This study shows how the spatial organization of objects and their use may impact locally produced order of activities and how that can affect the accomplishment of everyday activities by people with dementia. Methods: The study is based on ethnomethodological conversation analysis of eight and a half hours of video recordings in three different settings. Eighteen sequences of activities identified were multimodally transcribed and analyzed. Results: The availability or non-availability of objects, their arrangements and manipulations play a crucial role in the management of the order of activities and may present both challenges and facilitations for people with dementia. The organizations of objects directly influence the order of the activity, and the objects potential use may afford actions that deviate from the trajectory and the order of the main activity. Conclusions: One of the significant uses of objects is how they contribute to the perceptual field where attention is organized for building actions. Participants in activities modify the perceptual field by manipulating objects in the material surrounds in response to the relevancies resulting from the unfolding activities. Therefore, spatial contingency is significant in the accomplishment of activities by people with dementia. As it is not self-evident that verbal instructions may result in the instructed actions accordingly, the rearrangement of objects and making them timely available to people with dementia may increase the possibilities of keeping the order of the activities intact.

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  • 50.
    Marcusson, Jan
    et al.
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Neuro and Inflammation Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Local Health Care Services in Central Östergötland, Department of Acute Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
    Nord, Magnus
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Neuro and Inflammation Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Johansson, Maria
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Neuro and Inflammation Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Local Health Care Services in Central Östergötland, Department of Acute Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
    Alwin, Jenny
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Health Care Analysis. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Levin, Lars-Åke
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Health Care Analysis. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Dannapfel, Petra
    Linköping University, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Neuro and Inflammation Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Local Health Care Services in Central Östergötland, Department of Acute Internal Medicine and Geriatrics.
    Thomas, Kristin
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Poksinska, Bozena
    Linköping University, Department of Management and Engineering, Logistics & Quality Management. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
    Sverker, Annette M.
    Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine. Region Östergötland, Local Health Care Services in Central Östergötland, Department of Activity and Health.
    Olaison, Anna
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Social Work. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Cedersund, Elisabet
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Kelfve, Susanne
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division Ageing and Social Change. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Hellström, Ingrid
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Division of Nursing Science. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Kullberg, Agneta
    Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, Social Work. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
    Böttiger, Ylva
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Drug Research. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Center for Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Pharmacology.
    Dong, Huan-Ji
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Anaesthetics, Operations and Specialty Surgery Center, Pain and Rehabilitation Center.
    Peolsson, Anneli
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Physiotherapy. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
    Wass, Malin
    Linköping University, Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Education, Teaching and Learning. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Linköping University, The Swedish Institute for Disability Research.
    Lyth, Johan
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Health Care Analysis. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Operations management Region Östergötland, Research and Development Unit.
    Andersson, Agneta
    Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Community Medicine. Linköping University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Region Östergötland, Operations management Region Östergötland, Research and Development Unit.
    Proactive healthcare for frail elderly persons: study protocol for a prospective controlled primary care intervention in Sweden2019In: BMJ Open, E-ISSN 2044-6055, Vol. 9, no 5, article id e027847Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Introduction The provision of healthcare services is not dedicated to promoting maintenance of function and does not target frail older persons at high risk of the main causes of morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of a proactive medical and social intervention in comparison with conventional care on a group of persons aged 75 and older selected by statistical prediction.

    Methods and analysis In a pragmatic multicentre primary care setting (n=1600), a prediction model to find elderly (75+) persons at high risk of complex medical care or hospitalisation is used, followed by proactive medical and social care, in comparison with usual care. The study started in April 2017 with a run-in period until December 2017, followed by a 2-year continued intervention phase that will continue until the end of December 2019. The intervention includes several tools (multiprofessional team for rehabilitation, social support, medical care home visits and telephone support). Primary outcome measures are healthcare cost, number of hospital care episodes, hospital care days and mortality. Secondary outcome measures are number of outpatient visits, cost of social care and informal care, number of prescribed drugs, health-related quality of life, cost-effectiveness, sense of security, functional status and ability. We also study the care of elderly persons in a broader sense, by covering the perspectives of the patients, the professional staff and the management, and on a political level, by using semistructured interviews, qualitative methods and a questionnaire.

    Ethics and dissemination Approved by the regional ethical review board in Linköping (Dnr 2016/347-31). The results will be presented in scientific journals and scientific meetings during 2019–2022 and are planned to be used for the development of future care models.

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