Om mig
MD, PhD, Family physician since more than 30 years in Nordanstig, Region of Gävleborg and also in parallel researcher in dementia and elderly care. I live in Hudiksvall with my wife, two grown-up children and one grandchild.
Forskningsbeskrivning
My research main focuses are in epidemiologic, health economic and clinical studies on elderly in general and dementia in particular, with both Swedish and international collaborations. I am a member of the steering committee of the population-based project Swedish National study on Aging and Care (SNAC) and I was one of the research founders of the Swedish dementia registry SveDem. I have several times worked as an expert for the Swedish national board of health and welfare and participated in its update of the Swedish guidelines for dementia care. I co-authored WHO’s report Dementia: a public health priority from 2012 and I am currently involved in WHO’s GDO project. I was one of the contributors to WHO´s report “The Global status report on the public response to dementia” in 2021. I have co-authored ADI´s World Alzheimer Reports 2010 and 2015 about global dementia epidemiology and costs, and I was the principal author of ADI’s 2018 report on global estimates of informal care time. I also contributed to World Alzheimer Reports 2021 and 2022. I have participated and still participates in many EU-projects (e.g. ALCOVE, RightTimePlaceCare, ACTIFCARE, MOPEAD, PRODEMOS, MIND-AD, ADDITION, EURO-FINGERS, PROMINENT). I am one of the creators of the Resource Utilisation in Dementia (RUD) instrument, which is used worldwide in health economic research in dementia.
Utbildning
MD 1980, Specialist in family medicine 1985, PhD 1990
Akademiska priser och utmärkelser
Inga Sandeborgs pris 2016