Lena Rosenberg

Department of Rehabilitation , School of Health and Welfare
Head of Discipline
Presentation Publications

Lena Rosenberg is Professor in occupational therapy and head of dicipline for occupational therapy at JU. Her research explores the intersections and intricacies of everyday life and care in older people’s lives, specifically focusing on place, everyday life, and care practices.

Lena holds a PhD degree in occupational therapy from Karolinska Institutet. She became an Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet in 2020 and was appointed Professor of Occupational Therapy at the School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, in September 2022.

Her research initiatives promote close ties with eldercare, fostering connections between academia and municipalities. In her research, she welcomes diverse perspectives from healthcare sciences, anthropology, sociology, ethics, architecture, design, and science and technology studies (STS). 

Current research projects led by Lena Rosenberg: 

Understanding the relationships connecting everyday life, care, and the physical environment in nursing homes – a new collaborative framework (The 4Q project). Funded by FORTE 2023-2025. Collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, Uppsala University, Nestor FoU Center, Marge architects, LAND architects, and Länsgården Örebro county. 

Nursing homes as technological habitats – Digital technology supporting everyday citizenship, participation, and dignity for nursing home residents. Funded by FORTE 2024-2026. Collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, Linköping University, Linneus University, and Jönköping municipality. PhD student Ida Adolfsson.

She is also leading a project financed by the Swedish Research Council in collaboration with Jönköping municipality about the prerequisites for integrated care in nursing homes: Nursing homes as places for integrated care – everyday life and care practices. PhD student Therese Jonsson.

