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Bettina Sandgathe Husebø

Professor, Leader Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine
  • E-mailbettina.husebo@uib.no
  • Phone+47 55 58 67 35+47 480 94 660
  • Visitor Address
    Alrek helseklynge, blokk D, Årstadveien 17
    5009 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen
  • Nursing Home Medicine
  • Palliative Medicine and Palliative Care
  • Assessment of Pain in Patients with Dementia
  • Impact of Pain on Behavioural Disturbances in Patients with Dementia
  • Psychometrics and Algesimetry
     

CURRENT POSITIONS

  • 2019 - Innovasjonsleder, IGS, UiB 
  • 2017 - Professor IGS, UoB/Leader of Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine
  • 2012 - 2017 Assoc. prof., IGS, UoB, Leader of SEFAS
  • 2016 - Researcher (20%) at Dep. Nursing Home Medicine, Municipality of Bergen

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

  • 2011-2015 Researcher, National Centre Age-related Med (20%), Stavanger UniHosp
  • 2012 Researcher at NOKLUS, Haraldsplass Diaconian Hospital (50%)
  • 2001-2005 Consultant (20%) at Centre for Excellence Palliative Care, Western Norway
  • 1997-2011 Medical Director Bergen Red Cross Nursing Home (BRKS)     
  • 1996-1997 Consultant Malteser University Hospital, University of Bonn
  • 1993-1997 Leader for Home Care Service for Palliative Care (20%), University of Bonn

FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2014 Specialist in Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine, UoB (kompetansepåbygging)
  • 2012 Specialist in Palliative Medicine, UoB (kompetansepåbygging)
  • 2008-2011 Postdoctor fellow “Impact Pain in Dementia”; Research Council Norway (RCN) Grant
  • 1995 Specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University of Bonn, Germany

EDUCATION

  • 2021 Postgraduate Safety, Quality, Informatics and Leadership (SQIL) Program, Harvard University, Boston, USA
  • 2014 Medical Specialization in Nursing Home Medicine, UIB
  • 2012 Medical Specialization in Palliative Medicine, UIB
  • 2008 PhD thesis, IGS, Faculty of Medicine Dentistry, UoB, Health Rehabilitation Grant
  • 1993 Dissertation/Doctoral thesis, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany
  • 1988 Medical doctor (MD), Faculty of Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2022 - National Dementia Award by His Majesty King Harald of Norway

2016 - “Epidemiology of Death at Home”, Kjellstadli C, et al., Poster award, IGS, UiB

2012 - Faculty of Medicine, UIB, Annual Award “Best Research Lecturer”,

2012 - Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, IGS, UiB, Annual Award “Teacher of the year”

2010 - Stiftelsen DAM: Research Award PhD-project: Pain Assessment in Dementia

2010 - Norwegian Red Cross Award Protection Human Dignity: End-of-life Care in Dementia

2009 - Norwegian Pain Society Research Award. Husebo et al. “Who suffers most?”

2009 - Eur. Assoc. Palliative Care (EAPC) 1st place award: Pain Behavior People with Dementia

2008-2011 - Postdoctoral fellowship “Impact Pain in Dementia”; Research Council Norway (RCN)

2008 - Norwegian Red Cross: Torstein Dale Award for Palliative Care for Older Adults

2002 - Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care “The Helper Award” for establishing the first palliative care ward in a Norwegian nursing home

Teaching activities

Lectures (bachelor and master) in English, German, and Norwegian about Dementia, Pain in Dementia, Innovation and Technologies for Older Adults, Symptom Management at the End of Life, Systematic Medication Review, Advance Care Planning, Behavioral Disturbances in People with Dementia, Method Developments and Psychometric Properties, Health and Care Systems; Lectures for doctoral studies – at the Faculty of Medicine, UiB, and medical students’ bedside training in nursing homes.

