About FOU äldre norr, Research and Development Centre for Care of Older People

The focus of the centre is research concerning welfare for older people. A condition for the success of this work is that healthcare organisations and the municipal elderly care co-ordinate their research and development work. The main aim is to inspire and engage staff on different levels to improve methods in everyday work with older persons. Other aims are to implement evidence based methods where such methods are available; to improve quality of care of older persons and to encourage critical thinking as far as using routines and non-evidence based methods (traditional methods) in caring. The activities performed include supervision of specific projects, as well as developing and evaluating models for education, guidance, competence development, and also collaboration and networking in research programmes with different universities and organizations in the field.

FOU äldre norr is located in the north part of Stockholm. The centre is financed by six local municipalities; Ekerö, Järfälla, Sigtuna, Sollentuna, Upplands-Bro, Upplands Väsby and the Stockholm County Council. The initiative is also supported by grants from the National Board of Health and Welfare.

An executive group (styrgrupp) stipulates the guidelines and a working committee (FoU-råd) makes recommendations concerning projects and other activities. These groups (as well as individual employees) call attention to important problems or areas for improvement and they make proposals and suggestions for various activities. Researchers representing various professions and universities are also affiliated with the Centre.

Some current projects are

• Development of good living environments and housing for older persons
• Care and prevention of multiple health and care problems
• Building networks of professionals from both municipal care and the healthcare sector
• Tutoring staff in municipal care projects and evaluation of different local projects. Examples of areas are: increasing social activities for older persons; everyday training of older persons, caring environments, home visits to older persons to inform about municipal care facilities and to inform about fall preventions etc.
• Prevention of falls and risk of falling among elderly persons
• Follow up of different projects, i.e. palliative care at end of life for older people; quality assurance in handling medication and understanding medication within elderly care, etc.
• Effects of physical training on physical performance in frail elderly people.

For more information

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Publicerad/ändrad av Mikael Grawe 2009-03-24
Textansvarig Eva Henriksen