By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 15 September 2022 She has worked as a pedagogical developer at Mälardalen University (2011–2012), the University of Skövde (2013) and the University of Gothenburg (2013–2019). Since 2019, she has been a higher education educational developer with a focus on digital competence at Dalarna University.   Lena Dafgård is a

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/lena-dafgard-new-expert-sweahs-pedagogical-group - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 4 October 2022 The title of Mahwish Naseer´s thesis is "Why do older adults seek emergency care? Impact of contextual factors, care, health, and social relations". One important finding is that older people who were discharged home, instead of being admitted to inpatient care from the emergency department, were at high

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-light-factors-explaining-older-peoples-emergency-care-use - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 October 2022 Afsaneh Taei. Most residents had positive things to say about their homes and neighborhoods, even if criminal acts such as shootings, drug dealing, arson, burglary, and knife attacks were part of everyday life. The residents attempted to manage these events with various strategies. Exit strategies inclu

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/new-article-crime-disorder-and-territorial-stigmatization-older-adults-living-deprived-neighborhoods - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 1 November 2022 Charlotte Löfqvist and Robin Jonsson, working closely with the latest SWEAH course. Charlotte Löfqvist is now retiring. She has been study coordinator for SWEAH for four years and previously also responsible for CASE's research school. Charlotte has been very involved in developing the postdoctoral assi

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/it-has-been-very-enriching-work-interdisciplinary-and-international-group-students-and-researchers - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 November 2022 The study coordinator is part of the graduate school's management team and convenes the graduate school's pedagogical working group. Cecilia Petterson is an assistant senior lecturer at one of the partner universities - Örebro University. She will work as a study coordinator within the framework of her

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/cecilia-petterson-sweahs-new-study-coordinator - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 8 November 2022 Photo: Jasenka Dobric. Owasim Akram has been awarded a funding of SEK 873 803 by the Expert Group of Aid Studies/Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA). It has been proposed in partnership with Örebro University, Lund University and University of Bath in the UK. He is the lead researcher in this project

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/congratulations-sweah-phd-owasim-akram-recieving-both-funding-and-postdoctoral-grant - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 25 November 2022 Maya Kylén. The project is called "Rehabilitation at home – development of a sustainable model, placing person's needs and environmental resources at heart (InHome)" and will be carried out in close collaboration with Marie Elf at Dalarna University. Maya Kylén has applied for the grant based on her po

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumna-maya-kylen-receives-large-formas-grant - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 December 2022 Mariam Kirvalidze. SWEAH's board decided at its last meeting to offer 20 PhD students affiliation. Meet Mariam Kirvalidze - one of the new students. Mariam Kirvalidze is a medical doctor from Georgia and has a master's degree in public health. The research area is geriatric epidemiology and her research

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/large-group-new-phd-students-join-sweah-2023 - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 December 2022 Childlessness is a growing phenomenon in many countries, especially in China. Wenqian Xu will the next three years work with evidence-building, capacity-building and public-engagement activities on the topic "Ageing without children", within this grant. Could you please comment upon this international

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-alumnus-wenqian-xu-receives-large-international-postdoc-grant-swedish-research-council - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 27 January 2023 Samantha Svärdh and Karolina Thörnqvist are missing in this picture. A group of 16 new SWEAH affiliates met for the first time in Lund January 26. The day started with a warm welcome by SWEAH coordinator Susanne Iwarsson and presentation of the rest of the SWEAH management.  Then Erik Eriksson and Agata

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/introduction-meeting-newly-affiliated-phd-students - 2025-02-27

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 13 February 2023 This way into the new year, it is especially nice to welcome new PhD students to SWEAH.   In January, as usual, the management organized an introductory meeting, this time on site at Lund University. What a privilege it is to listen to presentations of new, interesting and important doctoral projects t

https://sweah.lu.se/en/article/sweah-newsletter-february-2023-swedish - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27

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 - 2025-02-27