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Conference program

Program

We look forward to seeing many SWEAH PhD students, alumni, supervisors and other researchers in ageing and health at the conference.

Tuesday, November 21 
 

10:30-11:00   Registration

11:00-11:10   Conference opening!

Ethel Forsberg, Chair of the SWEAH board  
Moderator: Mahwish Naseer

11:10-11:20  Welcome to Linköping University!

Andreas Motel-Klingebiel, Professor, Head of Division of Ageing and Social Change,
Mathias Broth, Professor, Deputy Dean for research, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Moderator: Mahwish Naseer

11:20-11:30  SWEAH Conference Committee 

11:30-12:30  Keynote presentation: – Do we really need more interdisciplinary ageing research to improve sustainable development?

Martijn Huisman, Professor of Epidemiology of Ageing, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands
Moderator: Mahwish Naseer

12:30-13:30  Lunch  (included for all registered conference participants)

13:30-14:20  Interactive session and workshop based on the keynote presentation
Moderator: Christine Etzerodt Laustsen

14:20-14:50  Coffee break

14:50-15:50  Parallell sessions:

Interdisciplinary research session: Socioeconomic aspects 
Moderator: Mariam Kirvalidze

Interdisciplinary research session: Tech assisted care
Moderator: Erika Olofsson

15:50-16:00  Break 

16:00-17:00  Parallell sessions:

Interdisciplinary research session: Healthy ageing
Moderator: Charlotta Nilsen

Interdisciplinary research session: Environment and housing
Moderator: Isabelle von Saenger

17:00-17:10  Break

17:10-18:10  Parallell sessions:

Interdisciplinary research session: Social contacts
Moderator: Jerry Norlin

Symposium: High quality big data for ageing research
Moderator: William Son Galanza

18:10-19:00  Check-in at hotel, mingle, music

19:00-21:00  Dinner at Hotel Scandic Strömmen (included for all registered conference participants)


Wednesday,  November 22    
 

08:30-08:50   SWEAH – An interdisciplinary and sustainable graduate school contributing to making Sweden and the world better for ageing

Susanne Iwarsson, Coordinator of SWEAH, Lund University
Moderator: Annikki Arola

08:50-09:50   Keynote presentation: Integrated system approaches in the development of sustainable eldercare

Lotta Dellve, Professor of Work Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden  
Moderator: Christine Etzerodt Laustsen

09:50-10:15  Coffee break

10:15-11:15   Interactive session and workshop based on the keynote presentation
Moderator: Annikki Arola

11:15-12:30 Parallell sessions:

Local stakeholders & Popular science presentations
Poster presentations 
Moderator: Karolina Thörnqvist

Interdisciplinary research session: Health care 
Moderator: Amelie Lindh Mazya

12:30-13:30  Lunch (included for all registered conference participants)

13:30-14:30  

Interdisciplinary research session: Engagement
Moderator: Roar Hermansen Østby

14:30-15:00  Coffee break

15:00-16:00  Symposium: Life stories to enable sustainable and healthy ageing 
Moderator: Erika Augustsson

16:00-16:15  Closing ceremony

Interdisciplinary session: Socioeconomic aspects
Moderator: Mariam Kirvalidze

  • EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITIES AND EARLY LABOUR MARKET EXIT AMONG OLDER MEN-THE CONTRIBUTION OF WORKING ENVIRONMENT.  Emma Carlsson
     
  • INTERGENERATIONAL FINANCIAL TRANSFERS BETWEEN OLDER PERSONS AND THEIR ADULT CHILDREN AND/OR GRANDCHILDREN IN SWEDEN: THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENDER AND SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2002 AND 2021.  Isabelle Von Seanger
     
  • ASSOCIATION OF CHILDHOOD SOCIOEONOMIC POSITION WITH LATER-LIFE FRAILTY TRAJECTORY AMONG ADULTS AGED 50 YEARS AND OLDER IN CHINA.  Yanfei Guo 
     
  • HOUSING TRAJECTORIES, HEALTH OUTCOMES AND SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN LATER LIFE IN SWEDEN - A SEQUENCE ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA.  R. Samu Mtutu 

