The Norwegian team comprise Hanne Tuntland, Marte Feiring, Oddvar Førland, Fanny Alexandra Jakobsen, Marianne Eliassen, Cathrine Fredriksen Moe and Hanne Leirbekk Mjøsund.
Hanne Tuntland is currently the coordinator of the Reable network. She works as a Professor (Docent in rehabilitation) at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (100% position) and as an Associate Professor at Oslo Metropolitan University (20% position). She has a doctoral degree from the University of Bergen, a master`s degree from the University of Oslo and a bachelor degree in Occupational therapy from Oslo Metropolitan University. She has an OT specialization dealing with work with older adults and long experience as a faculty member involved in master level interprofessional educations dealing with gerontology and rehabilitation. She is a pioneer in Norwegian reablement research and has been involved in two empirical studies investigating reablement. This has resulted in several scientific articles and reports, a doctoral thesis, an edited textbook and several book chapters exploring various aspects of reablement. She has also participated in the Global Think Tank on reablement arranged by the International Federation of Ageing. Currently she is a co-editor and co-author of the reablement book.
She is a pioneer in Norwegian reablement research and has been involved in two empirical studies investigating reablement. This has resulted in several scientific articles and reports, a doctoral thesis, an edited textbook and several book chapters exploring various aspects of reablement. She has also participated in the Global Think Tank on reablement arranged by the International Federation of Ageing.
Marianne Eliassen is an associate professor at the Department of Health and care Sciences, UiT the Arctic University of Norway. Marianne is a physiotherapist with experiences from research in the field of health and care services and service design, particularly regarding reablement services for older adults and stroke rehabilitation. Her methodological experiences is mainly from qualitative approaches, including interviews, focus groups, observations, co-design methodologies and reviews.
Oddvar Førland is a professor and senior researcher at the Centre for Care Research – Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. He is the chief editor of the Journal for Care Research/Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning (Scandinavian University Press) which is an open access journal that publishes peer-reviewed articles within topics of care, caring, health and care services in the communities and municipalities, and their interaction with other services. Førland has led several research projects within the field of long-term care, elderly care and municipal health and care services. Areas of interest: Public organization and service development, implementation science, implementation of public reforms, dissemination of new knowledge, health and care service research, long-term care and elderly care, reablement, family carers, voluntary sector, trust studies and mixed-method studies.
Marte Feiring is Professor of Public Health and Rehabilitation at the Institute of rehabilitation science and health technology, Faculty of Health Science, Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) in Norway, where she has worked since 2011. She holds a PhD in Sociology and a BA in Occupational therapy. Her research interests cover historical and critical perspectives on health policies, welfare services, professional knowledge, rehabilitation practices (including reablement) and civil movements. Currently, she is studying task shifting between medical doctors, allied health professions and patients in rheumatic care in cooperation with PhD students at Remedy (a research center for treatment in rheumatology and musculoskeletal diseases). She has published peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and commissioned research reports. Feiring holds courses in rehabilitation practices, disability studies, user-involvement, qualitative methods and critical perspectives at bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate levels. She has experience from supervising PhD and post doc students in several Nordic countries, Denmark, Sweden, and Iceland.
Hanne Leirbekk Mjøsund is an associate professor at Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Nord University, Norway. Hanne is educated as a physical therapist (University College Lillebaelt, Denmark) and has a master of science in physical therapy (University of Southern Denmark). She has clinical experience from working in hospitals in Denmark and Norway, particularly in geriatric sections and with close collaboration with other professional groups. Hanne is particularly interested in investigating how PA can contribute to improving function and independence among older adults, and how healthcare professionals can promote PA in a meaningful way.
Fanny Alexandra Jakobsen, PhD in Health Sciences, Associate Professor in Occupational therapy, at the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Health Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences at OSLOMET, Norway. Her work experience as a clinical occupational therapist includes community-based rehabilitation and reablement. Her research field is reablement, next of kin, and occupational science. Field of research include collaboration between health professionals and next of kin, and adult children’s experiences of family occupations following ageing parents’ functional decline.
Cathrine Fredriksen Moe