Publications by Sirkka-Liisa Ekman

Publications by Sirkka-Liisa Ekman
Avhandling
Monolingual and bilingual communication between patients with dementia diseases and their
caregivers. Umeå University Medical Dissertations, No. 370, 158s. 1993.
Artiklar som ingår i avhandlingen:
1. Ekman S-L., Norberg A. The autonomy of demented patients: interviews with
caregivers. Journal of Medical Ethics, 14(4), 184-187, 1988.
2. Ekman S-L., Norberg A, Viitanen M, Winblad B. Care of demented patients with
severe problems of communication. Time-studies and interviews with caregivers.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 5(3), 163-170, 1991.
3. Ekman S-L., Robins Wahlin TB., Norberg A., Winblad B. Relationship between
bilingual demented immigrants and bilingual/monolingual caregivers. The International
Journal of Aging and Human Development, 37(1), 37-54, 1993.
4. Ekman S-L., Robins Wahlin T-B., Viitanen M., Norberg A., Winblad B. Preconditions
for communication in the care of bilingual demented patients. International
Psychogeriatrics.6(1), 99-114, 1994.
5. Ekman S-L., Norberg A., Robins Wahlin TB., Winblad B. Dimensions and progression
in the interaction between bilingual/monolingual caregivers and bilingual demented
immigrants: Analysis of video-recorded morning care sessions in institutions coded by
means of the Erikson theory of 'eight stages of man'. The International Journal of
Aging and Human Development. 41(1), 29-45, 1995.
ORIGINALPUBLIKATIONER UTÖVER AVHANDLINGEN
6. Ekman S-L., Norberg A., Viitanen M., Winblad B. Pflege dementer Patienten mit
Verständigungsproblemen. (Orginaltitel: Care of demented patients with severe
problems of communication. Time-studies and interviews with caregivers. Scandinavian
Journal of Caring Sciences, 5, 163-170, 1991.) Pflege, 3; 227, 1994.
7 Ekman S-L. Monolingual and bilingual communication between patients with
dementia diseases and their caregivers. International Psychogeriatrics. 8(1), 127-132,
1996.
8. Nilsson M., Ekman S-L., Ericsson K., Winblad B. Some characteristics of the quality
of life in old age illustrated by means of Allardt´s concept. Scandinavian Journal of
Caring Sciences. 10(2), 116-121, 1996.
9. Hertzberg A. & Ekman S-L. How the relatives of elderly patients in institutional care
perceive the staff. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 10(4), 205-211, 1996.
10. Fagerberg I. & Ekman S-L. First-year Swedish nursing students' experiences with
elderly patients. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 19(2), 177-189, 1997.

11. Fagerberg I., Ekman S-L., Ericsson K. Two studies of the new nursing education in
Sweden; 1. The place of gerontology and geriatrics. 2. Students characteristics and
expectations. Nurse Education Today. 17(2), 150-157, 1997.
12. Palo-Bengtsson L., Ekman S-L., Ericsson K. Nurses' opinions, ideas and beliefs about
dancing and movement to music in Swedish and Finnish nursing-home settings. Health
Care in Later Life. 2(2), 93-106, 1997.
13. Robinson P., Ekman S-L., Meleis A., Winblad B., Wahlund L-O. Suffering in silence:
the experience of early memory loss. Health Care in Later Life. 2 (2), 107-120, 1997.
13. Palo-Bengtsson L. & Ekman S-L. Social dancing in the care of persons with dementia
in a nursing-home setting: a phenomenological study. Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing
Practice: An International Journal. 11 (2), 101-123, 1997.
14. Sunvisson H., Lökk J., Ericsson K., Winblad B., Ekman S-L. Changes in motor
performance in persons with Parkinson´s disease after exercise in a mountain area.
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing. 29(4), 255-260, 1997.
15. Nilsson M., Ekman S-L., Sarvimäki A. Ageing with joy or resigning to old age? older
peoples´ experiences of the quality of life in old age. Health Care in Later Life. 3(2),
94-110, 1998.
16. Emami A. & Ekman S-L. Living in a foreign country in old age: Life in Sweden as
experienced by elderly Iranian immigrants. Health Care in Later Life. 3(3), 183-198,
1998.
17. Fagerberg I. & Ekman S-L. Swedish nursing students' transition into nursing during
education. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 20(5), 602-620, 1998.
18. Fagerberg I. & Ekman S-L. Caring for elderly patients - a longitudinal study of
Swedish nursing students' narratives. Health Care in Later Life. 3(4), 258-271, 1998.
19. Robinson P., Ekman S-L., Wahlund L-O. Unsettled, uncertain and striving to
understand: toward an understanding of the situation of persons with suspected
dementia. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 47(2), 143-
161, 1998.
20. Palo-Bengtsson L., Winblad B., Ekman S-L. Social dancing - a way to support
intellectual, emotional and motor functions in persons with dementia. Journal of
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 5(6), 545-554, 1998.
21. Fagerberg I., Ekman S-L., Heyman I., Swedish students' reasoning about two fictions
elderly patient cases. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 13(4), 247-253, 1999.
22. Hertzberg A. & Ekman S-L. ”We, not them and us?” Views on the relationships and
interactions between staff and relatives of older people permanently living in nursing
homes. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 31(3), 614-622, 2000.
23. Emami A., Torres S., Lipson J., Ekman S-L. An ethnographic study of a day care
center for Iranian immigrant seniors. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 22(2), 169-
188, 2000.

