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Smart textiles that can monitor the wearer's health and be used in the home have great potential to benefit society. This is the conclusion made by the Royal Swedish Academy of...

Elisabeth Lindberg is a new Professor of Caring Science at the University of Borås. "It's a role I take on with great humility, and I hope and intend to make a difference.”

Adolescents who sleep too little want involved parents who help them with security, routines, and structure. In her doctoral thesis, Malin Jakobsson, Doctor of Philosophy in C...

When Christer Axelsson signed up to become a firefighter, he didn't know that half the job involved driving an ambulance. It turned out to be a happy surprise – 40 years later he is still workin...

How are older people to lead a good life replete with wellbeing and be welcomed to a form of care that is characterised by human dignity and human sensitivity? These are questions that have engage...

Thinking about his future profession during his school years, it was work as a forester that most appealed to Magnus Andersson Hagiwara. However, his experience of military service led him to the discovery of...

Anders Jonsson was one of the first officers in Sweden to take paternity leave. Today, he is Professor of Prehospital Emergency Care. But perhaps that never would have happened if he hadn't taken parental ...

What makes us want to work past retirement age and how do we achieve a more equal work life? These are questions that Marita Flisbäck, Professor of Sociology at the University of B...

Maria Jiménez Herrera is a visiting professor at the Faculty of Caring Science, Work Life and Social Welfare and is based at Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Spain. Maria recently visited the University of ...

Kathleen Galvin, Professor of Nursing Practice at the University of Brighton, UK, will be honoured for her efforts to strengthen and develop research and education in the field of Car...

Lindex is investing in Spacerpad, the sustainable menstrual sanitary pad developed by researchers at the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås. This innovation is now leaving the world of academia and moving i...

Involve the staff and the older people themselves in developing the care of older people, and support first-line managers. These are some of the results of a four-year research proj...

Fewer men than women choose to study to be nurses, but men often end up in better paid and higher positions in healthcare. Why is this? Lamprini Xiarchi, a doctoral student at the University of Borås, has worke...

Access to products for menstrual hygiene management is an issue of dignity and health – and is a luxury that up to one billion women lack. On the other hand, disposable pads made from plastic contri...

It is high time to focus on the oldest members of society – that is what doctoral students Lamprini Xiarchi and Karoline Lang Mathiesen want. They are conducti...