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Heidi Bjørge

Heidi Bjørge

Job title
  • Associate Professor
Visiting address
  • Pilestredet 40, 0167 Oslo
E-mail
  • heidi.bjorge@oslomet.no
Affiliation

About

Nurse with speciality within mental health. Work experience from home care services and mental health. Currently employed as associate professor in Bachelor. The research is mainly on relatives of persons with dementia and psychosis with a focus on relationship quality within the families, quality of life, nursing, and minority health

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Lillekroken, Daniela ; Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv ; Lidal, Ingeborg Beate (2025). Assessing quality of life—a scoping review of studies presenting quality of life instruments for informal caregivers of persons with dementia. BMC Geriatrics. Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06455-x

Lillekroken, Daniela ; Halvorsrud, Liv ; Bjørge, Heidi ; Gandhi, Sailaxmi; Sivakumar, Palanimuthu T.; Goyal, Alka Rani (2024). Caregivers’ experiences, challenges, and needs in caring for people with dementia in India: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12146-x

Bjørge, Heidi ; Baklien, Børge; Opheim, Elin; Kvaal, Kari; Skulberg, Knut Ragnvald (2024). Loneliness, social provision and health among older men and women with chronic physical diseases – a mixed methods study. Cogent Public Health. Vol. VOL. 11.
https://doi.org/10.1080/27707571.2024.2322828

Bjørge, Heidi ; Kvaal, Kari; Ulstein, Ingun (2024). Quality of Life and Relationships in Caregivers of People With Dementia. A Gender Perspective. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias (AJADD). Vol. 39.
https://doi.org/10.1177/15333175241276404

Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Goyal, Alka Rani (2023). Always on alert: How relatives of family members with dementia experience the transition from home to permanent nursing home placement. Nursing Open. Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1877

Bjørge, Heidi ; Gunnheim, Niklas; Bachke, André ; Anker-Rasch, Celina; Sheikoleslami, Rohangez ; Finstad, Ann-Kristin ; Karterud, Dag ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Lohne, Vibeke ; Sæterstrand, Torill Margaret (2023). The solitary and uncertain learning process: A qualitative study of nursing students’ experiences in the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Teaching and Learning in Nursing. Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teln.2023.05.005

Gulestø, Ragnhild; Lillekroken, Daniela ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Bjørge, Heidi (2023). Different senses of one’s place: Exploring social adjustment to home-based care services among family caregivers from minority ethnic backgrounds who have relatives living with dementia. Dementia. Vol. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012221148528

Gulestø, Ragnhild; Lillekroken, Daniela ; Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv (2021). Interactions between healthcare personnel and family caregivers of people with dementia from minority ethnic backgrounds in home-based care—An explorative qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol. 78.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15101

Lillekroken, Daniela ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Gulestø, Ragnhild; Bjørge, Heidi (2021). Family caregivers’ experiences of providing care for family members from minority ethnic groups living with dementia: A qualitative systematic review. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN).
https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16127

Sæterstrand, Torill Margaret; Blomberg, Karin ; Finstad, Ann-Kristin ; Sheikoleslami, Rohangez ; Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv ; Karterud, Dag (2021). Caring, Learning and Learning Environment in the Early Stage of the Pandemic. "I want to become a nurse to contribute to society!" Nursing students experiences 3 months into a pandemic-views on study situation and thoughts on a future in nursing. International Journal of Caring Sciences (IJCS). Vol. 14.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2827165



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Research reports

Gulestø, Ragnhild; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Lillekroken, Daniela ; Bjørge, Heidi (2023). Social interactions in municipal healthcare - A qualitative study exploring the perceptions of family caregivers from minority ethnic backgrounds and healthcare personnel employed in dementia teams and home-based care. ISBN: 9788283644791. 187 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4191374

Bjørge, Heidi ; Ulstein, Ingun; Kvaal, Kari (2018). Family caregiving in dementia: implications of the perceived relationship quality. ISBN: 9788283772197. 92 p. Universitetet i Oslo.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4667790



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Dissemination

Gulestø, Ragnhild Julante Andersen; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Bjørge, Heidi ; Lillekroken, Daniela (2024). Social dynamics between family caregivers from minority ethnic backgrounds and healthcare professionals in municipal dementia care settings. 27th Nordic Congress of Gerontology - Ageing in a transforming world. Nordic Gerontological Federation (NGF).
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3881482

Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Goyal, Alka Rani (2023). Alltid på vakt; Pårørendes opplevelser av overgangsfasen fra hjem til fast sykehjemsplass for et familiemedlem med demens. Landskonferansen i alderspsykiatri. Aldring og helse. Nasjonalt senter.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4494747

Sæterstrand, Torill Margaret; Bjørge, Heidi (2023). Simulering er utfordrende , men det er lærerikt å diskutere etterpå!. Klinisk Sygepleje.
https://doi.org/10.18261/ks.37.3.4

Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Goyal, Alka Rani (2022). Alltid på vakt; Pårørendes oplevelser av overgangsfasen fra hjem til fast sykehjemsplass for et familiemedlem med demens. Omsorgskonferansen 2022. NTNU.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4613485

Bachke, André ; Anker-Rasch, Celina; Bjørge, Heidi ; Blomberg, Karin ; Finstad, Ann-Kristin ; Gunnheim, Niklas; Hakestad, Kari Anne ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Ingvaldsen, Camilla Rytterager; Karterud, Dag ; Lillekroken, Daniela ; Sheikoleslami, Rohangez ; Sæterstrand, Torill Margaret; Solberg, Stine Rokne (2021). «Jeg ønsker å bli sykepleier og bidra i samfunnet» - studenterfaringer i en tidlig fase av pandemi. Sykepleierkongressen 2021. NSF - Norsk Sykepleier Forbund.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3353217

Gulestø, Ragnhild; Bjørge, Heidi ; Halvorsrud, Liv Torill ; Lillekroken, Daniela (2021). The entwined rules of ‘the game’ - Community-based healthcare personnel’s perceptions of interactions with family caregivers of people with dementia from minority ethnic backgrounds. Nordic Conference in Nursing Research. Dansk Selskab for Sygeplejeforskning.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5055859

Bjørge, Heidi ; Kvaal, Kari; Ulstein, Ingun (2020). Quality of life in caregiver in a gender perspective. Virtual Conference. IPA International Psychogeriatic Association.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4482328

Bjørge, Heidi (2019). Family caregiver in dementia, the implications of relationship quality on caregivers own quality of life holdt på norsk: Livskvalitet ved demens, Hvilken betydning har det emosjonelle klima i familien for pårørendes livskvalitet?. Seminaret "Livskvalitet anno 2019". Forskergruppen Aldring, helse og velferd, OsloMet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4848263

Bjørge, Heidi (2019). Demens i familien: betydningen av et godt forhold mellom den demensrammede og de pårørende. Medlemsmøte. NSF Seniorsykepleiere Oslo og Akershus .
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4842387

Bjørge, Heidi ; Kvaal, Kari; Ulstein, Ingun (2018). Caregivers of persons with dementia and their experience of interpersonal relationship and distress. Nordic Conference in Nursing research. Norsk Sykepleieforbund.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3489287



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