An active and social life for older people
The research is based on promoting the health and well-being of older people by enabling performance and engagement in everyday activities and creating conditions for participation in an increasingly digitalized society.
Contact:
- Gunilla Isaksson, Professor of Occupational therapy
Current projects
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An active daily life with safe mobility
Development and evaluation of an interdisciplinary model for early proactive screening, assessment and interventions to promote health among older people.
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The Health Web 2.0 - a digital resource to promote health and quality of life for older adults
By developing, testing and evaluating a new inter-professional web-based group intervention, the project aims to promote the health and quality of life of older people. A new way of working can make health promotion interventions coordinated and available to more older people.
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Social participation and the importance of the everyday community to the health of elderly
Within the research group, social participation is studied as complex and meaningful processes in older people in different life situations and how digital technology solutions can support older people to an active and social life.
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Interventions and methods of rehabilitation to promote a good life for the elderly
The research involves the development of interventions and work methods for everyday home rehabilitation, which in an innovative way include digital solutions.
Completed projects
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Caregiving strategies that support participation in everyday life
Exploratory and descriptive studies on caregiving instrumental daily activities to elderly couples.
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Participation in everyday activities for elderly couples supported by short-term care homes
The starting point is that the number of older people is steadily increasing and that most older peo...
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Being part of an everyday community - how social participation can enable change
In today's society, loneliness and isolation is an increasingly common problem for many people and b...