INTER-ACTION. A recent letter of intent signed between the University of Gothenburg and the City of Gothenburg opens up greater opportunities to work together on skills supply, education and research. The common aim is to be better equipped to meet the challenges of the future, including those of an ageing population and a shrinking workforce. Babbs Edberg, Director of the Elderly and health and social care administration at the City…
Axel Wolf new Director of the Centre for Person-centred Care
ASSIGNMENT. Axel Wolf, Professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, has now become the new Centre Director of the University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-centred Care (GPCC). The Centre has recently had funding granted for a third period and is continuing to expand its international collaboration. Gathering more than 200 Swedish and international researchers and patient co-researchers, the GPCC is a national interdisciplinary research centre which was established…
UN mission to the University of Gothenburg – ensure the quality of midwifery education in Bangladesh
INTERACTION. The Institute of Health and Care Sciences is appointed to collaborate with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Government of Bangladesh to strengthen national midwifery education. The mission is to strengthen the national midwifery education in Bangladesh by raising the quality of education and supporting long-term investments in midwifery education. The project will ensure that the standard of all 147 educations in both the public and private…
Low education and income linked to severe epilepsy
DOCTORAL THESIS. Statistically, people with low educational attainment and income who have epilepsy suffer more than others from the condition. Not only are they hospitalized with epilepsy more often than others, but they also have less access to specialized neurological care, a University of Gothenburg thesis shows. Epilepsy is a group of diagnoses covering brain disorders that give rise to recurrent epileptic seizures, which can reduce awareness and cause jerky…
Mapping outdoor environments for older adults
RESEARCH WITH IMPACT. There are no rules governing access to the outdoors and nature experiences for older adults at residential care facilities in Sweden. The University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology, and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences are conducting a joint research project that includes surveying the availability of outdoor environments for all residential care facilities in Sweden. The research project is part of the Gothenburg Research School of…