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Åsa Alftberg holds a PhD (2012, Lund University) and is associate professor in social work at Malmö University. My research concerns ageing and elder care with perspectives that include older people, family carers and formal care staff. Other research areas are disability and ableism. I often use ethnographic methods. I teach mainly at the Bachelor Programme in Social Work and the course Ageing and Social Work. Current research projects are "Being an older person with drug addiction – a qualitative study of the living conditions of a growing group" and "Expectations and responsibility: education of family carers who care for a relative with dementia."
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2024 | Chapter in book
Socialt arbete med äldre: Att åldras med och till funktionsnedsättning
Åsa Alftberg
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2024 | Article in journal
Managing the Last Move: Older People’s Practical, Relational, and Emotional Work throughout the Transition from Home to a Nursing Home
Linda Arvidsson, Åsa Alftberg, Tove Harnett
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2023 | Article in journal
Providing support for family carers: social workers describing their professional role
Åsa Alftberg
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2023 | Article in journal
Empowerment-Based Physical Activity Intervention for People with Advanced Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Mixed-Methods Protocol
Eva-Carin Lindgren, Jeanette Källstrand, Åsa Alftberg, Pia Johansson, Lars Kristén, Linn Håman, Andreas Ivarsson, Ing-Marie Carlsson
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2022 | Article in journal
”Gör plats!”: Om ableism, paternalism och konstruktionen av normbrytande funktionalitet
Elisabet Apelmo, Åsa Alftberg