By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 23 February 2023 For older persons living in extreme poverty in Bangladesh, it is not the lack of income or assets that stand out when they talk about their situation. Instead, relationships are crucial for their wellbeing, as shown in a new doctoral thesis on older people from Örebro University. https://www.oru.se/eng

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/people-living-extreme-poverty-value-relationships-more-assets - 2025-03-15

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 23 February 2023 Digital technology and online services are often seen as one response to many of the challenges that the modern welfare state is expected to face. Evidently, digital technology is an essential part of the society as well as in our daily lives alike. Therefore, the digital context should be taken into c

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-sweah-thesis-ageing-online-promoting-older-persons-subjective-wellbeing-digital-everyday-life - 2025-03-15

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 24 March 2023 Wossenseged Birhane Jemberie. New research from SWEAH sheds light on the complex care needs of older adults with substance use problems. Substance use problems, particularly alcohol problems, are “invisible epidemic” among older adults. In his thesis Alcohol and aging: a multimethod study on heterogeneity

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-dissertation-improving-quality-life-older-adults-alcohol-problems - 2025-03-15

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 April 2023 Aber Sharon Kagwa is one of the three SWEAH affiliates who are attending the the Summer Program in Aging in Canada. The program is called "Longer-living older adults: Multidisciplinary approaches to a growing area of research on aging" and is hosted by the Nova Scotia Centre on Aging at Mount Saint Vincen

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/three-sweah-affiliated-researchers-are-going-canada-summer-program-aging-spa-2023 - 2025-03-15

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 June 2023 Klara Le Svensson (to the left) and Mariam Kirvalidze were two of the participants in the course. Klara Le, PhD student Örebro University, was one of the participants in the course Gerontology – multidisciplinary and integrative perspectives on aging, organized by the University of Gothenburg. Maria Edström

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/i-got-greater-understanding-multidisciplinary-research-ageing - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 23 October 2023 Photo: Maria Löfstedt Right now, two new course starts are planned under SWEAH's auspices next year. All SWEAH courses are open to all PhD students, nationally and internationally, but SWEAH affiliates are given preference. Doctoral students connected to SWEAH's research school undertake to participate in

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/time-plan-spring-semester - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 2 November 2023 Joakim Frögren nails his thesis to the wall. Foto: Christina Heller Recently, SWEAH researcher Joakim Frögren published the final study in the thesis "On user involvement in research on aging and health" which he defended in April this year.The study was conducted within the framework of a citizen researc

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/digital-competence-determines-how-aging-population-engages-research - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 9 November 2023 SWEAH's research administrator Stina Elfverson. Photo: Lill Eriksson In a week or so it’s time for the National graduate school on ageing and health, SWEAH's biennial conference for affiliated researchers. For some, the first real event in a scientific context awaits. But what should you pack, wear and wh

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/stinas-tips-conference - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 20 November 2023 Photo: Lill Eriksson SWEAH junior researcher Jonathan Mak concludes that frailty is an age-related state of physiological decline and is a strong predictor of disability and mortality. On Friday 16 November 2023 it was time for the dissertation of Jonathan Mak and his thesis “Genetics and biomarkers of f

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-thesis-genetics-and-biomarkers-frailty - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 20 November 2023 The committee gathering before the two day conference in Norrköping. Photo: Lill Eriksson On November 21-22, SWEAH's research conference is arranged for everyone who is active in the research school at the 13 affiliated universities – a big event and the first major event for most of the future researche

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-create-years-sweah-conference-chance-you-have-take - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 21 November 2023 Participants discussing posters in workshop. Photo: Lill Eriksson Meet some of the participants on this year's conference for students and researchers, from all around Sweden and abroad. Mariam Kirvalidze. Photo: Lill Eriksson Mariam Kirvalidze, PhD student, Karolinska institutet:– I look forward to lear

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/voices-sweah-conference-2023 - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 24 November 2023 Peggy Ler (left) at Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, meeting Professor Eileen Crimmins, co-investigator of the Health and Retirement Study in the US and Assistant Professor T. Em Arpawong. Photo: Private Curious about doing research abroad? Peggy Ler, PhD at Karolinska Institutet, was just that, so s

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/years-travel-doctoral-students-other-side-atlantic - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 11 January 2024 Photo: Kennet Ruona Lund University magazine (LUM) arranges talks between home care researchers from Lund University of Technology and the University of Social Sciences in Lund (affiliated to SWEAH). It's the first time they meet. They all want to see a better home service, but work from different perspec

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/quality-care-and-work-environment-two-sides-same-coin - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 25 January 2024 Fr. left: Nilla Andersson, Susanne Iwarsson, Cate Pemble, Mahwish Naseer, Anna Nivestam, Sadhana Jagannath, Maria Glans, Mary Njoki, Ana Luiza Moraes, Amy Prescott, Theresa Westgård, Wenqian Xu and Katarina Billing. Photo: Lill Eriksson Eleven postdocs from around the world, with a particular interest in

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/so-can-alumni-structure-their-research-career - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 29 January 2024 Judit Staller on Mid University. Photo: Private Last year SWEAH got a new partner university, Mid University in Sundsvall and Östersund. Judit Staller is a PhD student at the Department of Health Sciences (HOV) and is now celebrating her first year at the graduate school. How has the first time been?- I h

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/first-year-mid-university-and-judit-sweah - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 30 January 2024 Newly affiliated PhD students met in Forum Medicum, Lund. Photo: Lill Eriksson The young researchers of the future investigate everything from sexuality in elderly care, virtual aids - to abuse in care and much more. On Tuesday the 30th January 2024 SWEAH:s coordinator Susanne Iwarsson and her team welcom

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sex-abuse-and-virtual-aids-some-new-phds-focus - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 13 February 2024 Steven Schmidt. Associate professor Steven Schmidt is SWEAH's new study coordinator. Steven Schmidt, also CASE coordinator and research team manager in Applied Gerontology, replaced Cecilia Petterson the 1 January 2024. The assignment is 40 percent of full-time until 31 December 2026. Why did you say yes

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-study-coordinator - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 21 February 2024 Oskar Jonsson. Photo: Lill Eriksson It will be Oskar Jonsson who will be SWEAH's researcher with collaborative assignment of 20 percent this year. The completely new assignment includes collaborating within the welfare and community building sector, with politicians, interest organisations, business and

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/he-contributes-research-reaching-practice - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 19 March 2024 The graduate school's basic course "Theories of ageing" is proceeding according to plan. This week, around 25 doctoral students from all over the country are participating in a two-day workshop in Lund. There will be lectures on the theories of ageing by the biogerontologist Suresh Rattan from Denmark's sec

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/here-theories-ageing-are-practiced - 2025-03-15

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 15 April 2024 Photo: Nick Fewings/Unsplash Three travel grant applications from SWEAH PhD-students have been approved this spring. Sharon Kagwa. Photo: Private Sharon Kagwa, Karolinska Institutet, will visit to the non-governmental organisation SAJIDA foundation in Bangladesh, in June- August this summer.– I am mostly lo

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/they-are-going-research-adventures-abroad - 2025-03-15