Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Steinsheim, Gunn"
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Abusive episodes among home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: a cross-sectional Norwegian study
Steinsheim, Gunn; Saga, Susan; Olsen, Bonnie; Broen, Helene Kjeka; Malmedal, Wenche Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Elder abuse is a serious issue with a global prevalence of 15.7% in the community setting. Persons with dementia are at higher risk of elder abuse than the older population in general. With a high and increasing ... -
Coping with everyday life for home-dwelling persons with dementia: A qualitative study
Moe, Aud; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Nordtug, Bente; Blindheim, Kari; Steinsheim, Gunn; Malmedal, Wenche (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Aim: This study aimed to gain insight into factors that influence everyday coping strategies as described by persons with early to intermediate dementia. Background: Living with dementia presents difficulties coping with ... -
Factors associated with subjective burden among informal caregivers of home-dwelling people with dementia: a cross-sectional study
Steinsheim, Gunn; Malmedal, Wenche Karin; Follestad, Turid; Olsen, Bonnie; Saga, Susan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background It is estimated that more than 57 million people have dementia worldwide, and it is one of the leading causes of care dependency in old age. Relatives and other informal caregivers are the most important support ... -
How Volunteers Contribute to Persons with Dementia Coping in Everyday Life
Malmedal, Wenche Karin; Steinsheim, Gunn; Nordtug, Bente; Blindheim, Kari; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Moe, Aud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: The society needs volunteers to fulfill its duty to ensure that people with dementia have active and meaningful everyday lives. Volunteers seem to experience their work as positive and meaningful for their ... -
Improving everyday life of people with dementia living at home: Health care professionals' experiences.
Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Malmedal, Wenche Karin; Nordtug, Bente; Steinsheim, Gunn; Blindheim, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
Informal caregivers and persons with dementia's everyday life coping
Nordtug, Bente; Malmedal, Wenche Karin; Alnes, Rigmor Einang; Blindheim, Kari; Steinsheim, Gunn; Moe, Aud (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This qualitative study explores informal caregivers’ experiences of supporting persons with dementia’s everyday life coping. In the future, there will be fewer health personnel, increased dementia prevalence and limited ... -
A literature review of survey instruments used to measure staff-to-resident abuse in residential care settings.
Malmedal, Wenche Karin; Kilvik, Astrid; Steinsheim, Gunn; Botngård, Anja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Aim To review the literature of existing survey instruments used to measure the occurrence of staff-to-resident elder abuse in residential care settings. Methods A comprehensive literature search during May 2017 ... -
Tidlig oppdagelse av forverret tilstand - En kvalitativ studie av ansattes erfaringer med innføring av en tiltakspakke for pasientsikkerhet
Steinsheim, Gunn; Malmedal, Wenche Karin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Tiltakspakken «Tidlig oppdagelse av forverret tilstand» (TOFT) er en del av Pasientsikkerhetsprogrammet. Den er utarbeidet for at kommunene skal ta i bruk systemer for å forebygge forverring av pasientens tilstand gjennom ...