Institutional responsibilities

2019 - Head of Innovation at IGS Department, Faculty of Medicine, UiB

2018-2022 - Head of Section for Elderly Medicine, Social Pharmacy, and Interprofessional Workplace Learning (FEST), IGS Department, Faculty of Medicine, UiB

2016 - Head of SEFAS Research Group, IGS Department, Faculty of Medicine, UiB

2012 - Head of Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine (SEFAS), UiB

  • Show author(s) (2024). The effect of a music-based caregiving intervention on pain intensity in nursing home patients with dementia. A cluster-randomized controlled study. Pain.
  • Show author(s) (2024). Oral symptoms in dying nursing home patients. Results from the prospective REDIC study. BMC Oral Health.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Tremor Detection with Wavelets from Acceleration Measurements in Parkinson's Disease.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Pain and quality of life in nursing home residents with dementia after admission – a longitudinal study. BMC Health Services Research. 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Crowd Simulation with Deliberative-Reactive Agents.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Access to, use of, and experiences with social alarms in home-living people with dementia: results from the LIVE@Home.Path trial. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Understanding pain and agitation through system analysis algorithms in people with dementia. A novel explorative approach by the DIGI.PAIN study. Frontiers in Pain Research.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The impact of medication reviews by general practitioners on psychotropic drug use and behavioral and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the multicomponent cluster randomized controlled LIVE@Home.Path trial. BMC Medicine.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The acceptability, adoption, and feasibility of a music application developed using participatory design for home-dwelling persons with dementia and their caregivers. The “Alight” app in the LIVE@Home.Path trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 1-18.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The Effect of Music-Based Intervention on General Cognitive and Executive Functions, and Episodic Memory in People with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Randomized Controlled Trials. Healthcare.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Report of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death: bringing death back into life. The Lancet. 837-884.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Promotors and barriers to the implementation and adoption of assistive technology and telecare for people with dementia and their caregivers: a systematic review of the literature. BMC Health Services Research.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Prevalence and persistent prescription of analgesic drugs in persons admitted with dementia to a nursing home - A longitudinal study. PLOS ONE. 1-19.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Predictive Agent-Based Crowd Model Design Using Decentralized Control Systems. IEEE Systems Journal. 1383-1394.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on behavioural and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: A prospective cohort study (PAN.DEM). BMJ Open.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Factors associated with formal and informal resource utilization in nursing home patients with and without dementia: cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial. BMC Health Services Research. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Digital phenotyping by wearable-driven artificial intelligence in older adults and people with Parkinson's disease: Protocol of the mixed method, cyclic ActiveAgeing study. PLOS ONE. 1-19.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Cost-effectiveness of LIVE@Home.Path care model for home-dwelling persons with dementia: preliminary results from a stepped-wedge randomized controlled trial.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Which factors increase informal care hours and societal costs among caregivers of people with dementia? A systematic review of Resource Utilization in Dementia (RUD). Health Economics Review. 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Understanding the motive and meaning of volunteer support for persons with dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The longitudinal association between the use of antihypertensive medications and 24-hour sleep in nursing homes: results from the randomized controlled COSMOS trial. BMC Geriatrics. 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The effects of bright light treatment on affective symptoms in people with dementia: a 24-week cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry. 15 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). The consequences of COVID-19 lockdown for formal and informal resource utilization among home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the prospective PAN.DEM study. BMC Health Services Research. 1-12.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Sleep and its association with pain and depression in nursing home patients with advanced dementia -a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Psychology.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Perceptions on care and support as described by home-dwelling persons with dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Pain, complex chronic conditions and potential inappropriate medication in people with dementia. Lessons learnt for pain treatment plans utilizing data from the veteran health administration. Brain Sciences. 1-16.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Pain in nursing home residents with dementia and its association to quality of life. Aging & Mental Health. 1787-1797.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Multicomponent intervention with medication reviews impact on psychotropic drug use and behavioural and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling persons with dementia. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Managing Pain and Psychosis Symptoms in Nursing Home Patients: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 1692-1698.
  • Show author(s) (2021). LIVE@Home.Path: Innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and caregivers .
  • Show author(s) (2021). Impact of medication review on psychotropic drug use for behavioral and psychological symptoms of home-dwelling persons with dementia. .
