A Multidisciplinary Approach to Capability in Age and Ageing

Hanna Falk Erhag (RN, PhD) is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, and a senior researcher at Age Cap – Center of Ageing and Health at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Her work focuses specifically on self-rated health, functional ability, and resilience in older adults in relation to symptoms of chronic illness, functional disability, demographic, cognitive, behavioral risk and protective factors.

Ulrika Lagerlöf Nilsson (PhD, TD) is an Associate Professor at the Department of Historical studies and a senior researcher at Age Cap – Center of Ageing and Health at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research has mainly focused on gender and power in the field of health care professions during the late 19thand 20th century. Her currently research is dealing with age and ageing in a historical perspective, focusing specifically on the development of elderly care.

Therese Rydberg Sterner (PhD) is a researcher at Age Cap – Center of Ageing and Health at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Her work focuses specifically on depression in relation to behavioural and biological risks and protective factors in large population-based samples of older adults.

Ingmar Skoog (MD) is a Professor in Psychiatry and Director of Age Cap – Center of Ageing and Health at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. His research focuses mainly on neuro degenerative disorders in older adults, behavioral risks and protective factors in large population-based samples of older adults that have been followed with nearly identical health examinations for more than 40 years.