Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Tranvåg, Oscar"
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Caring for One’s Wife With Dementia – at Home: Older Husbands’ Experiences With Managing Challenges of Everyday Life
Rykkje, Linda; Tranvåg, Oscar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)More than 80,000 Norwegians live with dementia. Most caregivers for people with dementia are spouses, and women outnumber men. Due to an aging population, and women’s higher risk of dementia as well as men’s increased life ... -
The compound role of a coordinator for home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: qualitative study
Fæø, Stein Erik; Tranvåg, Oscar; Samdal, Rune; Husebø, Bettina; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background As the number of persons with dementia is increasing, there has been a call for establishing sustainable clinical pathways for coordinating care and support for this group. The LIVE@Home.Path trial is a ... -
Crucial aspects promoting meaning and purpose in life: perceptions of nursing home residents
Drageset, Jorunn; Haugan, Gørill; Tranvåg, Oscar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-10-30)Background: Meaning and purpose in life are fundamental to human beings. In changing times, with an aging population and increased life expectancy, the need for health care services and long-term care is likely to grow. ... -
Dementia care in Nepalese old age homes: Critical challenges as perceived by healthcare professionals
Shrestha, Soni; Tranvåg, Oscar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Aim To explore and describe critical challenges in current dementia care practice as perceived by healthcare professionals (HCPs) in old age homes (OAHs) in Kathmandu, Nepal. Background In Nepal, the number of older ... -
Dignity and loss of dignity: Experiences of older women living with incurable cancer at home
Staats, Katrine; Grov, Ellen Karine; Husebø, Bettina; Tranvåg, Oscar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this study, we explored and identified crucial experiences that constitute dignity and loss of dignity among older women living with incurable cancer at home. In-depth interviews with 13 women, and participant observations ... -
Dignity of older home-dwelling women nearing end-of-life: Informal caregivers’ perception
Staats, Katrine; Grov, Ellen Karine; Husebø, Bettina; Tranvåg, Oscar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Background: Most older people wish to live in the familiar surroundings of their own home until they die. Knowledge concerning dignity and dignity loss of home-dwelling older women living with incurable cancer should be a ... -
Dignity work of older women caring for a husband with dementia at home
Tranvåg, Oscar; Nåden, Dagfinn; Gallagher, Ann (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)In this study, we explored perceptions of dignity, and sources preserving dignity of six older Norwegian women caring for a home-dwelling husband with dementia. Through hermeneutic interpretation of in-depth interviews, ... -
Dignity-preserving care for persons living with dementia
Tranvåg, Oscar (Doctoral thesis, 2015-09-14)The overall aim of the study was to develop an empirical-theoretical model of dignitypreserving care for persons living with dementia, grounded upon the perceptions of nurses, allied healthcare professionals, and individuals ... -
Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of dignity-preserving care for older home-dwelling women with incurable cancer in Norway
Staats, Katrine; Christensen, Karen Erika Kirsten; Grov, Ellen Karine; Husebø, Bettina Elisabeth Franziska; Tranvåg, Oscar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Municipal end-of-life care for older home-dwelling patients with cancer is a complex matter requiring healthcare professionals (HCPs) to recognize gender differences in a social, historical and organizational context. A ... -
Home dwelling persons with dementia's perception on care support: Qualitative study
Fæø, Stein Erik; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Tranvåg, Oscar; Husebø, Bettina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Over the last years, there has been a growth in care solutions aiming to support home-dwelling persons with dementia. Assistive technology and voluntarism have emerged as supplements to traditional homecare and ... -
LIVE@Home.Path--innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers: Study protocol for a mixed-method, stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial
Husebø, Bettina; Allore, Heather; Achterberg, Wilco; Angeles, Renira Corinne; Ballard, Clive; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Fæø, Stein Erik; Gedde, Marie H.; Hillestad, Eirin; Jacobsen, Frode F.; Kirkevold, Øyvind; Kjerstad, Egil; Kjome, Reidun Lisbet Skeide; Mannseth, Janne; Naik, Mala; Nouchi, Rui; Puaschitz, Nathalie; Samdal, Rune; Tranvåg, Oscar; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Vahia, Ipsit Vihang; Vislapuu, Maarja; Berge, Line Iden (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background The global health challenge of dementia is exceptional in size, cost and impact. It is the only top ten cause of death that cannot be prevented, cured or substantially slowed, leaving disease management, caregiver ... -
Perspektiver på omsorgsforskning
Førland, Oddvar; Alvsvåg, Herdis; Tranvåg, Oscar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-11-21)Denne artikkelen redegjør for sentrale forskningstradisjoner som har hatt innflytelse på nordisk omsorgsforskning – og i særdeleshet norsk omsorgsforskning. Omsorgsforskning forstås som studiet av omsorgsarbeid, omsorgens ... -
“We live as good a life as we can, in the situation we’re in” – the significance of the home as perceived by persons with dementia
Fæø, Stein Erik; Husebø, Bettina; Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine; Tranvåg, Oscar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-06)Background: The coming years will see more persons with dementia living longer at home. However, “the home” is a complex concept with a multitude of meanings, varying among individuals and raising ethical and practical ...