24. Nilsson M., Sarvimäki A., Ekman S-L. Feeling old: being in a phase of transition in
later life. Nursing Inquiry. 7(1), 41-49, 2000.
25. Götell E., Brown S., Ekman S-L. Caregiver-assisted music events in psychogeriatric
care. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 7(2), 119-125, 2000.
26. Fagerberg I., Ekman S-L., Winblad B. Influencing aspects in nursing education on
Swedish nursing students´ choices of first work area as graduated nurses. Journal of
Nursing Education. 39(5), 211-218, 2000.
27. Palo-Bengtsson L. & Ekman S-L. Dance events as a caregiver intervention for persons
with dementia, Nursing Inquiry. 7(3), 156-165, 2000.
28. Heikkilä K. & Ekman S-L. Health care experiences and beliefs of elderly Finnish
immigrants in Sweden. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 11(4), 281-289, 2000.
29. Emami A., Benner P., Lipson J., Ekman, S-L. Health as continuity and balance in life:
Western Journal of Nursing Research. 22(7), 812-825, 2000.
30. Emami A., Benner P., Ekman, S-L. A sociocultural health model for late-in-life
immigrants. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. 12(1), 15-24, 2001.
31. Sunvisson H. & Ekman S-L. Environmental influences on the experiences of people
with Parkinson’s disease. Nursing Inquiry. 8(1), 41-50, 2001.
32. Brown S., Götell E., Ekman S-L. ‘Music-therapeutic caregiving’: the necessity of
active music-making in clinical care. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 28, 125-135, 2001.
33. Brown S., Götell E., Ekman S-L. Singing as a therapeutic intervention in dementia care
The Journal of Dementia Care Research Focus. July/August, 33-37, 2001.
34. Ebbeskog B. & Ekman S-L. Elderly persons´ experiences of living with venous leg
ulcer: living in a dialectal relationship between freedom and imprisonment.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 15(3), 235-243, 2001.
35. Hertzberg A., Ekman S-L., Axelsson K. Staff´s activities and behaviour are the source
of many feelings: Relatives’ interactions and relationship with staff in nursing homes.
Journal of Clinical Nursing.10(3), 380-388, 2001.
36. Sunvisson H., Ekman S-L., Hagberg H., Lökk J. An education programme for
individuals with Parkinson’s disease. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 15(4),
311-317, 2001.
37. Lauri S., Salanterä S., Chalmers K., Ekman S-L., Kim SH., Käppeli S., McLeod M. An
exploratory study of clinical decision-making in five countries. Journal of Nursing
Scholarship. 33(1), 83-90, 2001.
38. Palo-Bengtsson L. & Ekman S-L. Emotional response to social dancing and walks in
person with dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer´s Disease and Other Dementias.
17 (3), 149-153, 2002.

