Aspects of Self and Identity in Narrations About Recent Events: Communication with Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease Enabled by a Digital Photograph Diary.

The ability to narrate autobiographical memories is important for maintaining the identity of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The current study explored how the sense of self is manifested in narrations about recent events, enabled via a digital photograph diary. Use of a digital photograph diary was tested with seven individuals with AD and their household members.

Going from "paper and pen" to ICT systems: Perspectives on managing the change process.

Background: Lack of participation from staff when developing information and communication technologies (ICT) has been shown to lead to negative consequences and might be one explanation for failure. Management during development processes has rarely been empirically studied, especially when introducing ICT systems in a municipality context.

Objective: To describe and interpret experiences of the management during change processes where ICT was introduced among staff and managers in elderly care.

Technologies in older people's care.

Background: The tension between care-based and technology-based rationalities motivates studies concerning how technology can be used in the care sector to support the relational foundation of care.

Objectives: This study interprets values related to care and technologies connected to the practice of good care.

Research Design: This research study was part of a development project aimed at developing innovative work practices through information and communication technology.

Digital support for medication administration--a means for reaching the goal of providing good care?

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe staffs' perceptions of digital support for medication administration (DSM) and out of the perceptions interpret underlying values.

Design/methodology/approach: In total, 22 persons working in elder care participated in the study. The study had a qualitative approach and focus group interviews were used to collect data.

Stories about life narrated by people with Alzheimer's disease.

Aim: To explore how people with Alzheimer's disease present their life story.

Background: Life story work is a key concept in a person-centred care. An important aspect in understanding the subjective experience and supporting the identity of people with dementia is to listen to their life stories.

Self-care for minor illness.

Aim: To describe experiences with and knowledge of minor illness, self-care interventions used in minor illness and channels of information used when providing self-care for minor illness.

Background: Although minor illness is self-limiting, symptoms can be substantial and have a great impact on the affected person's wellbeing. Possibilities to seek and find information about health and self-care have significantly increased through internet-based communities, forums, and websites.

Supporting conversations between individuals with dementia and their family members.

Remembrance of recent events is a major problem for individuals with dementia. Consequently, this article explores the process of acceptance and integration of a digital photograph diary (DPD) as a tool for remembrance of and conversations about daily life events. A design for multiple case studies was used.

Caring relationships in home-based nursing care - registered nurses' experiences.

The caring relationship between the nurse and the person in need of nursing care has been described as a key concept in nursing and could facilitate health and healing by involving the person's genuine needs. The aim of this study was to explore registered nurses' experiences of their relationships with persons in need of home-based nursing care. Individual interviews with nurses (n=13 registered nurses and 11 district nurses) working in home-based nursing care were performed.

Encounters in home-based nursing care - registered nurses' experiences.

The encounter between registered nurses and persons in need of healthcare has been described as fundamental in nursing care. This encounter can take place face-to-face in physical meetings and through meetings via distance-spanning technology. A strong view expressed in the literature is that the face-to-face encounter is important and cannot entirely be replaced by remote encounters.

Staff expectations on implementing new electronic applications in a changing organization.

This study was undertaken to describe staff expectations prior to implementation of new electronic applications in a changing organization. Changes are a part of human existence; changes based on implementation of technology and information and communication technology are taking place in the health care sector globally. The Swedish public health care and social care sector is taking a similar path.

Professional Caregivers' Perceptions on how Persons with Mild Dementia Might Experience the Usage of a Digital Photo Diary.

Cognitive impairments influence the possibility of persons with dementia to remember daily events and maintain a sense of self. In order to address these problems a digital photo diary was developed to capture information about events in daily life. The device consisted of a wearable digital camera, smart phone with Global Positioning System (GPS) and a home memory station with computer for uploading the photographs and touch screen.

The challenge of coming to terms with the use of a new digital assistive device: a case study of two persons with mild dementia.

There is an increased interest in supporting persons with dementia with technical services in daily life. The aim of this case study was to explore the complex issues involved in the process from a user driven development to the acceptance and usage of a new digital assistive device for persons with mild dementia. Even though it was developed in a user driven process and personalized to meet their individual needs they rarely used it.

Caring for dying people: attitudes among Iranian and Swedish nursing students.

Aim: To compare the attitudes of Iranian and Swedish nursing students toward caring for dying persons.

Materials And Methods: Their attitudes were measured with the Frommelt's Attitude Toward Caring of the Dying and the Death Attitude Profile Revised.

Results: The results indicated that the participating Iranian students were more afraid of death and less likely to give care to dying persons than the Swedish participants.

