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The research group Aging, Health and Welfare (AHW) focuses on challenges and consequences for health and quality of life for older people. Our aim is healthy aging. Special focus is on factors that can contribute to healthy aging and help older people live active and meaningful lives for as long as possible, regardless of ethnicity and socio-economic status. Our research areas include physical function, nutritional status, quality of life, user participation, health literacy, ethnicity, health services and health technology. We emphasize cooperation with the field of practice and collaborate with various patient/user organizations and health personnel, both in the municipal health service and in the specialist health service The AHW’s prioritized research areas are: • Community health research • Health interventions and implementation • Health services and innovation

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