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Innovative assistive technologies in dementia care between hopes and disillusion. A critical reflection based on the Tech@home experience in Sweden

Global dementia rates will more than triple by 2050, thus challengingsociety. Due to ageing in place policies, informal caregiving is increasing asmore people with dementia continue living at home despite significant careneeds. While most caregivers are willing to act as such, they are notalways adequately supported, thus reporting a high burden, worse mentaland physical health. Innovative Assisti

Development and Implementation of Survivorship Tools to Enable Medical Follow-Up After Childhood Cancer Treatment in Southern Sweden

PURPOSE: Survival rates after childhood cancer have increased from 20% to 80% since the 1970s. The increased number of survivors emphasizes the importance of late effects and their monitoring. Late effects may have a strong impact on quality of life in survivors. The purpose of this study was to make key data in a quality registry available for direct clinical use, enabling health care professiona

Introduction of prostate artery embolization (PAE) in Sweden

Background: Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) is ‘Gold Standard’ treatment for moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) due to benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) with bladder-outlet obstruction (BOO). However, TURP is associated with a risk of complications, so minimally invasive methods have been developed. Prostate artery embolization (PAE) is a new minimally invasive p

Enviro-organizational rift in Swedish flood risk governance

Floods tend not to be bounded by geopolitical or administrative borders, and involve various sectors in society. Flood risk must thus be jointly governed by a web of actors (Renn, 2008), who are not independent of each other but dependent on various resources and affected by the decisions and actions others are making (Becker, 2014). The patterns of social relations among these actors are therefor

Use of hormone replacement therapy improves the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer : A population-based study in Sweden

The association between hormone therapy (estrogen, with or without progesterone) and colorectal cancer (CRC) has received considerable scientific interest but previous research has generated inconsistent results. We aimed to examine whether post-diagnostic use of hormone therapy might protect against CRC mortality and all-cause mortality. Women diagnosed with CRC between January 2007 and December