General practitioners' reasoning about using mobile distance-spanning technology in home care and in nursing home care.

The trend for health care and nursing care turns from hospital to health care and nursing care at home. Studies have shown that health care professionals have no access to patient records in home and nursing home settings. Technological development creates opportunities for a host of mobile technology solutions.

Using assistive technology services at differing levels of care: healthy older couples' perceptions.

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe healthy older couples' perceptions of using assistive technology services when needing assistance with care.

Background: The use of information technology-based assistive technology services in elder care has increased as a result of an increase of care performed in private homes. The use of assistive technology services in care of older people at home has been evaluated as something positive by patients, relatives and nursing staff, while as resistance to their increased use has also been noted.

Caring for dying and meeting death: experiences of Iranian and Swedish nurses.

Objective: Our world is rapidly becoming a global community, which creates a need to further understand the universal phenomena of death and professional caring for dying persons. This study thus was conducted to describe the meaning of nurses' experiences of caring for dying people in the cultural contexts of Iran and Sweden.

Materials And Methods: Using a phenomenological approach, phenomenon of caring for dying people was studied.

Experience with videoconferencing between a neonatal unit and the families' home from the perspective of certified paediatric nurses.

Parents of preterm-born infants need support after returning to their homes with their baby. We studied the experience of certified paediatric nurses (CPNs) with the use of videoconferencing between the neonatal intensive care unit and the families' home. Families were given a home videoconferencing unit, which allowed them to contact staff at the neonatal unit, day and night.

Elderly people's perceptions of how they want to be cared for: an interview study with healthy elderly couples in Northern Sweden.

Many countries encounter a demographic change where the number of elderly people will increase. As a result, the number of very old people needing care, services and medical assistance will increase. Care in the private home is often described as providing the best alternative for many elderly people.

Swedish nurses' experiences of caring for dying people: a holistic approach.

Most people need to be cared for at the end of their lives by professionals. This study aimed to elucidate the meaning of nurses' experiences of caring for dying persons at home and in a special unit in a hospital. Four registered nurses working in private homes and 4 registered nurses working in a specific unit in a hospital setting were interviewed.

Views on technology among people in need of health care at home.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe how people in need of health care at home view technology.

Study Design: A qualitative approach was used based on qualitative interviews, followed by qualitative content analysis.

Methods: District nurses (DNs) from 4 health care centres in Northern Sweden had access to different kinds of distance-spanning technology with mobile devices and who used it in their health care at home.

A caring relationship with people who have cancer.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study conducted to elucidate the meaning of a caring relationship with people with cancer.

Background: A caring relationship becomes the most important focus of caregiving when treatment of the body has reached the limits where cure is no longer expected. Caring as perceived by people with cancer involves nurses having professional attitudes and skills in order to provide good care, including emotional and practical support.

Adjusting to being a father to an infant born prematurely: experiences from Swedish fathers.

The aim of this study was to describe the experiences of being a father to a prematurely born infant. Eight fathers of prematurely born children were interviewed using a narrative approach, and a thematic content analysis was used to analyse the interviews. The fathers described that the preterm birth gave them the chance to get to know their infant as they had to spend time at the intensive care unit.

'Relatives are a resource, but...': registered nurses' views and experiences of relatives of residents in nursing homes.

Registered Nurses (RNs) working in nursing homes in Sweden have obligations towards the residents' relatives, besides the care of residents. Relatives' involvement and satisfaction with the care partly depend on their contacts and communication with the staff. This study aimed to explore and describe RNs' views and experiences of relatives of residents who live in nursing homes.

Intestinal mucins from cystic fibrosis mice show increased fucosylation due to an induced Fucalpha1-2 glycosyltransferase.

In gene-targeted mouse models for cystic fibrosis (CF), the disease is mainly manifested by mucus obstruction in the intestine. To explore the mucus composition, mucins insoluble and soluble in 6 M guanidinium chloride were purified by three rounds of isopycnic ultracentrifugation from the small and large intestines of CF mice (Cftr(m1UNC)/Cftr(m1UNC)) and compared with wild-type mice. The amino acid composition was typical of that for mucins and showed increased amounts of the insoluble (2.

Stroke patients in nursing homes: eating, feeding, nutrition and related care.

The purpose of this study was to explore eating, feeding and nutrition among stroke patients in nursing homes as described by their nurses and by assessments. Registered Nurses were interviewed about an individual stroke patient's state of health, care needs and nursing care received and nursing records were reviewed. Information on eating, feeding and nutrition was extracted from the interviews and nursing records.