Essays about: "management in elderly care"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words management in elderly care.

1. 1. From Promise to Practise : A Quantitative Investigation on the Implementation of the Act on System of Choice (LOV) and Care Quality, User Empowerment, and Costs in Swedish Homecare

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Julia Lucero Huanuco Rios; [2023]
   Keywords : LOV; eldercare; choice; care quality; user empowerment; cost; municipality;

   Abstract : In the wake of the New Public Management (NPM) era, the Act on System of Choice (LOV) was introduced in 2009. While implementation was voluntary, over 152 of the 290 municipalities had implemented LOV by 2022. The new act promised improvements in which care quality, user empowerment, and cost-efficiency were almost ensured. READ MORE

3. 2. Vulnerability & Resilience in an Ageing Population : A Case Study on Individual Self-Reliance & Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Policies in Japan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Bergenek; [2023]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Reduction; DRR; Ageing Population; Vulnerability; Resilience; DRM; Disaster Risk Management; Individual Self Reliance; Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction; Japan; Case Study; Elderly; Vulnerable Groups.;

   Abstract : Natural disasters and hazards pose significant risks and challenges for people and communities all around the world, among the groups most vulnerable to these events are elderly populations who face physical, social, and psychological hardships in the face of disasters. The vulnerability and lacking resilience of elderly are a growing global concern as their proportion of the world's population is steadily increasing with an estimated 1 in 6 people being aged 65 and over by 2050, doubling the current number. READ MORE

4. 3. Gemensam utemiljö för äldreboende och förskola : en fallstudie av två samverkanshus i två kommuner

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Anna Norrgren; Matilda Andersson; [2021]
   Keywords : samverkanshus; generationsboende; allaktivitetshus; intergenerational space share; intergenerational shared sites; samverkanshus; generationsboende; allaktivitetshus; intergenerational space share; intergenerational shared sites;

   Abstract : Föreliggande studie undersöker, i relation till planering, gestaltning och förvaltning, utemiljön vid två svenska samverkanshus där förskola har samordnats med äldreboende. Fenomenet är förhållandevis nytt i Sverige varför det råder brist på tillgänglig forskning och information om hur kommuner kan arbeta för att göra verksamheternas utemiljöer framgångsrika. READ MORE

5. 4. Improving management of patient flow at Radiology Department using Simulation Models

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

   Author : Kingsly Anand Agasteen Anantharaj; [2021]
   Keywords : Production planning; Capacity planning; Bottleneck; Patient flow; Demand forecast; Produktionsplanering; Kapacitetsplanering; Flaskhals; Patientflöde; Efterfrågan;

   Abstract : The Swedish healthcare system is considered to have good healthcare productivity and efficiency with moderate cost but seems to have some future challenges. Sweden is moving towards the aging population as it requires development in medical care techniques and technologies to provide care to elderly patients. READ MORE

6. 5. "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