By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 9 March 2022 Lund University's collaboration initiatives are meeting places for knowledge and development in a number of different defined problem areas. “Social rights and housing for the aging population” (2018–2021) is one of the eighteen initiatives currently in place at the university. The steering group's report

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-processes-and-products-through-social-rights-and-housing-aging-population - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 March 2022 Christine Etzerodt Laustsen's dissertation is part of the research program UserAge. The goal of the program is to gain more knowledge about involvement of older people, relatives and professionals in research in aging and health. UserAge is a collaboration between Lund University, University of Gothenburg

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/first-userage-phd-student-defends-her-dissertation - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 5 April 2022 The jury has unanimously agreed to award the Susanne Iwarsson Sohlberg Prize. To be eligible, the candidate must have built up a strong research group and initiated research of great importance for the development of gerontology. The prize will be awarded during the opening ceremony of the Nordic Gerontolo

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/susanne-iwarsson-awarded-sohlberg-prize-nordic-regions-largest-prize-ageing-research - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 11 April 2022 Photo by Georg Arthur Pflueger on Unsplash. This study explains how older people experienced and managed everyday life during the first 100 days of the coronavirus pandemic. The findings showed how doing was adapted and changed, how the pandemic gave opportunities for being and appreciating the moment, bu

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-research-article-hundred-days-confinement-doing-being-becoming-and-belonging-among-older-people - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 30 May 2022 On June the 16th at 09.15, Erik Smedberg will defend his Licentiate thesis “Egressibility – Applying the concept of accessibility to the self-evacuation of people with functional limitations”.  The defense will take place in hybrid mode, and it will be conducted fully in English. The defense will take place

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/erik-smedberg-licentiate-thesis-defense - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 8 September 2022 CASE User board. From the left: Ulf Selin, Anneli af Klinteberg, AnnMari Storm, Oskar Jonsson, Göran Ternéus, Christer Ohlin och Ingemar Bryman. Ageing and health researchers involve users in their research to improve quality and ensure relevance, but there is no consensus among them whether users shou

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-article-case-user-involvement-ageing-and-health-research-survey-researchers-and-older-adults - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 12 December 2022 Wenqian Xu. 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 in

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-guest-researcher-wenqian-xu-receives-large-international-postdoc-grant-swedish-research-council - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 19 January 2023 Technology adoption for active and healthy ageing, through a generational lens (half-time review Jens Offerman). Technology plays and will play an important role in promoting active and healthy ageing for current and future generations of older adults. However, very few studies highlight the specific kn

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/what-kind-technology-wanted-support-active-and-healthy-ageing - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 2 February 2023 Kristofer Hansson, Vanessa Stjernborg, Lena Levin and Eva Månsson Lexell. Despite efforts to overcome public transport barriers, major challenges remain. The rapid transition to a more transport-efficient society also includes digitization and new forms of mobility. This creates a growing concern about

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-research-understanding-obstacles-and-facilitators-current-and-future-public-transport - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 3 February 2023 Steven Schmidt. As of January 1, 2023, associate professor Steven Schmidt is coordinating CASE. He is also head of the research group Applied Gerontology at the Department of Health Sciences, Lund University. Steven Schmidt is associate professor of medical psychology and his research focuses on relatio

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-case-coordinator - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 14 February 2023 CASE researcher Arlind Reuter holds an LMK Postdoc: Technology in the home - a path to independence and well-being for older people: is this the "new normal" after the covid-19 pandemic? Researchers in this field point out that technical solutions to support an aging population should be evaluated befo

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/investigates-how-older-people-exercise-their-citizenship-home-using-digital-technology - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 February 2023 Tine Buffel. Tine Buffel is professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester, where she directs the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group. Her presentation in the CASE Scientific Session had a focus on social and economic inequalities, and their consequences, both for rese

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-tine-buffel-about-age-friendly-movement - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 7 March 2023 Jens Offerman. Research is needed to understand attitudes and adoption of the broad range of technologies available to support active and healthy aging in different generations. The present article, published in Nature Aging, gives an overview of the GenerationTech survey and sample, and describes attitude

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-article-jens-offerman-attitudes-related-technology-active-and-healthy-aging-national-multi - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 2 May 2023 Joint seminar - discussion. Welcome to the seminar in collaboration between the Center of Ageing and Supportive Environments, Urban Arena and Lund University Proactive Ageing Profile Area. The event is planned as part of MIRAI 2.0 seed-funding to develop collaborations between Japan and Sweden on living envi

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/living-environments-and-health-ageing-societies-times-crises - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 12 May 2023 Pimkamol Mattson, Per-Olof Hedvall, Ben Mortenson and Björn Slaug. Three researchers presented their work: Associate professor Ben Mortenson (BSc in Occupational therapy and PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences) from University of British Columbia Vancouver, Associate professor Björn Slaug from Active and Healthy

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-mobility-accessibility-and-participation - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 22 May 2023 We are seeking participants for a research project on how factors such as health and economics (e.g. capital gains tax, estate agent fees, difficulties in obtaining loans, energy prices or high apartment rents) affect older people's propensity to move and housing preferences. The study also highlights indiv

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-study-are-you-55-and-homeowner-would-you-participate-study-housing-issues-related-health-and - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 26 May 2023 Assist. Prof. Maria Paula dos Santos. Faculty of Sport, University of Porto gave a talk about how activity matters for people´s health. The talk was about perceptions and objectively measured aspects of the environment associated with active commuting in Portuguese and Spanish context. Read more about  Mari

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-social-and-built-environment-and-active-commuting-south-european-perspective - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 16 June 2023 The government appoints Martina Axmin as the new general representative for social insurance. The general ombudsman must drive legal development in the social insurance area by appealing the decisions of the Social Insurance Agency and the Pensions Authority and pursue these cases in court. The general omb

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researcher-martina-axmin-new-general-representative-social-insurance - 2025-07-05

By maria [dot] lofstedt [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Maria Löfstedt) - published 21 June 2023 Photo by Scott Webb on Unsplash The aim of the study is to synthesize the evidence on the relationships between physical housing characteristics or housing accessibility and different aspects of health among community-dwelling people 60 years and older. Th researchers included 15 studies and found three th

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-study-relationship-between-physical-housing-characteristics-housing-accessibility-and - 2025-07-05

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 27 September 2023 Enrico Ronchi. Photo: Kumri Altunkaynak The presence of wheelchair users may affect the evacuation decision of others. Researchers at CASE have investigated how exit choice is influenced by the presence of wheelchair users, and the design of the exits. Virtual Reality was used to design an experiment. 

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/exit-choice-and-wheelchair-users - 2025-07-05