Exhibition area and seminar together with the Swedish Gerontology Research Center and the Swedish Dementia Center at Järvaveckan June 12-13
ARC is participating at Järvaveckan for the first time, which alongside Almedalen is the main arena for discussing current political issues. We are attending two days, 12-13 June, at 14.00-21.00. Besides from sharing an exibition area called “the Tent of Aging Research” with the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center and the Swedish Dementia Center, we are also organizing a seminar together on June 13 at 16.00.
Wednesday June 12
Our exhibition area, “the Tent of Aging Research” open 14.00-21.00
Tent activities:
14.30-15.30 Ask a researcher about falling: Stina Ek, ARC
15.30-16.30 Ask a researcher about the aging brain: Jonna Nilsson Horré, ARC
16.30-17.30 Ask the Migration school: Josephine Sörensson
17.30-18.30 Ask dementia experts: Ann-Christin Marshman & Gunilla Nordberg, Swedish Dementia Center
Thursday June 13
Our exhibition area, “the Tent of Aging Research” open 14.00-21.00
Tent activities:
14.30-15.15 Ask dementia experts: Ann-Christin Marshman & Gunilla Nordberg, the Swedish Dementia Center
15.15-16.00 Ask the Migration school: Josephine Sörensson
16.30-17.30 Ask a researcher about social inequalities in health: Johan Rehnberg, ARC
17.30-18.30 Ask a researcher about depression: Linnea Sjöberg, ARC
Also: Test your sense of smell and hand strength, and participate in a survey about aging in Stockholm as a city.
Seminar Thursday 13 June at 16.00-17.00
Title: “Dementia and mental ill health in the elderly – the biggest challenges of the 2020s”
Moderator: Susanne Rolfner Suvanto, manager, the nursing institute in Sweden
Differences in mental ill health among elderly people
Carin Lennartsson, senior lecturer, Aging Research Center, KI/SU
Depression in the elderly
Linnea Sjöberg, Scientific communicator for NEAR, Aging Research Center,KI/SU
Equal and safe dementia care – from a migration perspective
Josephine Sörensson, project manager, the Migration School, Dementia Knowledge .Centre, Region Skåne
A dementia-friendly society – how do we get there?
Gunilla Nordberg, vice president, Swedish dementia Center
Support for elderly with mental illness
Lars Sonde, investigator, Stockholm Gerontology Research Center