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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 relationships between environment, health/function and psychosocial factors in the ageing population. - I would first l

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/steven-schmidt-new-case-coordinator - 2026-01-09

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 before they are implemented. A deep understanding of needs and desires after the pandemic is required

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/investigates-how-older-people-exercise-their-citizenship-home-using-digital-technology - 2026-01-09

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 research and urban ageing. The implications of such inequalities for age-friendly policy and practice were discuss

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-tine-buffel-about-age-friendly-movement - 2026-01-09

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 attitudes and acceptance related to technology in general and as a means to support active and healthy aging. A nati

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-article-jens-offerman-attitudes-related-technology-active-and-healthy-aging-national-multi - 2026-01-09

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 environments and health in ageing societies in times of crises.  The aim of the current seminar

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/living-environments-and-health-ageing-societies-times-crises - 2026-01-09

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 Ageing research group, and Associate professor Per-Olof Hedvall from CERTEC, Design Science.   Per-Olof Hedvall introduced the concept of nonclusive design to

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-mobility-accessibility-and-participation - 2026-01-09

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 individuals' views on municipal and state involvement in housing issues. We are looking for peopl

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-study-are-you-55-and-homeowner-would-you-participate-study-housing-issues-related-health-and - 2026-01-09

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  Maria Paula dos Santos

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-scientific-session-social-and-built-environment-and-active-commuting-south-european-perspective - 2026-01-09

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 ombudsman is independent in relation to the Social Insurance Agency and the Swedish Pensions Age

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researcher-martina-axmin-new-general-representative-social-insurance - 2026-01-09

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 themes covering physical housing characteristics or housing accessibility that are associated with aspects of health among comm

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/new-case-study-relationship-between-physical-housing-characteristics-housing-accessibility-and - 2026-01-09

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.  – Results show that exit choice was positively influenced by other people choosing the exit. Especially when the other person was a whee

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/exit-choice-and-wheelchair-users - 2026-01-09

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 among the elderly. These studies should have a stronger research design and higher methodological quality, she says.

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/studies-should-have-stronger-research-design-and-higher-methodological-quality - 2026-01-09

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 the home while ageing".  His research project focus on technologies supporting engagement in meaningful activities, in and out of the home while ageing. With the support of the research group Applied Gerontology, the pr

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/half-time-review-about-age-tech - 2026-01-09

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 will begin after the turn of the year and run until 2026. What does a grant of this size mean? – Now we can finally get started and c

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/another-million-grant-research-about-active-living - 2026-01-09

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 world's largest, presenting a wide range of research in the field of gerontology, with participants mainly from the USA and this year from 40 other countries. David Dahlgren, Erik Eriksson, Maya Kylén, Susanne Iwarsson, Björ

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/case-researchers-spread-and-gain-new-knowledge-around-world - 2026-01-09

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 project, aiming to develop knowledge of the relationship between health and economic factors that incentivize or disincentivize

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/how-health-and-economic-factors-incentivize-or-disincentivize-relocation - 2026-01-09

CASE has two visitors this week, Merja Rantakokko, associate professor of gerontology, from the University of Jyväskylä and PhD student Emmi Matikainen-Tervola from the JAMK University of applied sciences/University of Jyväskylä, some 300 kilometers north of Helsinki in Finland. On Wednesday they lecture about their research area; on mobility and gait parameters in older people.–  It will be a bro

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/finnish-researchers-we-have-involve-users-more - 2026-01-09

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 and Healthy Ageing, which have collaborated with a group of researchers at Goethe University in Frankfurt within the Forte-funded

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/she-examines-move-partner-later-life-surprised-new-study - 2026-01-09

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. The CASE researchers, associate professors Gunilla Carlsson, Connie Lethin and Agneta Malmgren Fänge, have in previou

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/after-technology-alarms-new-study-examines-back-sides-welfare-technology - 2026-01-09

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, such as a pandemic among people from three different generations, 30-39, 50-59 and 70-79 years. Six out of ten respondents increased their

https://www.case.lu.se/en/article/large-increase-technology-use-among-oldest-during-pandemic - 2026-01-09