39. Ebbeskog B. & Ekman S-L. Äldre personers upplevelse av att leva med venöst bensår.
Norsdisk Geriatrik. 1, 59-62, 2002.
40. Carlsson R., Ekman S., Lagerström M. Innebörden av patientförflyttning berättad av
sjukgymnaster och sjuksköterskor. (The meaning of patient transfers, in narratives of
physiotherapists and nurses). Vård i Norden (Nursing Science & Research in the Nordic
Countries). 22(1), 37-41, 2002.
41. Götell E., Brown S., Ekman S-L. Caregiver singing and background music in dementia
care. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 24(2), 195-216, 2002.
42. Larsson Mauleon A. & Ekman S-L. Newly graduated nurse anesthesists’ experiences
and views on anesthesia nursing - a phenomenographic study. AANA Journal. 70(4),
281-287, 2002.
43. Hertzberg A., Ekman S-L., Axelsson K. “Relatives are a resource, but…” Registred
nurses’ views and experiences of relatives of residents in nursing homes. Journal of
Clinical Nursing. 12(3), 431-441, 2003.
44. Heikkilä K. & Ekman S-L. Elderly care for the ethnic minorities – Wishes and
expectations among elderly Finns in Sweden. Ethnicity and Health 8(2), 135-146, 2003.
45. Nilsson M., Sarvimäki A., Ekman S-L. The meaning of the future for the oldest old.
The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 56(4), 345-364, 2003.
46. Götell E., Brown S., Ekman S-L. Influence of caregiver singing and background music
on posture, movements and sensory awareness in dementia care. International
Psychogeriatrics.15(4), 411-430, 2003.
47. Andreé-Sundelöf E-M, Hansebo G., Ekman S-L. Friendship and caring communion:
The meaning of caring relationship in district nursing, International Journal for Human
Caring. 8(3), 13-20, 2004.
48. Larsson Mauleon A., Palo Bengtsson L., Ekman S-L. Anaesthesia care of old patients
as experienced by nurse anaesthetists. Nursing Ethics. 12(3), 263-272, 2005.
49. Eggers T., Norberg A., Ekman S-L. Counteracting fragmentation in the care of people
with moderate and severe dementia. Clinical Nursing Research. 14(4), 343-369, 2005
50. Karlsson I. Nilsson M., Ekman S-L. Physicians´ expectation regarding Registered
Nurses caring for older people living in sheltered housing, retirement homes and group
dwellings. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 20(4), 381-390, 2006.
51. Larsson Mauleon A., Palo Bengtsson L., Ekman S-L. Patients experiencing local
anaesthesia and hip surgery. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(5), 892-9, 2007.
52. Kindblom-Rising K., Wahlström R., Ekman S-L. Nursing staff‘s perception of
changes in patient transfer habits after a course - a phenomenological-hermeneutic
study. Ergonomics. 50(7), 1017-1025, 2007.

53. Heikkilä K., Sarvimäki A., Ekman S-L. Culturally congruent care for older people:
Finnish care in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 21(3), 354-361,
2007.
54. Gustafsson B.Å., Ponzer S., Heikkilä K., Ekman S-L. The lived body and the
perioperative period in replacement surgery: older people’s experiences. Journal of
Advanced Nursing, 60(1), 20-28, 2007.
55. Bohman D., Vasuthevan S., van Wyk N., Ekman S-L. ”We clean our houses, prepare
for the weddings and go to funerals or go for shopping” An Ethnographic study on
elderly African rural people in Majaneng, South Africa. Journal of Cross-Cultural
Gerontology. 22(4), 323-337, 2007.
56. Sundling I-M., Klefbeck B., Ekman S-L., Weinberg J. Patients with ALS and
caregivers’ experiences of non-invasive home ventilation. Advances in Physiotherapy,
1-7, 2007.
57. Karlsson I. Fagerberg I., Ekman S-L. To both be like a captain and fellow worker of
the caring team; the meaning of Nurse Assistants’ expectations of Registered Nurses in
Swedish residential care homes. International Journal of Older People Nursing.3, 35-
45, 2008.
58. Karlsson I., Fagerberg I., Ekman S-L. A difficult mission to work as a nurse in
residential care home - some registered nurses’ experiences of their work situation.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 23(2), 265-273, 2008.
59. Bohman D., van Wyk N., Ekman S-L. Tradition in transition - Intergenerational
relations with focus on the aged and their family members in a South African context.
Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 23(3), 446-455, 2009.
60. Götell E., Brown S., Ekman S-L. The influence of caregiver singing and background
music on vocally expressed emotions and moods in dementia care: A qualitative
analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 46, 422-430, 2009
61. Kulla G., Ekman S-L., Sarvimäki A. Experiential health from an aging and migration
perspective; The case of older Finland–Swedes. On-line published. Journal of
Immigrant and Minority Health. 12:93-99, 2010.
62. Kulla G., Ekman S-L., Heikkilä K., Sarvimäki A. Differences in self-rated health
among older immigrants – A comparison between older Finland-Swedes and Finns in
Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 38:25-31, 2010.
63. Kindblom-Rising K., Wahlström R., Ekman S-L., Buer N. Nilsson-Wikmar L.
Nursing staff‘s communication modes in patient transfer before and after an educational
intervention. Ergonomics 53(10) 1217-1227, 2010
64. Dalvandi A., Heikkilä K., Maddah S.S.B., Khankeh H.R., Ekman S-L. Life
experiences after stroke among Iranian stroke survivors. International Nursing Review.
57:2, 247-253. 2010.

