scholarly journals Daily life for chronically ill oldest old persons

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aud Moe ◽  
Ingela Enmarker ◽  
Ove Hellzén
Keyword(s):  
Older Persons ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Chronically Ill ◽  
The Past ◽  
Will To Live ◽  
Home Nursing Care ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
At Home

In the past, the study of old age often focused on the losses and problems associated with ageing. In recent times, the focus has been on the positive aspects, such as quality of life, inner strength, and enjoying life. The aims of this study were to highlight the ways in which chronically ill older persons experience the meaning of daily life and to understand what it means to live at home with chronic disease. In-depth interviews were used to illustrate individual experiences. The sample consisted of 13 chronically ill persons, aged 80 to 94 years, living at home and receiving assistance in the form of home nursing care. Data were analyzed using the phenomenological hermeneutical method. After a na&iuml;ve reading and a structural analysis of the text, we identified three themes: <em>being insufficient</em>, <em>becoming dependent</em>, and <em>enjoying life</em>. The comprehensive understanding suggested that daily life involved <em>bad days</em>, described as illness with dysfunctions, limited energy, and dependency on others. Daily life also had its positive aspects, described as <em>enjoying life</em>. Dignity was threatened by feelings of being a burden to others and was affirmed by experiencing a will to live. It was concluded that <em>bad days</em> with experiences of suffering and <em>good days</em> that provided the older with experiences of enjoying life could help them meet adversity through qualities of resilience that gave meaning to daily life and helped them to think positively in times of greater difficulty.

scholarly journals Total Joint Replacement in the Past Does Not Relate to a Deteriorated Functional Level and Health Status in the Oldest Old

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiebe Chr. Verra ◽  
Anton J. M. de Craen ◽  
Coen C. M. M. Jaspars ◽  
Jacobijn Gussekloo ◽  
Gerard Jan Blauw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Total Joint Replacement ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Hip Pain ◽  
Joint Function ◽  
Joint Replacements ◽  
The Past ◽  
Health Related

Total hip or knee replacement is effective in improving joint function, quality of life, and pain reduction. The oldest old population with joint replacements (TJR) is underrepresented in current literature. We compared health-related and functional characteristics of oldest olds with and without TJR. Participants (aged 85 years) were divided into a group with and without TJR. Comorbidity, physical and joint functioning, daily living activities, quality of life, and mortality were recorded. Thirty-eight of 599 participants (6.3%) received a TJR in the past. Participants with a TJR had slightly less comorbidities, walked slower (P=0.006), and complained more about hip-pain (P=0.007). Mortality of those with a TJR was lower during the first 8-year followup (P=0.04). All other characteristics were comparable between groups. We conclude that subjects with a TJR performed equally well, besides showing a lower gait speed and a higher frequency of hip-pain. Except for the lower gaitspeed, having a TJR is not associated with poorer health.

Time for Family

A Child's Day ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 87-116
Author(s):  
Killian Mullan
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Active Travel ◽  
The Past ◽  
Domestic Activities ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Children's Activities ◽  
At Home

This chapter investigates the context of children's daily life linked to family, in particular concentrating on the time children spend at home and with parents. Mirroring the stability of time at school over the past several decades, children's waking time at home with their parents on school days changed remarkably little over four decades between 1975 and 2015. Days when children are not at school, in contrast, have witnessed significant changes in the time children are at home with their parents. In 2000, children spent less time at home with parents than children in 1975. The examination of changes in children's activities in context revealed that children in 2000 were spending more time in screen-based activities and substantially more time in domestic activities (primarily shopping) outside the home than children in 1975, the latter of which likely includes time when children are with their parents. Between 2000 and 2015, there was a subsequent reversal of this trend, with a significant increase in the time children spent at home with their parents, which accounts for an overall increase in this period in the time children spend at the same location as their parents. This increase in time at home with parents on non-school days coincides with children spending more time doing activities such as homework, study, and screen-based activities, and less time in active travel and out-of-home play.

scholarly journals CONSTRUCTING BALINESE ANALOGY AND PROVERB BASED ON BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA: THE INITIATIVE OF BALINESE BIODIVERSITY DOCUMENTATION

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
I.G.P. Suryadarma
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Ocean Waves ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Biological Phenomena ◽  
The People ◽  
Hunting And Gathering ◽  
Process Learning ◽  
The Universe

