Older people's health and living conditions - from cell to society
The research ranges from the cellular level to studies in health and living conditions of older persons in the community. The research that is conducted are often based on the researchers collaborating with those who have experience and knowledge of elderly care, the older person, their relatives, staff as well as the leaders. Reseach teams included in the research environment:
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Research domains
- Medicine
Areas of research
- Active life
- Work organization
- Physical activity
- Nutrition
- Personcenterd Care
- Eldery
In 2012 the research environment was established in an effort to form a collective of all research undertaken in this field at the Department of Health and Medicine (IHM) of Örebro University. The premise was broad multidisciplinary research based on interdisciplinary problem based questions and a clear need of knowledge from the stakeholders involved in elderly care.
Participating researchers lecture at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels. Currently the research environment is supported by two different research groups; the Nutrition and Physical Activity Research Centre (NUPARC) and Person-Centered Care (PCC). A close collaboration also exists with the research environment Nutrition-Gut-Brain Interactions Research Centre (NGBI). Good contacts are also established with neighboring municipalities, county councils and the private sector.
Researchers
- Samal Algilani
- Robert Jan Brummer
- Karin Falk-Brynhildsen
- Carin Fredriksson
- Mervyn Gifford
- Anita Hurtig-Wennlöf
- Ann-Kristin Isaksson
- Inger James
- Christina Karlsson
- Annica Kihlgren
- Marie Lidskog
- Scott Montgomery
- Ylva Nilsagård
- Ulla Ohlsson
- Dirk Repsilber
- Ida Schoultz
- Mia Svantesson
- Jenny Windahl
- Stina Engelheart, PhD student
- Frida Fart, PhD student
Research projects
- Being a manager in health and social care for older persons
- Good and safe care for elderly persons treated with a catheter in the urinary bladder
- Implementing core values
- Life situations of relatives assisting family members with long-term chronic illness, old age or disability
- Model and knowledge support for the development of good palliative care in the home.
- Nutritional status in older people in need of health and social care
- Optimal functionality among older persons
- Physical and psychological characteristics in adolescence and risk of cerebrovascular disease
- Physical and psychological characteristics in adolescence and subsequent gastrointestinal disease risk in adulthood
- Rate yourself healthy
- Reliability and utility of the Abbey Pain Scale-SWE for pain assessment among people with dementia
- Serenity in old age
- The older person's path through the health care system -from home to emergency room admission and discharge from in-patient care
- The right to safe living conditions in old age
- Working in health and social care for older persons