65. Dalvandi A., Ekman S-L., Maddah S.S.B., Khankeh H.R., Heikkilä K. Post stroke life
in Iranian people: used and recommended strategies. In press in Iranian Rehabilitation
Journal, 7:9, 2009. On-line published.
66. Gustafsson B.Å., Ekman S-L, Heikkilä K., Ponzer S. In the hands of formal cares:
older patients’ experiences of care across the perioperative period for a hip and knee
replacement. International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing. On-line publ.
2010.
67. Gustafsson B.Å., Ekman S-L. Ponzer S., Heikkilä K., The hip and knee replacement
operation – an extensive life event. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. 2010.
68. Bohman D., van Wyk N., Ekman S-L. Older South Africans’ experiences of being old
in a transitional period. International Journal of Older People Nursing, 2010.
EDITORIAL
1. Ekman S-L., Emami A. Cultural diversity in health care. Journal of Scandinavian Caring
Science, 417-418, 2007
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BÖCKER
1 Norberg A.(red), Axelsson K., Hallberg IR., Lundman B., Athlin E., Ekman S-L.,
Engström B., Jansson L., Kihlgren M. Omvårdnadens mosaik. En modell. Liber,
Uppsala, (3.e tryckning, 2000, 1:a tryckning 1992), ISBN 91-47-00251-4.
2 Basun H., Ekman S-L., Englund E., Gustafsson L., Lannefeld L., Nygård L., Terzis
B.,Wahlund L-O, mfl. Om demens. Förlaget Hagman, Stockholm. 1999. ISBN 91-
87398-32-X.
3 Kihlgren M.(red), Engström B., Johansson G., Ekman S-L. Sjuksköterska som
arbetsledare och ledande i omvårdnad. Studentlitteratur. Stockholm, 2000. ISBN 91-
44-00829-5.
4 Ekman S-L. Omvårdnadsrelationer I demensvården. In Armanius Björlin G., Basun H.,
Beck-Frees B., Ekman S-L., Englund E., Eriksdotter Jönhagen M., Gustafsson L.,
Lannefeld L., Nygård L., Sparring Björksten K., Terzis B., Wahlund L-O, Wimo A.
Om demens. Liber, Stockholm. pp 138-186. 2004. Andra upplaga. ISBN 91-47-05197-
3.
5 Ekman S-L., Engström B., Josefsson L., Samarasinghe K., Strinning B., Willman A.
Kommentarer till ”Kulturella aspekter på närståendes behov inom vård och omsorg”.
s.121-124. In Omvårdnad som Akademiskt Ämne III. Svensk Sjuksköterskeförening,
Stockholm. 2004. ISBN: 91-85060-09-7.

6 Sarvimäki A, Kulla G, Palo-Bengtsson L, Heikkilä K, Ekman S-L. Äldre finländska
migranter berättar. In: M. Junila & C. Westin (Eds.): Mellan majoriteter och
minoriteter. Om migration, makt och mening. Vol. 2. Svenska Litteratursällskapet.
Helsingfors, 47-74. 2006. ISBN: 951-583-133-4.
7 Sarvimäki A, Palo-Bengtsson L, Kulla G, Heikkilä K, Ekman S-L. Så blev livet.
Reflektioner kring migration. In: M. Junila & C. Westin (Eds.): Mellan majoriteter och
minoriteter. Om migration, makt och mening. Vol.2. Svenska Litteratursällskapet.
Helsingfors 442-470. 2006. ISBN: 951-583-133-4.
8 Sarvimäki A, Kulla G, Palo-Bengtsson L, Heikkilä K, Ekman S-L. Iäkkäät
suomalaissiirtolaiset kertovat. M. Junila & C. Westin (toimittajat): Kahden puolen
pohjanlahtea. Osa 2. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Helsinki, 47-78. 2007. ISBN:
951-746-906-7.
9 Sarvimäki A, Palo-Bengtsson L, Kulla G, Heikkilä K, Ekman S-L. Sellainen elämästä
tuli. M. Junila & C. Westin (Toimittjat): V Kahden puolen pohjanlahtea. Osa 2.
Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Helsinki, 509-542. 2007. ISBN: 951-746-906-7.
10 Ekman S-L., Eriksdotter Jönhagen M., Fratiglioni L., Graff C., Jansson W., Robinson
P., Tjernberg L., Wahlund L-O. Alzheimer. Karolinska University Press, Stockholm,
2007.
11 Ekman S-L., Heikkilä K. Etniska, kulturella och språkliga perspektiv på
demensvården. I Invandrarskap, äldreomsorg och vård. (Eds. Torres S., Magnusson F.)
2010.
12 Ekman S-L., Eriksdotter Jönhagen M., Fratiglioni L., Graff C., Jansson W., Robinson
P., Tjernberg L., Wahlund L-O. Alzheimer. Karolinska University Press, Stockholm,
Andra upplaga under tryckning) 2010.