Kjersti Sunde Mæhre
Biographic Data
| ID | 4593537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kjersti Sunde Mæhre |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kjersti Sunde |
| FAMILY NAME | Mæhre |
| SIGNATURE | MÆHRE K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | UiT The Arctic University of Norway |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3662-6131 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Older people enacting resilience in stories about living alone and receiving home care
Although older people who live alone might be in a vulnerable situation, they have often managed their everyday life for a long time, frequently with health challenges. In this article, we explore how nine older persons who live alone, who receive home care and are identified by home care professionals as being frail, manage their everyday lives by inquiring into their stories about living alone and receiving home care. We conducted three qualita…
Cause for concern? The value of practical knowledge in professional education
The aim of this paper is to explore how practical knowledge can enhance higher education and Bildung for the human service professions. The paper sheds light on how governance reforms such as New Public Management have influenced higher education, where we argue that scientific rationality has weakened the professional’s autonomy and responsibility. The paper is based on the three authors’ experiences as university teachers and researchers from t…
The timescapes of older adults living alone and receiving home care: An interview study
In this study, we drew on Barbara Adam's (1998) timescape perspective and applied a timescape lens to our analysis of how nine older adults who live alone, receive home care and are considered by home care professionals to be frail, experience living (in) time. Over a period of eight months, we conducted three interviews with each of the nine participants. We analysed the data using reflexive thematic analysis and drew on timescapes to further in…
Institutional Work in a Palliative Unit: “There is Less Time for Patient Contact”
The encounter between divergent institutional logics may be challenging for nurses, since they must balance different expectations in their daily institutional work. These challenges increase when new reforms are introduced. Our research question is: How do actors linked to a palliative care unit experience the consequences of the Coordination reform in their daily performance of care work? Our study is based on a qualitative study in a palliativ…
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Institutional Work in a Palliative Unit: “There is Less Time for Patient Contact”
The encounter between divergent institutional logics may be challenging for nurses, since they must balance different expectations in their daily institutional work. These challenges increase when new reforms are introduced. Our research question is: How do actors linked to a palliative care unit experience the consequences of the Coordination reform in their daily performance of care work? Our study is based on a qualitative study in a palliativ…
Cause for concern? The value of practical knowledge in professional education
The aim of this paper is to explore how practical knowledge can enhance higher education and Bildung for the human service professions. The paper sheds light on how governance reforms such as New Public Management have influenced higher education, where we argue that scientific rationality has weakened the professional’s autonomy and responsibility. The paper is based on the three authors’ experiences as university teachers and researchers from t…
The timescapes of older adults living alone and receiving home care: An interview study
In this study, we drew on Barbara Adam's (1998) timescape perspective and applied a timescape lens to our analysis of how nine older adults who live alone, receive home care and are considered by home care professionals to be frail, experience living (in) time. Over a period of eight months, we conducted three interviews with each of the nine participants. We analysed the data using reflexive thematic analysis and drew on timescapes to further in…
Older people enacting resilience in stories about living alone and receiving home care
Although older people who live alone might be in a vulnerable situation, they have often managed their everyday life for a long time, frequently with health challenges. In this article, we explore how nine older persons who live alone, who receive home care and are identified by home care professionals as being frail, manage their everyday lives by inquiring into their stories about living alone and receiving home care. We conducted three qualita…
Sociology (4 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Thematic analysis (2 works)