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Health and care in a life course perspective

The research group is affiliated with and based at the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences and is linked to the faculty's strategic research area: Health, care and quality of life.

Established:: Established: 2022
Affiliation:: Faculty of Social and Health Sciences
Academic discipline:: Health, sports and welfare

The research group aims to develop innovative health and care services of good quality and in line with the preferences of patients, relatives, and healthcare professionals, and to contribute to collaboration with relevant interest groups (users, relatives, volunteers, managers, politicians) and international partners. The health services must ensure that the individual patient or user is provided with safe, comprehensive, and coordinated health and care services, delivered by highly skilled healthcare professionals. The research group's work is therefore particularly aimed at developing knowledge that can strengthen nursing expertise in the municipal and specialist health services and contribute to the further development of nursing education programmes.

What we research

Current and prioritized/desired research activities are directed towards the following main areas:

- Elderly health and life situation

- Palliative treatment and care

- Relatives/families, volunteerism

- Public health diseases related to lifestyle habits

- Clinical research for individuals of all ages

- Health economics

- Service organization, innovation, and leadership Education

- Pedagogy and development of nursing competence

Common themes within the research projects include: Health-related quality of life and quality of services, nationally and internationally.

More about the research group

Figur som illustrerer forskergruppen. — Figure illustrating the research group's current research areas

The research group wishes to prioritize
projects that can link research, education,
practice and business more closely together.

Research projects

"Patient safety in the services", doctoral project funded by Innlandet University College (INN).
"Young people as carers" doctoral project (INN/Karlstad University). Funded by Karlstad University.
"Elderly mental health", doctoral project funded by INN
"Root caries in the elderly", doctoral project funded by INN
"ForeverYoung", doctoral project funded by INN.
"Home death - patients and relatives' perspective", funded by INN.
"Child welfare officers in the municipalities". Funded as a pre-project by the Regional Research Fund (RFF).
"Palliative care for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic" Collaboration between Innlandet Hospital and the Development Centre for Nursing Homes and Home Services in Innlandet (Hedmark). Funded by RFF
"Quality of palliative care and experiences of Advanced Care Planning in Norwegian nursing homes; patients and physicians views". Funded by RFF
"Palliative care during the Covid-19 pandemic - The importance of the work environment for the quality of care and the health of care staff". Funded by AFA Forsäkring - https://www.regionaleforskningsfond.no/innlandet/dokumenter-og-statistikk/innvilgede-prosjekter/kvalifiseringsstotte-2020/
Translation of "The engagement and Independence in Dementia questionnaire" (EID-Q) and "The Pool activity level instrument" (PAL). Collaborative project between Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norwegian Centre for Ageing and Health, Centre for Care Research South/Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority.
"Students' self-assessment of competence at bachelor and master level".
"Adults with long-term and complex disorders need nursing, treatment, rehabilitation and follow-up of municipal health services after discharge from the specialist health service".
"Mental health among elderly"; experiences of meaning in life for persons with dementia and their careers.