On behalf of Region Stockholm and the Center for Epidemiology and Social medicin (CES), researchers at ARC together with the Stockholm Gerontology Research Center (Stockholms Läns Stiftelse Äldrecentrum) compiled a report about health and living conditions of those aged 65+ in Stockholm county. The report describes the distribution of these factors within different population groups … Continue reading New report: Health and living conditions of those aged 65+ in Stockholm county →

On behalf of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, researchers at ARC conducted a study on differences in mental health problems among older people. The results from a nationally representative study show that the prevalence of mental health problems are common among older adults and varies substantially between subgroups of the older population. For more … Continue reading New report on mental health problems →

The second SIA workshop for junior researchers was organized at the Aging Research Center in Stockholm, September 3-4, 2019. Eleven doctoral students and postdocs from three Nordic countries participated. The aim of the workshop was to give junior researchers within the Social Inequalities in Ageing (SIA) project the possibility to get to know each other … Continue reading The SIA Junior Workshop 2019 →

The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) has selected the paper by Roger Keller Celeste and Johan Fritzell, “Do socioeconomic inequalities in pain, psychological distress and oral Health increase or decrease over the life course? Evidence from Sweden over 43 years of follow-up”, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, for the 2019 Aubrey Sheiham AWARD … Continue reading Roger Keller Celeste and Johan Fritzell awarded by the International Association for Dental Research →

In June, Pär Schön, researcher at Aging Research Center, was appointed as an associate professor of Social Work at Stockholm University. Pär’s research covers the health and social care system for older people, social policy implications of the ageing population, and how this will affect future needs and demands for health and social care services. … Continue reading Pär Schön has been appointed associate professor of social work →

ARC participated at Järvaveckan for the first time on June 12-13. Järvaveckan is alongside Almedalen the main arena for discussing current political issues. Besides from sharing an exibition area called “the Tent of Aging Research” with the Swedish Gerontology Research Center and the Swedish Dementia Center where Jonna Nilsson Horré, Johan Rehnberg and Stina Ek … Continue reading “The tent of Aging Research” – ARC attended Järvaveckan 2019 →

On June 10th 2019, a workshop on the topic “Inflammation” was organized at ARC. After an open lecture held by Prof Marianne Schultzberg (Division of Neurogeriatrics, NVS department, KI), 16 researchers from the divisions ARC, Neurogeriatrics and Clinical Geriatrics of NVS, working on inflammation gathered and presented their work and ideas. The aim was to … Continue reading Inflammation workshop and open lecture was organized at ARC →

Our friend Jonas af Jochnick passed away on May 16 at the age of 81. Researchers here at ARC were very sad to learn about Jonas’ untimely death. Jonas was a business man and a great entrepreneur. Together with his brother Robert, he founded the company Oriflame in the late 60s. Oriflame enables women in … Continue reading Jonas af Jochnick (May 21 1937 – May 16 2019) →