Essays about: "old age and death"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words old age and death.

  1. 1. The pension reform of 1948 and its potential effect on health for older adults in Sweden during the middle of the 20th century : A description of the pension reforms in the eldercare between the years of 1913 and 1948 in Sweden, and the potential effect of the reform in 1948 on death rates for those 67 years and older during the middle of the 20th century.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

    Author : Emelie Thunqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Pension; Eldercare reforms; Death rates; Gender differences; Social determinants of health; Income;

    Abstract : Background: In 1946, a proposal was made for a law on national pensions with the aim of reforming the pension system and giving pensioners better finances, which later was implemented at 1948. The theory of the social determinants of health suggests that income is an important factor that has an impact on health. READ MORE

  3. 2. Agency in the Warsaw Ghetto : An Intersectional Analysis of the Daily Life, Survival, and Death of Elderly Jews

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Janika Raisch; [2022]
    Keywords : Holocaust; Genocide; Warsaw ghetto; Second World War; Nazi; Nazis; Poland; Warsaw; Jews; Polish Jews; Ghettoisation; Ghettoization; Ghetto; Ghettos; Jewish council; Jewish Self-Help; Elderly; Elderly Jews; Old age; Intersectionality; Agency;

    Abstract : In Holocaust research, the study of elderly Jews in Nazi German ghettos remains a blind spot. This thesis begins to fill the research gap by exploring the everyday life of elderly Jews and their agency under the structural conditions of the Warsaw ghetto. READ MORE

  4. 3. Honlig reproduktion hos unga lodjur (Lynx lynx)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Cecilia Norstedt; [2022]
    Keywords : Eurasiskt lodjur; lodjur; Lynx lynx; reproduktion; pubertet; dräktighetsandel; persisterande gulkropp; gulkropp;

    Abstract : I Sverige lever Europas störa kattdjur – det eurasiska lodjuret (Lynx lynx). Arten klassas som livskraftig globalt sett men är i Sverige fridlyst sedan 90-talet och klassas som sårbar enligt 2020 års rödlista. Sedan 1990-talet har man i Sverige genomfört en årlig inventering av lodjur för att uppskatta stammens storlek och utveckling. READ MORE

  5. 4. En park för äldre : gestaltning för att motverka ensamhet och social isolering bland äldre människor

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Isabella von Platen; [2022]
    Keywords : Social isolering; utemiljö för äldre; terapeutisk park;

    Abstract : Den ökande livslängden i Sverige ger en allt äldre befolkning. Med stigande ålder ökar risken för social isolering när vänkretsen glesas ur. Många äldre får en försämrad hälsa vilket gör det svårare att upprätthålla gamla kontakter och skapa nya. READ MORE

  6. 5. Psychological Well being of Residents in Senior Care Homes Case work Intervention

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Kirandeep Kaur Johal; [2021]
    Keywords : psychological wellbeing; old age people; institutional; home care;

    Abstract : ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: Aging is an unstoppable phenomenon which starts fromconception to last until death. During person’s life goes through certain changes suchas biological, psychological, sociological, and environmental. READ MORE