Essays about: "SOCIAL CARE SECTOR"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 essays containing the words SOCIAL CARE SECTOR.

  1. 11. What Kind of Home Makes a ‘Good Life’? A critical exploration of the Swedish kollektivhus to support a degrowth transition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Charlotte Estey; [2021]
    Keywords : degrowth; ecological modernization; kollektivhus; co-housing; narratives; Stockholm; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Under the capitalist growth imperative, mainstream housing is connected to high social and ecological consequences. In light of the need for an alternative approach to housing, my thesis adopts a degrowth perspective to critically explore an alternative housing model: the Swedish kollektivhus (‘collective house’; co-housing). READ MORE

  3. 12. Green Prescribing: Communities of Boundary Practice in Transectoral Collaboration. An Actor-Oriented Approach to Environmental and Public Health Intervention.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Naomi Willows Rough; [2021]
    Keywords : Green Prescribing; Transectoral; Communities of Boundary Practice; Boundaries; Co-Benefits; Science General;

    Abstract : Green prescribing, the referral of patients to nature-based activities, has potential to bring co- benefits for psychological and physiological public health and for environmental health. Literature considers a major limitation to its effective implementation as a holistic, transectoral practice to be lack of a common language and tendency of actors involved to work within their respective paradigms, resulting in silo working and minimising realisation of potential co- benefits. READ MORE

  4. 13. "Only seeing the numbers and forgetting the people behind" - The influence of New Public Management on elderly care : A country comparison between Germany and Sweden

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för hälsa, vård och välfärd

    Author : Denise Soyka; [2021]
    Keywords : Elderly care; Germany; New Public Management; qualitative content analysis; Sweden;

    Abstract : The elderly care sector is facing high demands in the context of demographic change. In regard to the high potential of efficiency increase, the area has been restructured particularly strongly based on principles of the New Public Management (NPM) since the 1970s. READ MORE

  5. 14. Do I Care Enough To Engage? : An Investigation on Contributor Engagement Towards the Dutch Cancer Society

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Huib de Bruijn; Quincy Verheul; [2020]
    Keywords : Charitable Contribution – Charitable Organisation – Charity Sector – Contributor – Contributor Engagement – Dutch Cancer Society – Consumer Engagement;

    Abstract : Abstract   Background:           The environment of the charity sector is changing. The overall sector of licensed charities in the Netherlands grew over the past couple of years, but this trend is not caused by a growth in contributors, as the numbers show a downwards slope. READ MORE

  6. 15. Facilitating Information Sharing Concerning Dementia : Designing the interface of an online multimedia library

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Martin Wedberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Knowledge sharing; usability; multimedia library; mobile technology; prototyping; e-library; dementia care;

    Abstract : There is a lack of technology that facilitates knowledge sharing in the medical sector. In several countries there is a shortage of medical staff with the proper education to take care of patients suffering from dementia. READ MORE