The Umeå ageing and health research programme (U-Age): Exploring person-centred care and health-promoting living conditions for an ageing population

Abstract

The aim of this article is to describe the Umeå ageing and health research programme that explores person-centred care and health-promoting living conditions for an ageing population in Sweden, and to place this research programme in a national and international context of available research evidence and trends in aged care policy and practice. Contemporary trends in aged care policy includes facilitating ageing in place and providing person-centred care across home and aged care settings, despite limited evidence on how person-centred care can be operationalised in home care services and sheltered housing accommodation for older people. The Umeå ageing and health research programme consists of four research projects employing controlled, cross-sectional and longitudinal designs across ageing in place, sheltered housing, and nursing homes. The research programme is expected to provide translational knowledge on the structure, content and outcomes of person-centred care and health-promoting living conditions in home care, sheltered housing models, and nursing homes for older people and people with dementia.

Embodying person‐centred being and doing: Leading towards person‐centred care in nursing homes as narrated by managers

“…A descriptive design with semi‐structured interviews was used in this study. The study is part of the U‐Age SWENIS‐project (Edvardsson et al, ). The COREQ guidelines were followed to ensure rigor in the study (Tong, Sainsbury, & Craig, ) (see Appendix S1).…”

Resource use and its association to cognitive impairment, ADL functions, and behavior in residents of Swedish nursing homes: Results from the U‐Age program (SWENIS study)

“…A nationwide sample of residents comprises the dataset in this cross‐sectional study. A total of 60 (of 290) Swedish municipalities were randomly selected for the project and 35 of those agreed to participate. Managers at the nursing homes were contacted by telephone, and 188 of 202 requested nursing homes did agree to participate.…”

“…This study is based on data from the Umea ageing and health research program (U-Age) which aims to explore housing models for elderly people and people with dementia. 21 The U-Age research program consists of four projects to study cross-sectional and longitudinal data on different types of housing models for older people: home care services, sheltered housing, and nursing homes. This paper is based on baseline data from the U-Age SWENIS that aims to initiate longitudinal monitoring of care and health in Swedish nursing homes.…”

“…A nationwide sample of residents comprises the dataset in this crosssectional study. A total of 60 (of 290) Swedish municipalities were randomly selected for the project 21 and 35 of those agreed to participate.…”

The thriving of older people assessment scale: Psychometric evaluation and short‐form development

“…Nursing home managers and staff were provided with written information statements regarding the aims and content of the research study. Nursing home staff provided demographic information for residents and answered survey questions as proxy raters regarding cognitive status, activity function and thriving (Edvardsson et al, ). Proxy ratings were used based on the suspected, and later confirmed, high prevalence of cognitive impairment among Swedish nursing home residents (Björk et al, ).…”