October 25, 2023
HAIDI participated in the CASE day
CASE (Centre for Ageing and Supportive Environments) is a research centre at Lund University that works to develop knowledge on ageing and health. Helena Sandberg and Fredrika Thelandersson participated in their annual popular scientific conference to talk about the ongoing research within HAIDI.
October 11, 2023
HAIDI participated in Hässleholm's "digital citizen-week"
Helena Sandberg and Fredrika Thelandersson gave a talk to the public about their research project in the lecture "Jag ringer alltid - äldres digitala delaktighet i hälsa" ("I always call - seniors' digital participation in health") at Hässleholm's culture house. The lecture was a part of the municipality's "digital citizen-week" which focuses on digital participation and the public's interaction with digital public services.
September, 2023
Post-doc mobility visits
HAIDI's Danish and Finnish postdocs visited Lund University during September 2023 as a part of HAIDI's mobility program. Amalie Søgaard Nielsen and Hanna Varjakoski spent the month in Lund, where they worked closely with postdoc Fredrika Thelandersson and professor Helena Sandberg on coding and analysis of data.
Amalie, Hanna and Fredrika also presented earlier and ongoing research at the department's KOM seminar September 27.
August 17, 2023
NordMedia Conference, Panel Presentation
The HAIDI team travelled to Bergen, Norway for the NordMedia Conference, where we presented some early results from the project on the panel “Healthy ageing and digital technologies: promises and pitfalls” as part of the TWG “Media, Communication, and Health.”
The Swedish team discussed the creative ways seniors navigate increased digitalization of public services; the Finnish researchers shared findings from their interviews with urban-dwelling older Finns; and the Danish contingent talked about the role of autonomy in the contact with healthcare services, from a nursing home perspective.
Päivi Rasi-Heikkinen from the University of Lapland also joined the panel to present her research on the use of robotics in health care for seniors.
June 21-22, 2023
Odense meeting and workshop
HAIDI team members from Denmark, Finland and Sweden, convened at the Grand Hotel in Odense for a two-day meeting hosted by Anette Grønning and Amalie Søgaard Nielsen, SDU.
The team discussed communication plans, ongoing empirical work and data analysis, as well as key ideas related to media coverage of old age, relational aspects of the appropriation of digital technology, ageism in health care and its implications, "successful ageing", the meaning of self-management for older adults, and autonomy for older adults living at home and in nursing homes.
16-17 mars 2023
HAIDI-participation in BRIDGING THE BALTIC VI
In early spring 2023, Anette Grønning and Helena Sandberg were invited to the Baltic Symposium ”Digital Health – interdisciplinary perspectives on trends and attitudes in the Baltic Sea region”. Anette Grønning, Southern University of Odense (SDU), presented at the symposium on Digital consultations in Denmark and presented the HAIDI project to the audience.
September 22-23, 2022
Future Challenges in the Nordics Kick-Off Seminar at Hanaholmen, Helsinki
August 25-26, 2022
Future Challenges in the Nordics Kickoff the Lodge