The Aging Research Center (ARC) was well represented in the 22nd Nordic Congress of Gerontology (22NKG) with symposia, oral presentations, posters and a booth in the exhibition. ARC brochures, Activity reports and the magazine Äldre i Centrum were distributed and the booth was well visited.
ARC was involved in several sessions, both as organizers but also with one or more presentations:
– S12 Extremely old people in Denmark, Finland and Sweden: their health and living conditions
Chairperson: Parker
– S16 Predictors of functioning on old age: Reports from Nordic longitudinal studies
Chairperson: Thorvaldsson
– S20 Capturing the complexity of health in aging
Chairperson: Fratiglioni
– S36 Temporal health trends among elderly people
Chairperson: Thorslund
– S48 Current developments and challenges in care of older people with complex health problems in the Nordic countries
Chairperson: Thorslund
– O7 Use and disuse of medications and alcohol
Chairperson: Fastbom
Poster presenters from ARC:
Hanna Berndt
Harpa Sif Eyjolfsdottir
Jonas Wastesson
Malin Ericsson
Neda Agahi
Pär Schön
Susanne Kelfve
Pär Schön won the award for Best Poster in Poster Session 2 with the following abstract:
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Rapid decrease in length of stay in institutional care for older people in Sweden between 2006 and 2012: results from a population-based study
Pär Schön1; Mårten Lagergren2; Ingemar Kåreholt3
1Aging Research Center; Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden; 2Stockholm Gerontology Research Center, Stockholm, Sweden; 3Aging Research Center; School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Stockholm; Jönköping, Sweden
For the full program and more details of ARC participation at the congress visit the 22NKG website: http://www.22nkg.com/22nkg_data/documents/22NKG_Full_Program.pdf
Photos: Linnea Sjöberg