Research

At the Institute of Gerontology (IFG), research on older adults and aging is conducted from a life course perspective and with a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The research highlights various aspects of older adults and aging.

IFG has, for example, a long tradition of longitudinal population and twin studies aimed at understanding social, psychological, biological, and functional aging from a life course perspective. IFG also conducts research that highlights the social situation and position of older individuals in society. Applied research is an important part of IFG's work, often carried out in collaboration with the surrounding community. The research is conducted within the School of Health Sciences' research environment SIHW and the Jönköping Academy.

• Stress during life: What is the relationship with physical and cognitive functioning in older people?
  
• MISU, a digital tool to improve care for people with BPSD (Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia): Development and evaluation with a mixed methods approach.
• How is care and support organized for younger people with dementia? Types of support, interventions and satisfaction of the persons themselves and their relatives.
  
• The gap between municipalities' family support and caregivers' use - A study of social services' and caregivers' conditions for and experiences of family support
• The Health development in late life: Towards a functional care of older person with multiple illness and disability through understanding patterns of change and their causes was a framework grant project
  
• Welfare@home Welfare technology challenges for older people receiving home care and their home care workers
• Re@home evaluation of home rehabilitation for older people - with realist evaluation design
• Movadot Co-creation and evaluation of mobile care team for elderly deaf people
• SATSA
• Gender
• OCTO and OCTO II