Research projects
Completed research projects
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Safe and Simple Point of Contact with Relatives
Research and innovation project with loneliness-reducing technology in elderly care in Oslo, where Nursing Home agency, City of Oslo (SYE) and No Isolation will adapt the consumer technology KOMP for use in institutions.
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Virtual Presence: A Cultural Analysis of the Emergence of 'Telepresence Technologies' as a Solution to Loneliness
The research project will provide a cultural analysis of how loneliness is perceived and represented in relation to the emerging phenomenon of loneliness technologies
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Akhtar, Sehrish
(2025).
Together through technology: Next of kin's use of technology to maintain social connection with nursing home residents.
Ageing & Society.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X25000054
Akhtar, Sehrish
(2024).
Socially connected while apart: the use of technology to increase social connection between nursing home residents and their relatives.
Frontiers in Public Health.
Vol. 12.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1296524
Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira
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Tøge, Anne Grete
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Akhtar, Sehrish
(2023).
Improving interprofessional collaboration in schools: A cluster-randomized study evaluating the effectiveness of the LOG model on collaboration practices.
Journal of Interprofessional Care.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2022.2149717