Ongoing projects
Health literacy among older adults: Exploring older people's prerequisites for understanding health information and making informed health choices
The project aim is to gain knowledge on HL in the older population. In this project we assess to what degree the older population in Sweden is health literate, identify groups that might face challenges due to inadequate HL and explore what older people experience as prerequisites for understanding health information and managing their health and care needs as well as communicate with caregivers.
Life situation and care needs among first time recipients of social care services
The overall aim of the project is to increase the knowledge about what characterises the life circumstances of older people who are granted social care for the first time and to explore their experiences of how the services provided correspond to their needs and expectations. This project is done in collaboration with Äldrecentrum
Untangling the relationship between health and social care spending for older people in their last years of life
The overarching aim of this project is to investigate the use of health and social care services from an expenditure perspective, to increase the knowledge of the interplay between different care resources and explore whether socio-demographic factors influence the use of care in the last year of life.
Projects in collaboration with other research groups
In the wake of Covid-19: How can the structure and quality of health and social care for older people with complex care needs in Region Stockholm be improved?
The overarching aim is to examine and identify possible challenges and effects (structure, quality, and satisfaction) of integrated care (available in Norrtälje municipality) and standard care (provided in Södertälje and Stockholm municipalities) in Region Stockholm.
Organization and response to covid-19 of municipal health and social care services for older people – impact on mortality and health care utilization in Region Stockholm
The purpose of the study is to analyse how the local response to covid-19 by health and social care services, among community living as well as in residential living, varies and impacts on mortality (in covid-19 and total) and emergency health care utilization among older (aged 70+ years) persons in Norrtälje and Södertälje municipality and other selected municipalities and settings in Region Stockholm with different arrangements for care of older persons with greater health and social care needs.
Ageing in place – from policy to practice. Consequences of the de-institutionalisation of Swedish eldercare for older people and their family members
The aim of this study is to understand the ideas, motives and driving forces behind the Swedish ageing in place policy and practice. How have the eligibility criteria and individual characteristics for being admitted to municipal institutional care changed over time and how has the length of stay in care homes changed in recent years?