Interdisciplinary session: Tech assisted care
Moderator: Erika Olofsson

  • WELFARE@HOME– CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH WELFARE TECHNOLOGY FOR HOME CARE RECIPIENTS AND THEIR STAFF. Samantha Svärdh
     
  • ATTITUDES, NEEDS, DESIRES TO AND ADOPTION OF SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY AMONG CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS OF OLDER ADULTS.  William Son Galanza
     
  • SUPPORTING INFORMAL CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA THROUGH A MOBILE APPLICATION.  Aber Sharon Kagwa
     
  • THE GENERATION TECH PROJECT. Susanne Iwarsson

Interdisciplinary session: Healthy ageing
Moderator: Charlotta Nilsen

  • SELF-RATED HEALTH IN YOUNGER OLD AND OLDER OLD ADULTS– DOES ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF HEALTH CHANGE WITH AGE? Karolina Thörnqvist
     
  • ASSESSMENT OF FRAILTY IN OLD PEOPLE WITH MULTIMORBIDITY  (THESIS). Amelie Lindh Mazya
     
  • EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTIONS DESIGNED TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE HEALTH OUTCOMES OF INFORMAL CAREGIVING TO OLDER ADULTS: AN UMBRELLA REVIEW OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES. Mariam Kirvalidze 
     
  • VARIATION IN END-OF-LIFE TRAJECTORIES IN PERSONS AGED 70 YEARS AND OLDER. Karin Modig

Interdisciplinary session: Environment and housing
Moderator: Isabelle von Saenger

  • FEELINGS OF UNSAFETY – WHAT MATTERS TO OLDER ADULTS LIVING AT HOME – AN INTERVIEW STUDY. Elin Mauritzson 
     
  • STAYING OR MOVING? REASONS AND REASONING AMONG OLDER ADULTS LIVING IN RURAL AND URBAN DISADVANTAGED AREAS. Agata Yadav
     
  • BALANCING BETWEEN SELF-DETERMINATION AND ATTEMPTS TO REDUCE HARMFUL BEHAVIOR? – ON ALTERNATIVE CARE HOMES FOR OLDER PEOPLE WITH SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND COMPLEX NEEDS. Jeanne Højgaard-Bøytler
     

Interdisciplinary session: Social contacts
Moderator: Jerry Norlin

  • SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TRANSITION TO OLD AGE ACROSS COHORTS. Erika Augustsson 
     
  • HOLIDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: EXPERIENCES BY OLDER ADULTS IN SWEDEN. Marianne Granbom
     
  • SOCIAL ISOLATION AND LONELINESS IN OLDER AGE FROM AN EXCLUSIONARY PERSPECTIVE. George Pavlidis
     
  • PROFILES OF VULNERABILITY FOR UNSAFETY AMONG OLDER ADULTS LIVING IN SENIOR APARTMENTS. Nadya Golovchanova

Interdisciplinary session: Health care
Moderator: Amelie Lindh Mazya

  • SUPPORT AND CARE FOR YOUNG ONSET DEMENTIA IN SWEDEN. Fanny Kårelind
     
  • NUTRITIONAL INTAKE AND ADHERENCE TO DIETARY RECOMMENDATION FOR PATIENTS WITH PRODROMAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE WITHIN A MULTIMODAL LIFESTYLE TRIAL. Nicholas Levak
     
  • THE ROLE OF CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH AND ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION IN DEMENTIA DEVELOPMENT. Xin Xia
     
  • DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, MEDICAL CARE UTILIZATION, AND TRAJECTORIES OF GERIATRIC CARE UTILIZATION IN THE SWEDISH CENTENARIAN POPULATION. Shunsuke Murata

Interdisciplinary session: Engagement
Moderator: Roar Hermansen Østby

  • COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PLACE ATTACHMENT: A PHOTO-ELICITATION STUDY ON OLDER ADULTS LIVING IN TRANSITIONING RURAL AREAS. Afsaneh Taei 
     
  • DESIGNING SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE LIVING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OLDER ADULTS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. Marie Elf
     
  • USER INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH: A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF THE PERSPECTIVES OF AGEING AND HEALTH RESEARCHERS IN SWEDEN. Oskar Jonsson
     
