Background: With the rapidly growing aging population, older adults need to stay healthy and active for a longer time. Mobile health (mHealth) solutions could help support, prevent, or delay functional decline falls in old age.Purpose: The aim was explore persons' experiences of mobile application fall prevention exercise, identify what possible behavior change techniques include further development application.Methods: Two focus groups were conducted with 12 (seven women five men) 70 83...

Promoting healthier lifestyles in people with intellectual disabilities is important order to improve health and reduce inequalities. Few studies have explored how health-promotion interventions for community-based settings are experienced. The aim of this study was explore residents', staff members' rehabilitation professionals' experiences a intervention affected the habits living group home regarding eating physical activities staffs' ways working. Semi-structured interviews were...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate registered dietitians’ (RDs) experiences in consulting adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) Sweden. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive study using a study-specific web-based questionnaire was administered, comprising both multiple-choice questions space for comments and open-ended questions. answers from 53 respondents were analysed systematic text condensation. Findings Four categories identified: RDs’ the first meeting;...

Abstract Background The Swedish disability policy has an ambition that people with disabilities should have the possibility to live like everyone else in community. A study 2001 described living conditions of ID born 1959–1974 Uppsala County as compared general population same age group. results showed differences between two groups, particularly regarding employment, finances, and social life. Specific Aims aim present were explore changes a group 16‐year perspective compare outcomes...

This study focuses on the subjective experience of living conditions adults with intellectual disabilities as related to Uppsala Quality Life model (UQoL2). Eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted issues raised by people disabilities. Study participants had their own home, either in an ordinary dwelling or group home. The findings show that dependence support daily life infringes sense adult social status and control life. Staff family a mandate define Life, which countered...

The aim of this study was to examine whether professional collaboration in home health care is associated with clear boundaries between principals' areas responsibility and the professions responsibility, respectively.Data were derived from a web-based survey that carried out one county middle Sweden during spring 2013. Participants professionals managers council all municipalities county. Both structured open-ended questions utilised. A total 421 individuals (90% women) answered questions,...

Abstract Quality of life (QoL) has become an important outcome in evaluations services and support for people with intellectual disabilities (ID). Many ID request more say want to be involved the development provision. The original Uppsala QoL (UQoL) model consists a general essence hierarchically ordered themes describes from perspective through individual interviews. aim present study is examine UQoL regarding its inherent component parts explore interrelationship between them. contributes...

The quality of meal-oriented support for people with intellectual disabilities is important their health. aim the present study was to explore experiences and diet counselling adults living in supported housing, from perspective housing staff mothers. Five focus group interviews, including nine supporting members mothers, were conducted. interviews analyzed using systematic text condensation. themes appeared; Extensive needs individual, Staff skills determine food intake, Informal caregivers...

Abstract Aim To explore whether professional training contributed to implementation of the national core value system in practice care older people and identify course participants' perceptions about factors that facilitated or obstructed them implementing their projects. concerning facilitate obstruct implementation. Design Descriptive cross‐sectional. Methods Data were retrieved from 451 participants who had completed “Understanding providing leadership based on for people” at Uppsala...

This paper uses a neo-institutional perspective to examine possibilities and obstacles for participation in coordinated individual planning (CIP) people with intellectual disabilities. CIP is tool interprofessional interorganizational coordination the objective of creating joint plan person needing cohesive care. Participation by service-user considered important effective but involving someone an disability may require special adaptations. A thematic analysis interviews 17 professionals...

When the national core value system was introduced in Sweden, care professionals were challenged to be part of a paradigm shift by changing their perspective, from regarding older people like passive recipients societal efforts treating them as active subjects and taking preferences wishes into consideration well. To realize this attitudes behavior, an interprofessional blended education course offered. The present study explored utility educational approach local implementation policy...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the lived experiences adapting care dependency among adults receiving health and social in ordinary housing. Design/methodology/approach This was done by conducting a phenomenological study interviewing ten adults, home services Findings Participants not only adapted becoming “good patient” but they had four strategies used: sociability, distance, competence compliance, contributing sense dignity personal safety. Research...