  • Show author(s) (2021). How, Why and Where it Hurts—Breaking Down Pain Syndrome Among Nursing Home Patients With Dementia: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of the COSMOS Trial. Pain Management Nursing. 319-326.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of dignity-preserving care for older home-dwelling women with incurable cancer in Norway. Journal of Women & Aging.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Factors associated with access to assistive technology and telecare in home-dwelling people with dementia: baseline data from the LIVE@Home.Path trial. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Exploring life-space in the nursing home. An observational longitudinal study. BMC Geriatrics. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Den problematiske pårørendebelastningen. Dagens medisin.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Blood pressure, antihypertensive medication and neuropsychiatric symptoms in older people with dementia: The COSMOS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 46-53.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Being Home with Dementia: Explorations of the Meaning of Home and Approaches to Care and Support.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Are Chronic Pain Patients with Dementia Being Undermedicated? Journal of Pain Research. 431-439.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Age and emotional distress during covid-19: Findings from two waves of the norwegian citizen panel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 14 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Access to and interest in assistive technology for home-dwelling people with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic (PAN.DEM). International Review of Psychiatry. 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Trajectories of physical performance in nursing home residents with dementia. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 2603-2610.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The negative impact of psychotropic drug use on quality of life in nursing home patients at different stages of dementia: Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS trial. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 1623-1628.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The compound role of a coordinator for home-dwelling persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 1045.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The Pain Assessment in Impaired Cognition scale (PAIC15): A multidisciplinary and international approach to develop and test a meta-tool for pain assessment in impaired cognition, especially dementia. European Journal of Pain. 192-208.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Sensing technology to monitor behavioral and psychological symptoms and to assess treatment response in people with dementia: A systematic review. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Scoping review: Intergenerational resource transfer and possible enabling factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). 1-22.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Reform influences location of death: Interrupted time-series analysis on older adults and persons with dementia. PLOS ONE. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Politikerne hykler om velferdsteknologi. Vårt land.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Pain in dementia. Pain Reports. e803.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Pain in dementia. Der Schmerz (Berlin. Print). 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Less is more: The impact of deprescribing psychotropic drugs on behavioral and psychological symptoms and daily functioning in nursing home patients. Results from the Cluster-Randomized Controlled COSMOS Trial. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry. 304-315.
  • Show author(s) (2020). LIVE@Home.Path--innovating the clinical pathway for home-dwelling people with dementia and their caregivers: Study protocol for a mixed-method, stepped-wedge, randomized controlled trial. Trials. 1-16.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Intensive Medicine and Nursing Home Care in Times of SARS CoV-2: A Norwegian Perspective. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry. 792-793.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Home dwelling persons with dementia's perception on care support: Qualitative study. Nursing Ethics. 991-1002.
  • Show author(s) (2020). General practitioners' provision of end-of-life care and associations with dying at home: a registry-based longitudinal study. Family Practice. 340-347.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Does paracetamol improve quality of life, discomfort, pain and neuropsychiatric symptoms in persons with advanced dementia living in long-term care facilities? A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled crossover (Q-PID) trial. BMC Medicine. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Dignity of older home-dwelling women nearing end-of-life: Informal caregivers’ perception . Nursing Ethics.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Dignity and loss of dignity: Experiences of older women living with incurable cancer at home. Health Care for Women International. 1036-1058.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Dignity and dignity loss in end-of-life of older women with incurable cancer living at home: Informal caregiver perceptions.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Belastende besøksstans. Dagsavisen.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Behandling, omsorg og pleie for døende sykehjemspasienter med covid-19. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Access to and interest in assistive technology for home-dwelling people with dementia under COVID-19.
  • Show author(s) (2019). “We live as good a life as we can, in the situation we’re in” – the significance of the home as perceived by persons with dementia. BMC Geriatrics. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Å leve hjemme med demens.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The significance of the home in persons with dementia - A qualitative study.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The safety attitudes questionnaire – ambulatory version: psychometric properties of the Norwegian version for nursing homes. BMC Health Services Research. 1-14.
  • Show author(s) (2019). The effect of a multicomponent intervention on quality of Life in residents of nursing homes: A randomized controlled trial (COSMOS). Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 330-339.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Sleep in Nursing Home Patients: Clinical Assessment and the Effects of Pain Treatment on Sleep.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Quality of Life and Pain Medication Use in Persons With Advanced Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 1432-1437.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Psychosis symptoms in nursing home residents with and without dementia?Cross-sectional analyses from the COSMOS study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 683-691.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Patient and Informal Caregiver Participation in Research (PAICPAIR) Part 1.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Opportunities for improvement in nursing homes: Variance of six patient safety climate factor scores across nursing homes and wards - Assessed by the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire. PLOS ONE. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2019). LIVE@Home.Path.