<p>The nature is real teacher for a person who wish to develop their intelligence. Intelli­gence is a natural quality of live. The universe intelligence are hidden everywhere, and if we have eyes to see, we can see it everywhere. We can learn from animals on how they sleep, they live and their interaction each others. Most people in every traditional culture learn based on their beliefs rather than their reason (Suryadarma, 2012). There are many different ways to look the uniqueness of biodiversity and the interrelationship between humans and their social and biophysical surroundings. <br />People in the past; i.e. hunting and gathering communities were heavily depended on their immediate natural resources to meet most of their basic needs. Therefore, they closely interacted with their environment and thereby, gained a sound knowledge and understand­ing the uniqueness of each species and its underlying ecological processes. Many events in daily life is interesting, in the sense that many phenomena and objects can be directly ob­served. The richness of biological pehenomena in the ecosystems can be directly observed. Some phenomena had recorded as a proverbs, analogy and song. <br />Balinese use the uniqueness of biodiversity resources and ecological phenomena in their daily life to find analogy, proverb and song to reflect their life. Yesudian (1989) declared; that man is the culminating point of the creation but in the man alone are animal, human and divine qualities alive and active together. Which aspects of our nature are to manifest? To manifest the humanity is the purpose of our earthly life (Suryadarma, 2010). This is the rea­son why the Balinese use proverbs, analogy, and song as part of learning process. Learning is processes of our escalation where it processes e.g. it can be analogized with the process of transformation on butterfly life cycle <br />Tsunami is a large ocean waves that washes everything in the shallow water of a shore­line where globalization can be analogized with tsunami process in which the world increas­ingly their activities. Globalization is the fact where the people have been two ways in look­ing at it impact on their life activities. It is the reason why each person use different ways looking of proverbs, analogy in our cultural activities. How develop its in deferent level and different site into better science for better life? How to explore and develop it as sources of biodiversity documentation information because these activities will be developed the fra­grance of ecological wisdom and enter in every one heart.</p>

scholarly journals The perceptions of Kwazulu-Natal nursing students about the discipline

Curationis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
LR Uys
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
The Past ◽  
Kwazulu Natal ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Realistic Appraisal

This article reports on a descriptive study aimed at exploring the perceptions of student nurses about the past, present and future of the discipline. In-depth interviews with 12 students from KwaZulu- Natal were transcribed and analysed. Students showed a realistic appraisal of the discipline. They valued the essence of the profession, and were positive about their work and their training. They felt, however that nurses are not treated well by others, that the working conditions are poor and the quality of care often bad. They saw their current role as more autonomous than in the past, and saw the nurse as moving more into the community, becoming more specialised, and more entrepreneurial in future. They saw the challenges of the future in the areas of quality of care, improving training, recognition of the profession, and management, and dealing with the problem of HIV/AIDS.

scholarly journals Cognitive Rehabilitation in Patients with Gliomas and Other Brain Tumors: State of the Art

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Bergo ◽  
G. Lombardi ◽  
A. Pambuku ◽  
A. Della Puppa ◽  
L. Bellu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Brain Tumors ◽  
Cognitive Deficits ◽  
Cognitive Rehabilitation ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The Past ◽  
Disease Prognosis

Disease prognosis is very poor in patients with brain tumors. Cognitive deficits due to disease or due to its treatment have an important weight on the quality of life of patients and caregivers. Studies often take into account quality of life as a fundamental element in the management of disease and interventions have been developed for cognitive rehabilitation of neuropsychological deficits with the aim of improving the quality of life and daily-life autonomy of patients. In this literature review, we will consider the published studies of cognitive rehabilitation over the past 20 years.

Older Peopleís Perceptions of the Neighbourhood: Evidence from Socially Deprived Urban Areas

2003 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Scharf ◽  
Chris Phillipson ◽  
Allison Smith
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Deprivation ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Deprived Neighbourhoods ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews

Neighbourhoods contribute significantly to shaping their residents’ identities. For older people, the neighbourhood may be even more important than for younger people. Ageing can be associated with an intensification of feelings about locality and space, and the neighbourhood may contribute significantly to older people's quality of daily life. Within the context of a study that examines the concerns of older people living in areas of England characterised by intense social deprivation, the article explores perceptions of the local environment. Findings are reported from an empirical study conducted in nine socially deprived neighbourhoods across three cities. Data collection consisted of a survey of 600 people aged 60 and over, and in-depth interviews with 130 people of the same age group. The article focuses on older people's views in relation to both positive and negative aspects of their local environment. It concludes with a discussion of three key themes: first, the question of older peopleís attachment to their neighbourhood; second, the issue of variation between areas; and third, the impact of place on the quality of older people's daily life.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the elderly' falls efficacy by their status of having a home accident and daily life activities

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2308
Author(s):  
Hande Şahin ◽  
Sibel Erkal
Keyword(s):  
Older Persons ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Daily Life Activities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Student’S T ◽  
Elderly Falls ◽  
Student’S T Test ◽  
Lower Educational Attainment

A total of 600 older persons from Cebeci district, Ankara province have participated in this study which aimed to evaluate the elderly' falls efficacy by their status of having an accident and daily life activities. Modified Falls Efficacy Scale (MFES), and Katz Daily Activities Scale were used as data gathering tools in this study. The data were analyzed using standard deviation, arithmetic mean, and the student's t-test to compare the two groups, and the analysis of variance in comparison of multiple groups. The results showed that the falls efficacy scores of the older adults who had experienced a home accident within the past year ( =69,15) were lower than those who had not ( =84,33). The falls efficacy scores of the participants decreased with increased dependence in bathing, sitting/standing, toilet, walking, cooking, cleaning and shopping activities. The participants who were older, had lower educational attainment, low monthly income and green cards, and lived with their relatives had lower falls efficacy scores (p<0.05).

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