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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

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 - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 16 October 2023 Christina Heller. The housing and health area is very complex and the overall quality of studies is very low. That is the opinion of CASE doctoral student Christina Heller, who wrote an article about this very thing. – Future studies are needed, that examine the physical living environment and health amon

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/studies-should-have-stronger-research-design-and-higher-methodological-quality - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 24 October 2023 Sofi Fristedt, William Son Galanza, Steven Schmidt and Nebojsa Malesevic just after the halftime review. Photo: Lill Eriksson Today it was time for PhD-student William Son Galanza's half time review. He presented his work "AGE-TECH: Technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities in and out of

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/half-time-review-about-age-tech - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 14 November 2023 Photo: Micheile Henderson/Unsplash There will be another five million Swedish kronor for CASE's research. Project leader Björn Slaug and the co-applicants recently received a grant from Forte for the welfare project SUN-AGE: Supporting neighborhood and living environments for aging populations, which wil

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/another-million-grant-research-about-active-living - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 15 November 2023 CASE researchers finally got to meet other countries' researchers in the field of ageing and health. Photo: Susanne Iwarsson A number of CASE researchers attended last week's Gerontological Society of America Annual Conference in Tampa, Florida. The conference is organized annually and is one of the worl

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researchers-spread-and-gain-new-knowledge-around-world - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 27 November 2023 Maya Kylén. Photo: Kennet Ruona They study homeownership while ageing - how health and economic factors incentivize or disincentivize relocation: protocol for a mixed methods project in Sweden. CASE-researchers are current with an article published in JMIR Research Protocols, that describes the AGE-HERE

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/how-health-and-economic-factors-incentivize-or-disincentivize-relocation - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 5 December 2023 Finnish researchers Emmi Matikainen from Jyväskylä University and Merja Rantakokko from JAMK University of Applied Sciences, are visiting CASE in Lund all this week. Photo: Lill Eriksson CASE has two visitors this week, Merja Rantakokko, associate professor of gerontology, from the University of Jyväskylä

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/finnish-researchers-we-have-involve-users-more - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 13 December 2023 Maya Kylén. Photo: Lill Eriksson New types of cohabitation situations surprise the CASE researchers, who have seen changes in social constellations in connection with moving in the later part of life. This is evident in a recently published study from the research groups Applied Gerontology and Active an

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/she-examines-move-partner-later-life-surprised-new-study - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 14 December 2023 Photo: Oskar Jonsson The headlines about non-functioning security alarms, about cameras and soon also AI in the home service, are getting more and more. But what happens when the welfare technology does not work? Next year, a new research project will be launched which will investigate this very thing. T

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/after-technology-alarms-new-study-examines-back-sides-welfare-technology - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 8 February 2024 Jens Offerman, PhD CASE. Photo: Kennet Rouna A few questions for CASE doctoral student Jens Offerman, who recently published about the use of technology during the pandemic. What does it reveal?- The result of our study highlights both the preparedness and the ability to adapt to an unfavorable situation,

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/large-increase-technology-use-among-oldest-during-pandemic - 2025-07-31