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Caring for Older People: Improving Healthcare Quality to Ensure Well-Being and Dignity
University West, Department of Health Sciences, Section for nursing - undergraduate level.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2793-9937
University West, Department of Health Sciences, Section for nursing - undergraduate level.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1981-455X
2019 (English)In: Universal Health Coverage / [ed] Aida Isabel Tavares, London: Intechopen Limited , 2019Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The aim of caring is to promote health. The global trend is that people are living longer, but in many cases, there is no support system for the care of older people, leading to major challenges in ensuring their health and well-being. The proportion of older people is expected to increase globally, and skilled healthcare professionals will be required to care for them. There is a risk that older people as suffering and vulnerable human beings will be forgotten due to the increasingly effective and technical care worldwide. A caring culture and relationship should be prioritised and developed to promote participation, well-being and dignity for older people in order to fulfil their care needs and ensure quality healthcare. It is important that research focusing on universal health coverage identifies the benefits of increased investment in service quality. To contribute to the improvement of this output, we propose the application of Eriksson's caritative theory. The aim of this theoretical chapter is to provide examples of how the dignity and well-being of older people can be promoted, at no additional cost to the person, by means of Eriksson's caritative theory, which can strengthen healthcare for universal health coverage.

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London: Intechopen Limited , 2019.
Keywords [en]
caring, dignity, healthcare, quality, older person, universal health coverage, well-being
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Nursing
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NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, Nursing science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-14734DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.85598ISBN: 978-1-78984-975-2 (electronic)ISBN: 978-1-78984-974-5 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-14734DiVA, id: diva2:1375866
Available from: 2019-12-06 Created: 2019-12-06 Last updated: 2019-12-27Bibliographically approved

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