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

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 15 March 2024 It is high time that Sweden invests in green and white cities, and finds more ways to cool down vulnerable people. Photo: Hung Tran/Unsplash Increased temperatures in connection with climate change are now inspiring researchers at CASE to identify challenges and develop measures to mitigate and manage exces

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/scientists-gather-face-climates-hot-dangers - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 19 March 2024 Arlind Reuter and Eva Ageberg. Photo: Lill Eriksson Methods developed by CASE researchers are also used in research outside the network of ageing. An article was recently published in sports science, in which CASE's postdoctoral fellow Arlind Reuter is a co-author. – With my background in participatory and

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/researchers-advice-youth-handball-based-case-method - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 25 March 2024 Doktoranden Samantha Svärdh var en av forskarna från CASE som föreläste om ett pågående projekt om välfärdsteknik. Foto: Stig Ålund Around 90 people came when SPF Seniors Skåne district arranged a conference on welfare technology and artificial intelligence, AI, on March 20. It was specifically addressed to

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-research-project-presented-conference-welfare-technology-and-ai - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 26 April 2024 Eva Ageberg, Oskar Jonsson, Mikael Johansson, Andrea Dell’isola and Rebecca Saaby Mehlum. Photo: Lill Eriksson Two CASE researchers, Wenqian Xu and Oskar Jonsson, have each received a "seed money grant" in the profile area Proactive Ageing's first internal call. Researcher Oskar Jonsson leads the one projec

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/ai-and-movement-focus-profile-areas-seed-money-grant - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 3 June 2024 CASE researchers joined a whole-week workshop with participants from 13 different countries including researchers, national policymakers and technical experts from the World Health Organization, WHO. Photo: Susanne Iwarsson CASE researchers Arlind Reuter and Susanne Iwarsson were invited to take part in an ex

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/learning-about-experiences-ageing-across-globe - 2025-07-31

By lill [dot] eriksson [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se (Lill Eriksson) - published 19 June 2024 Does the environment hinder or enable older individuals with different types of disabilities? Canadian-Swedish research collaboration is investigating this. Photo: Lill Eriksson Although Sweden is an advanced society, there is always more to do to create more inclusive environment. That became clear when the

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/least-heard-are-real-accessibility-experts - 2025-07-31