  • HOUSING COUNSELING FOR LATER LIFE: CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS OF DEVELOPING A SERVICE WITH AND FOR MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS AND END-USERS. Marianne Granbom

Posters
Moderator: Karolina Thörnqvist

  • ELDERCARE AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE. Jeanne Højgaard-Bøytler
     
  • REABLEMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE (RE-RAC): A FEASIBILITY STUDY. Lena Johansson
     
  • UNCOVERING HIDDEN ABILITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH THROUGH PHOTO-ELICITATION INTERVIEWS. Roar Hermansen Østby

  • QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN SOCIAL RELATIONS AND THEIR ASSOCIATIONS WITH LONELINESS IN OLDER ADULTS. Jerry Norlin
     
  • A SYSTEMATIC QUALITATIVE REVIEW OF OLDER ADULTS’ EXPERIENCES OF AND REASONS FOR FEELING UNSAFE AND INSECURE IN THEIR HOME. Elin Mauritzson
     
  • STAKEHOLDERS’ STRATEGIES TO ENABLE PERSON-CENTREDNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY WHEN ARRANGING GROUP EXERCISE FOR COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER PERSONS. Daniella Dinse

Local stakeholders and Popular science presentations
Moderator: Karolina Thörnqvist

  • LIMPAN. Representanter från Norrköpings kommun presenterar projektet LIMPAN som strävar efter att bryta isolering bland äldre och minska känslan av ensamhet. 
    För dig som senior - Norrköpings kommun (norrkoping.se)
     
  • INSTITUTION LOGIC IN SWEDISH HOME CARE. 
    Glenn Möllergren
     
  • PRISM-CC- ETT NYTT MÄTINSTRUMENT FÖR ATT IDENTIFIERA
    EGENVÅRDSSVÅRIGHETER BLAND PERSONER I 70-ÅRSÅLDERN MED
    LÅNGVARIGA SJUKDOMAR. 
    Ingrid Olsson 

Symposium: High quality big data for ageing research: Experiences from the Swedish national e-infrastructure for aging research (NEAR)
Moderator: William Son Galanza

Chair: Davide Liborio Vetrano
Presenters: Linnea Sjöberg, Shireen Sindi, Amaia Calderon Larrañaga

Lecture 1: SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND COGNITION AMONG OLDER ADULTS: A MULTICENTRE STUDY OF FIVE NORDIC COHORTS

Lecture 2: PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT TOOL (HAT): AN EXTERNAL VALIDATION BASED ON THE SWEDISH NATIONAL STUDY ON AGING AND CARE IN N


Symposium: Life stories to enable sustainable and healthy ageing
Moderator: Erika Augustsson

Chair: Glenn Möllergren
Presenters: Helén Dellkvist, Glenn Möllergren, Judit Staller

Presentation 1: LIFE STORY WORK IN SWEDISH DEMENTIA CARE

Presentation 2: DIGITAL LIFE STORIES TO SUPPORT PERSON-CENTRED CARE

Presentation 3: COPING WITH CHALLENGING/RESPONSIVE BEHAVIORS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOMS USING LIFE STORY WORK/REMINISCENCE WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

 

Venue

The conference venue is Renströmmen, Drottninggatan 1, Norrköping. The venue is only 100 meters from Norrköping train station. 

Conference hotel

The conference hotel is Scandic Strömmen, Slottsgatan 99, Norrköping. The hotel is only 100 meters from Norrköping train station. 

Reservations

SWEAH affiliated PhD students: SWEAH will book and pay for your hotel room for one night, Nov 21-22, if you have registered for the conference. 

SWEAH alumni: SAIN (SWEAH Alumni Interdisciplinary Network) will book and pay for your hotel room for one night, Nov 21-22, if you have registered for the conference. 

PhD students (not affiliated with SWEAH), partner representatives, supervisors or researchers at SWEAH partner universities: please book and pay for your own accommodation. If you wish to stay at the conference hotel, SWEAH has reserved a limited number of rooms which must be booked before Oct 21. Please call 011-495 52 00 or e-mail strommen [at] scandichotels [dot] com (strommen[at]scandichotels[dot]com) and use the booking code "UNI211123".