  • Show author(s) (2019). LIVE@Home.Path.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Implementing a novel strategy for interprofessional medication review using collegial mentoring and systematic clinical evaluation in nursing homes (COSMOS). BMC Geriatrics. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Hva styrker verdigheten til kreftsyke kvinner som ønsker å dø hjemme? Sykepleien.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Framework for Patient and Informal Caregiver Participation in Research (PAICPAIR): Part 1. Advances in Nursing Science. 13 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Ethics, privacy and regulations in research including home-dwelling people with dementia. .
  • Show author(s) (2019). Eldreboken: Diagnoser og behandling. Fagbokforlaget.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Efficacy and safety of analgesic treatment for depression in nursing home patients with dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Dignity-preserving care as perceived by older women living at home with incurable cancer – preliminary results.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Digital Assessments for Individualized Dementia Care.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Associations between home deaths and end-of-life nursing care trajectories for community-dwelling people: a population-based registry study. BMC Health Services Research. 1-9.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Analgesic treatments in people with dementia - how safe are they? A systematic review. Expert Opinion on Drug Safety. 511-522.
  • Show author(s) (2019). A bu heime med demens.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Tolerability of buprenorphine transdermal system in nursing home patients with advanced dementia: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM). Clinical Interventions in Aging. 935-946.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Styrker arbeidet for de eldre.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Quality of life and paracetamolin advanced dementia (Q-TIP): A randomized double blind controlled cross-over trial. BMC Geriatrics. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Pain and physical function among nursing home patients and people with dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Long-term pain treatment did not improve sleep in nursing home patients with comorbid dementia and depression: A 13-week randomized placebo-controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychology. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Living at home with dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2018). LIVE@HOME with dementia - a pilot study.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Few planned home deaths in Norway. A population-based cross-sectional study. (Oral session O6.2.1).
  • Show author(s) (2018). Experiences from how interdisciplinary network initiatives enhance care home research.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM). Drugs & Aging. 545-558.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Effects of pain treatment on sleep in nursing home patients with dementia and depression: A multicenter placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 663-670.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Description of an advance care planning intervention in nursing homes: Outcomes of the process evaluation. BMC Geriatrics. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Deprescribing antihypertensive treatment in nursing home patients and the effect on blood pressure. Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 275-283.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Comparing unplanned and potentially planned home deaths: a population-based cross-sectional study. BMC Palliative Care. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Body movements as pain indicators in older people with cognitive impairment: A systematic review. European Journal of Pain. 17 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Authors’ Reply to Stefani: “Efficacy and Safety of Analgesic Treatment for Depression in People with Advanced Dementia: Randomised, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (DEP.PAIN.DEM)”. Drugs & Aging. 1121-1122.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Advance Care Planning in Nursing Homes–Improving the Communication Among Patient, Family, and Staff: Results From a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (COSMOS). Frontiers in Psychology. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2018). A Fine Balance: Drug Use in Norwegian Nursing Homes.
  • Show author(s) (2017). – LCP ikke tilpasset demenspasienter.
  • Show author(s) (2017). What can we learn from Norway?
  • Show author(s) (2017). The Liverpool Care Pathway: a systematic review discarded in cancer patients but good enough for dying nursing home patients. BMC Medical Ethics. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Smertevurdering- og behandling hos personer med demens.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Slik reduserte de medisinbruken på sykehjemmet.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Response of Agitated Behaviour to Pain Management in People with Dementia. RCT trial.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Relationship between Pain, Psychosis and Agitation in People with Dementia: A RCT Trial.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Patient safety culture in Norwegian nursing homes. BMC Health Services Research. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Palliativmedizin in der Geriatrie. Springer.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Oppsummering av kunnskap og forskningsresultater som del av kunnskapsgrunnlaget for Leve hele livet – en kvalitetsreform for elder.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Opioid Prescription Use in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.). 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Når er riktig tidspunkt for å flytte til sykehjem for personer med demens?
  • Show author(s) (2017). Nytt om helsefolk.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Management of pain and burdensome symptoms in nursing home patients.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Kunnskapsoppsummering - Helsehjelp til eldre. .
  • Show author(s) (2017). Kampen for de døende.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Japan - Norway Collaboration in Elderly Care and Medicine.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Ikke bare et omdømmeproblem; utfordringer i eldreomsorgen.
  • Show author(s) (2017). ICI-HomeTime: Integrated Care Innovation to Improve Home Time in People with Dementia. A Stepped Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Hvordan skal vi pleie døende personer med demens?
  • Show author(s) (2017). Hva vet vi om palliasjon og demens? Med utgangspunkt i review til EU-Joint Action Dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Hjemmedød: Ingjerd (64) mistet ektemannen Arne i kreft. Han fikk oppfylt sitt siste ønske: Å dø hjemme.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Gut vernetz.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Forschung im Pflegeheim.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Erratum to: The Liverpool Care Pathway: discarded in cancer patients but good enough for dying nursing home patients? A systematic review. BMC Medical Ethics. 52.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Dronningen er et forbilde (kronikk).