Article

Felding, S., Rosenberg, L., Johansson, K., Teupen, S., Roes, M. (2024). The Woman with the Dog: Relationships between Pet Robots and Humans in a Danish Nursing Home for People with Dementia Anthropology and Aging, 45(1), 20-35. More information
Bergstrom, A., Mondaca, M., Nilsson, I., Guidetti, S., Rosenberg, L. (2024). Phronesis: Recognising a neglected dimension of knowledge within occupational therapy research Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 31(1). More information
Nygård, L. Nedlund, A. Mäki Petäjä Leinonen, A. Astell, A. Boger, J. Issakainen, M. , ... Ryd C. (2023). What happens when people develop dementia whilst working?: An exploratory multiple case study International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 18(1). More information
Cleeve, H., Borell, L., Rosenberg, L. (2023). Drawing in-situ: Matters of care and representation in daily life with dementia Qualitative Research, 23(3), 782-808. More information
Gaber, S., Guerrero, M., Rosenberg, L. (2023). Characteristics and consequences of participatory research approaches in long-term care facilities for older adults: a meta-ethnography of qualitative studies The Lancet, 402(Suppl. 1), S43. More information
Palmgren, M., Rosenberg, L., Gaber, S., Johansson, K. (2023). Family members' reasoning in relation to pleasant environments in nursing homes Dementia, 22(1), 235-251. More information
Nordin, T., Rosenberg, L., Nilsson, I. (2022). Personhood in aloneness and in affinity: satisfactory social participation among home care recipients Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 29(7), 563-577. More information
Johansson, K., Borell, L., Rosenberg, L. (2022). Qualities of the environment that support a sense of home and belonging in nursing homes for older people Ageing & Society, 42(1), 157-178. More information
Sandberg, L., Borell, L., Rosenberg, L. (2021). Risks as dilemmas for home care staff caring for persons with dementia Aging & Mental Health, 25(9), 1701-1708. More information
Cleeve, H., Borell, L., Rosenberg, L. (2020). (In)visible materialities in the context of dementia care Sociology of Health and Illness, 42(1), 126-142. More information
Mondaca, M., Johansson, K., Josephsson, S., Rosenberg, L. (2020). In search for the “humane”: staffs’ perspectives on everyday activities in a nursing home Aging & Mental Health, 24(4), 679-688. More information
Sandberg, L., Nilsson, I., Rosenberg, L., Borell, L., Boström, A. (2019). Home care services for older clients with and without cognitive impairment in Sweden Health & Social Care in the Community, 27(1), 139-150. More information
Mondaca, M., Josephsson, S., Borell, L., Katz, A., Rosenberg, L. (2019). Altering the boundaries of everyday life in a nursing home context Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 26(6), 441-451. More information
Nilsson, I., Luborsky, M., Rosenberg, L., Sandberg, L., Boström, A., Borell, L. (2018). Perpetuating harms from isolation among older adults with cognitive impairment: observed discrepancies in homecare service documentation, assessment and approval practices BMC Health Services Research, 18. More information
Mondaca, M., Josephsson, S., Katz, A., Rosenberg, L. (2018). Influencing everyday activities in a nursing home setting: A call for ethical and responsive engagement Nursing Inquiry, 25(2). More information
Malinowsky, C. Nygård, L. Tanemura, R. Nagao, T. Noda, K. Nakata, O. , ... Kottorp A. (2018). Everyday technology use among older adults in Sweden and Japan: A comparative study Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25(6), 446-456. More information
Patomella, A., Kottorp, A., Ferreira, M., Rosenberg, L., Uppgard, B., Nygård, L. (2018). Everyday technology use among older adults in Sweden and Portugal Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 25(6), 436-445. More information
Rosenberg, L., Kottorp, A., Johansson, K. (2018). LGBQ-Specific Elderly Housing as a “Sparkling Sanctuary”: Boundary Work on LGBQ Identity and Community in Relationship to Potential LGBQ-Specific Elderly Housing in Sweden Journal of Homosexuality, 65(11), 1484-1506. More information
Sandberg, L., Borell, L., Edvardsson, D., Rosenberg, L., Boström, A. (2018). Job strain: a cross-sectional survey of dementia care specialists and other staff in Swedish home care services Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 11, 255-266. More information
Hwang, A., Rosenberg, L., Kontos, P., Cameron, J., Mihailidis, A., Nygård, L. (2017). Sustaining care for a parent with dementia: an indefinite and intertwined process International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 12(1). More information
Malinowsky, C. Kottorp, A. Wallin, A. Nordlund, A. Björklund, E. Melin, I. , ... Nygård L. (2017). Differences in the use of everyday technology among persons with MCI, SCI and older adults without known cognitive impairment International psychogeriatrics, 29(7), 1193-1200. More information
Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. (2017). Learning and knowing technology as lived experience in people with Alzheimer's disease: a phenomenological study Aging & Mental Health, 21(12), 1272-1279. More information
Sandberg, L., Rosenberg, L., Sandman, P., Borell, L. (2017). Risks in situations that are experienced as unfamiliar and confusing – the perspective of persons with dementia Dementia, 16(4), 471-485. More information
Nygård, L., Rosenberg, L. (2016). How attention to everyday technology could contribute to modern occupational therapy: A focus group study British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79(8), 467-474. More information
Kottorp, A., Johansson, K., Aase, P., Rosenberg, L. (2016). Housing for ageing LGBTQ people in Sweden: a descriptive study of needs, preferences, and concerns Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 23(5), 337-346. More information
Kottorp, A. Nygård, L. Hedman, A. Öhman, A. Malinowsky, C. Rosenberg, L. , ... Ryd C. (2016). Access to and use of everyday technology among older people: An occupational justice issue – but for whom? Journal of Occupational Science, 23(3), 382-388. More information
Nygård, L., Kottorp, A., Rosenberg, L. (2015). Making use of research: Clinical views on an evaluation of everyday technology use Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 22(1), 24-32. More information
Malinowsky, C., Kottorp, A., Patomella, A., Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. (2015). Changes in the technological landscape over time: Relevance and difficulty levels of everyday technologies as perceived by older adults with and without cognitive impairment Technology and Disability, 27(3), 91-101. More information
Malinowsky, C. Kottorp, A. Tanemura, R. Asaba, E. Nagao, T. Noda, K. , ... Nygård L. (2015). Validation of the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire in a Japanese context Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, 26, 1-8. More information
Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. (2014). Learning and using technology in intertwined processes: A study of people with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease Dementia, 13(5), 662-677. More information
Malinowsky, C., Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. (2014). An approach to facilitate healthcare professionals' readiness to support technology use in everyday life for persons with dementia Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 21(3), 199-209. More information
Boman, I., Nygård, L., Rosenberg, L. (2014). Users' and professionals' contributions in the process of designing an easy-to-use videophone for people with dementia Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 9(2), 164-172. More information
Boman, I., Rosenberg, L., Lundberg, S., Nygård, L. (2012). First steps in designing a videophone for people with dementia: identification of users' potentials and the requirements of communication technology. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 7(5), 356-63. More information
Rosenberg, L., Kottorp, A., Nygård, L. (2012). Readiness for technology use with people with dementia: The perspectives of significant others Journal of Applied Gerontology, 31(4), 510-530. More information
Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. (2012). Persons with dementia become users of assistive technology: A study of the process Dementia, 11(2), 135-154. More information
De Vriendt, P. Gorus, E. Mets, T. Petrovic, M. Nygard, L. Kottorp, A. , ... Olde-Rikkert M. (2012). Mild cognitive impairment and early stage dementia: Assessment and treatment of everyday functioning European Geriatric Medicine, 3(Suppl. 1), S12-S13. More information
Rosenberg, L., Kottorp, A., Winblad, B., Nygård, L. (2009). Perceived difficulty in everyday technology use among older adults with or without cognitive deficits Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 16(4), 216-226. More information
Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L., Kottorp, A. (2009). Everyday technology use questionnaire: Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of competence in technology use OTJR (Thorofare, N.J.), 29(2), 52-62. More information
Rosenberg, L., Nygård, L. (2008). P2-251: Assistive technology in the hands of people with dementia and their significant others Alzheimer's & Dementia: Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 4(4S Part 13), T445. More information
Borell, L., Asaba, E., Rosenberg, L., Schult, M., Townsend, E. (2006). Exploring experiences of "participation" among individuals living with chronic pain Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(2), 76-85. More information

Doctoral thesis

Rosenberg, L. (2009). Navigating through technological landscapes: Views of people with dementia or MCI and their significant others (Doctoral thesis, Stockholm: Karolinska institutet). More information

Book chapter

Rosenberg, L., Johansson, K. (2013). Where the transactions happen: The unit of analysis when applying a transactional perspective. In: M. P. Cutchin, & V. A. Dickie (Ed.), Transactional Perspectives on Occupation (pp. 147 -156). Dordrecht: Springer More information

Conference paper

Nygård, L. Mäki Petäjä Leinonen, A. Astell, A. Nedlund, A. Boger, J. Heimonen, S. , ... Issakainen M. (2018). Dementia or mild cognitive impairment: @ work in progress. 28th Alzheimer Europe Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 29–31 October 2018. More information
Du Toit, S., Rosenberg, L., Mondaca, M., Lovarini, M. (2018). Unpacking the concept of person-centred care within OT in dementia care. COTEC-ENOTHE 2016, 15th - 19th June, 2016, Galway, Ireland. More information