Helene Berglund

Helene Berglund
Senior lecturer
helene.berglund@gu.se
+46 31 786 6107

Room number: 2237
Postal Address: Box 457, 40530 Göteborg
Visiting Address: Arvid wallgrens backe hus 1 och 2 , 41346 Göteborg

The Life Context and Health Promotion at Institute of Health and Care Sciences (More Information)
Box 457
405 30 Göteborg
Visiting Address: Arvid Wallgrens backe hus 1 och 2 , 413 46 Göteborg

About Helene Berglund

Helene Berglund is a Senior lecturer at the Institute of Health and Care Sciences, The Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg. She is responsible for the Postgraduate Programme in Specialist Nursing – Primary Health Care.

Her research deals with quality in the continuum of care for older people. The research focus on different aspects, such as organizing integrated care, older people’s influence in care planning and older people’s views of quality of care and life satisfaction. Dr. Berglund participates in two research groups at the Institute: Care Environment and The Palliative Care Research Group. She is also involved in the interdisciplinary research group FRESH - Frail Elderly Support Research Group, which is a part of the Centre for Ageing and Health, AgeCap.

Dr. Berglund has presented her research on several conferences, such as International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (Barcelona 2014), Nordic Congress of Gerontology (Gothenburg 2014) and Nordic Conference on Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice (Bergen 2015).

In her earlier professional life, Dr. Berglund has a wide experience within health care. She has been working as a nurse and she also had several leading positions, such as head of a care unit and medical responsible nurse. She has worked in several different areas, such as medical intensive care, neurology, elderly care and home nursing care.

Research areas

Medical and Health Sciences
- Health Sciences
  - Nursing
- Other Medical Sciences
  - Gerontology, specializing in Medical and Health Sciences
  - Other Medical Sciences not elsewhere specified
    - Palliative medicine

Latest publications

Effect of a care process program on frail older people’s life satisfaction
Helene Berglund, Susanne Gustafsson, Isabelle Ottenvall Hammar, Joel Olayiwola Faronbi, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff
Nursing Open, Journal article 2019
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Risk for depression affects older people’s possibilities to exercise self-determination in using time, social relationships and living life as one wants: A cross-sectional study with frail older people
Isabelle Ottenvall Hammar, Helene Berglund, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff, Joel Olayiwola Faronbi, Susanne Gustafsson
Health Psychology Research, Journal article 2018
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Rethinking Consultation - Investigating the Perceived Work Models of a Palliative Consul-tation Team
Susanna Böling, Helene Berglund, Johan Berlin, Joakim Öhlen
Palliative Medicine : A Multiprofessional Journal, Poster 2018
Poster

Rethinking Consultation - Investigating the Perceived Work Models of a Palliative Consultation Team
Susanna Böling, Helene Berglund, Johan Berlin, Joakim Öhlen
Palliative Medicine : A Multiprofessional Journal, Conference contribution 2018
Conference contribution

Social Network and Support, Self-Rated Health, and Loneliness as Predictors of Risk for Depression Among pre-Frail and Frail Older People in Sweden
Joel Olayiwola Faronbi, Susanne Gustafsson, Helene Berglund, Isabelle Ottenvall Hammar, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff
OAJ Gerontol & Geriatric Med, Journal article 2017
Journal article

Minor positive effects of health-promoting senior meetings for older community-dwelling persons on loneliness, social network, and social support
Susanne Gustafsson, Helene Berglund, Joel Olayiwola Faronbi, Emmelie Barenfeld, Isabelle Ottenvall Hammar
Clinical Interventions in Aging, Journal article 2017
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The impact of socioeconomic conditions, social networks, and health on frail older people's life satisfaction: a cross-sectional study
Helene Berglund, H. Hasson, Katarina Wilhelmson, Anna Dunér, Synneve Dahlin-Ivanoff
Health Psychology Research, Journal article 2016
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Case management i äldrevård - en strategi för ökad samverkan i vårdkedjan
Helene Berglund
Aldring og helse. Skandinaviske lederkonferans, Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste, Oslo 24-25 oktober 2016, Conference contribution 2016
Conference contribution

Effects of a continuum of care intervention on frail older persons' life satisfaction: a randomized controlled study
Helene Berglund, Henna Hasson, Karin I Kjellgren, Katarina Wilhelmson
Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal article 2015
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Tailored implementation of evidence-based practice in the community care for the aged - initial experiences in a collaborative project in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden
Susanne Gustafsson, Manuela Sjöström, Helene Berglund
Nordic Conference on implementation of Evidence-Based Practice 20150203-20150204 Bergen, Norge, Conference contribution 2015
Conference contribution