  • Show author(s) (2017). Dialogmøte om omsorg og behandling mot livets slutt til personer med demens.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Comorbid dementia and cancer in residents of nursing homes: secondary analyses of a cross-sectional study. Cancer Nursing. E13-E20.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Clinically significant discrepancies between sleep problems assessed by standard clinical tools and actigraphy. BMC Geriatrics. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Associations between pain and depression in nursing home patients at different stages of dementia. Journal of Affective Disorders. 8-14.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Assessment and treatment of persistent pain in nursing home residents should be implemented systematically to prevent suffering. Evidence-Based Nursing.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Alters – und Pflegeheimsmedizin. Eine globale Herausforderung in norwegischem/deutschem Alltag.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) 8. mars 2016: Intervju på radio i Østerrike.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Würde im Alter – Altersfürsorge in neuem Licht .
  • Show author(s) (2016). Vorarlberger Nachrichten 19. mars 2016: Es ist ein Privileg, altern zu dürfen.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Vi over 60 27. juni 2016: HER VIL JEG LEVE, her vil jeg dø.
  • Show author(s) (2016). VG 2. juli: Nesten halvparten av sykehjemspasientene har en smertefull død.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Trønderavisa 3. oktober 2016 På bunn i hjemmedød.
  • Show author(s) (2016). The interactive relationship between pain, psychosis, and agitation in people with dementia: results from a cluster-randomised clinical trial. Behavioural Neurology. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Sykepleien 11. august 2016: Palliasjonens mor.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Staff distress improves by treating pain in nursing home patients with dementia: results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 795-805.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Signs of imminent dying and change in symptom intensity during pharmacological treatment in dying nursing home patients: a prospective trajectory study. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 821-827.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Signs of Imminent Dying and Change in Symptom Intensity during Pharmacological Treatment in Dying Nursing Home Patients. A Prospective Trajectory Study.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Prevalence of the use of opioids for the treatment of pain in persons with a cognitive impairment compared with cognitivley intact persons : a systematic review. Current Alzheimer Research. 512-522.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Palliative Care in People With Dementia.
  • Show author(s) (2016). NRK.no 7. november 2016 Forskar trur demente feilaktig blir lagt på dødsleie.
  • Show author(s) (2016). NRK.no 2. november 2016 Fleire eldre bør få døy heime.
  • Show author(s) (2016). NRK P1/P2/Hordaland 2.november 2016 Forsker på hjemmedød.
  • Show author(s) (2016). NRK P1+ 8. og 9. november 2016 Forskar ut mot Helsedirektoratet.
  • Show author(s) (2016). NRK Hordaland 7.november 2016 Forskar ut mot Helsedirektoratet.
  • Show author(s) (2016). NRK Frokostradio/Jacobsen 3.november 2016 Forsker på hjemmedød.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Multi-psychotropic drug prescription and the association to neuropsychiatric symptoms in three Norwegian nursing home cohorts between 2004 and 2011. BMC Geriatrics. 9 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Morgenbladet 4. november 2016 Skyt de gamle...
  • Show author(s) (2016). Medication review based on clinical evaluation in nursing homes. The journal of Nursing Home Research.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Lindrende demensomsorg. 481-505. In:
    • Show author(s) (2016). Demensboka. Lærebok for helse- og omsorgspersonell. Forlaget Aldring og helse.
  • Show author(s) (2016). KK.no 19. april 2016: Hva skjer egentlig når vi skal dø?
  • Show author(s) (2016). Joint occurrence of pain and sleep disturbances in people with dementia. A systematic review. Current Alzheimer Research. 539-545.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Intergeneration solutions.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Identifying and managing pain in people with Alzheimer’s Disease and other types of dementia: a aystematic review. CNS Drugs. 481-497.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Her og nå, NRK Radio 28. juni 2016: Roboter skal fikse eldreomsorg.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Fremover 4. juli 2016: Halvparten på sykehjem dør med store smerter.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Forskning.no 2. januar 2016: Helsevesenet bruker ikke ny forskning.
  • Show author(s) (2016). End-of-life palliative oral care in Norwegian health institutions. An exploratory study. Gerodontology. 522-529.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Dagbladet Magasinet 26. november 2016 Eldresviket.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Corrigendum to 'Analgesic prescribing patterns in Norwegian nursing homes from 2000 to 2011: Trend analyses of four data samples'. Age and Ageing. 323-323.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Christies Konferenzen: Eldreomsorg - en global utfordring i en norsk hverdag.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Bergens Tidende 30. juni 2016: Tysk prins vil lære norsk eldreomsorg.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Bergens Tidende 26. juli 2016 Eldreomsorg i trøbbel.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Bergens Tidende 2. mars 2016: Mangedobling i bruken av smertestillende på sykehjem.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Bergens Tidende 12. januar 2016: Fullt hus på helsedebatt.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Bergens Tidende 1. juli 2016: Kjerringrådene du kan trenge i sommer.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Batschunzer Palliativ Kongress: Neue Wege in der Pflegeheimsmedizin.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Avisa Nordland 2. juli 2016: Halvparten på sykehjem dør med store smerter.
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  • Show author(s) (2016). A review of pain prevalence in Alzheimer's, vascular, frontotemporal and lewy body dementias. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 220-232.
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  • Show author(s) (2015). Legemidler i sykehjem - en balansekunst. Omsorg: Nordisk tidsskrift for Palliativ Medisin. 39-43.
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PREVIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS (selected)

