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
- Carin Fredriksson
- Mervyn Gifford
- Anita Hurtig-Wennlöf
- Ann-Kristin Isaksson
- Inger James
- Christina Karlsson
- Annica Kihlgren
- Marie Lidskog
- Elisabeth Liedström
- Conny Lövbrand
- Scott Montgomery
- Ylva Nilsagård
- Ulla Ohlsson
- Dara Rasoal
- Dirk Repsilber
- Ida Schoultz
- Mia Svantesson
- Jenny Windahl
- Stina Engelheart, PhD student
- Frida Fart, PhD student
Research Projects
- Ageing and the gastrointestinal microbiome: effects on immunology and cognitive function
- Being a manager in health and social care for older persons
- Implementing core values
- Life situations of relatives assisting family members with long-term chronic illness, old age or disability
- 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 characteristicsin adolescence and subsequent gastrointestinal disease risk in adulthood
- Priomat® - The Nutrition Care Process and Nursing informatics as a tool to prevent deterioration in nutritional status for elderly in community care - an intervention study
- 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