Essays about: "caring for elderly"

Showing result 16 - 18 of 18 essays containing the words caring for elderly.

  1. 16. Caring about Business in the Care Business : How private elderly care providers can generate profit while maintaining care quality

    University essay from Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Mery Oscanoa; Roger Bergdahl; [2008]
    Keywords : Care quality; health economy; private care providers;

    Abstract : The social service care system for the elderly has undergone a number of changes during the last decades. These reforms, especially the purchaser-provider split, have changed the role of the state in this sector somewhat, from being a monolithic provider of tax-financed elderly care to primarily being a purchaser who might choose to purchase elderly care services from private providers. READ MORE

  3. 17. South African nurses experiences from caring encounters in nursing care of elderly patients sufferung from dementia

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

    Author : Elisabeth Byh; Maria Mellerup; [2004]
    Keywords : communication; dementioa; elderly; nursing-care; South Africa; demens; kommunikation; omvårdnad; Sydafrika; äldre;

    Abstract : To meet patients who are sufferng from dementia takes encouragement and imagination. As a nurse you should try to understand the patients verbal and nonverbal communicative skills. How you as a nurse act towards the patient is of great importance for how the nurse-patient relationship will be. READ MORE

  4. 18. South African nurses' experiences of the concept of Activity, in nursing of elderly

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för hälsa

    Author : Erica Brännström; Sofia Fors; [2004]
    Keywords : aktivitet; gemenskap; äldre; omvårdnad; sjuksköterska; livskvalitet; kultur; activity; communion; elderly; care; nursing; quality of life; culture;

    Abstract : Activities and relations are something that all people have in common. Throughout activity we fulfill some basic needs, which are necessary to regain physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing. READ MORE