2017-2020        CombHI; EU-application network, Research Council of Norway (RCN) (0.2 mil. €)

2020                  RCN- Equivalent for private research funding by GC Rieber Foundation (0.4 mil. €)

2015-2019        Nat. Univ. Res. Network Elderly Nursing Home Medicine; National Budget (0.3 mil. €)

2015-2019        ICI HomeTime Trial; Dignity Centre, Womens’ Health, Rieber Foundation (0.8 mil. €)

2016-2020        «May I Die at Home?»; Stiftelsen DAM (0.4 mil. €)

2015-2018        SLEEP.PAIN.DEM RCT Trial; Health Region West (0.5 mil. €)

2013-2017        COSMOS RCT Trial; RCN (1.6 mil. €)

2013-2017        DEP.PAIN.DEM RCT Trial; RCN (0.6 mil. €)

2011-2015        WP2-leader EU-COST Action TD1005 “Pain Patients with Dementia” (4 mil. €)

2008-2011        PAIN.BPSD RCT Trial; RCN (0.6 mil. €)

 

MAJOR COLLABORATIONS (selected, ongoing)

2018-               Team of the Lancet Commission on the Value of Death, London, UK

2021-               Prof Jeff Kaye, Assisted living technologies, Oregon Univ., US

2019-               Prof Monica Patrascu, Complex systems modelling, Univ. Politehnica of Bucharest, RO

2018-               Prof Ipsit Vahia, Digital phenotyping in dementia, Harvard Univ., McLean, Boston, US

2017-               Profs Ruyta Kawashima and Rui Nouchi, Mental activities, Tohoku University, Japan

2016-               Prof Heather Allore, Biostatistics, Yale University, US

2011-               Prof Wilco P. Achterberg, Pain in dementia, Univ. of Leiden, NL

2008-               Prof Clive Ballard, Geriatric psychology, Medical School, Univ. of Exeter, UK

2007-               Prof Dag Aarsland, Intervention trials in dementia, King’s College, London, UK

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