Ageing in the Arctic (AgeArc)

Well-being, quality of life, and health promotion among older people in Greenland

The aim with AgeArc is to improve health, well-being and quality of life among older people in Greenland through development and implementation of new economically sustainable health promoting initiatives and solutions for municipal and care practices, cultural and societal structures, health measures and personal experiences.

Our ambition is to bridge the key knowledge gaps by connecting systematic research with welfare development, local competences and the preferences and perceptions of older Greenlanders.

To do so we unite four Greenlandic municipalities, current and future care personnel, older people, population surveys, researchers from ethnology, history, sociology, care sciences and institutions of research and teaching in Denmark and Greenland to determine what levels and modes of care and policies for the elderly in Greenland are useful, sustainable, and relevant.

The results of the project will be improved health, well-being and quality of life, new knowledge, better municipal and care practices and the creation of a platform for further practice/research collaboration on ageing in the Arctic region.

Publications

Articles

Nørtoft, K, Carroll, S, Siren, A, Bjerregaard, P, Larsen, C V L, Brædder, M, Hounsgaard, L & Jensen, T (2018): Enhancing Well-Being Among Older People in Greenland through Partnerships of Research, Practice and Civil Society, In: Heininen, L and H Exner-Pirot (eds.) (2018). Arctic Yearbook 2018. Akureyri, Iceland: Northern. Research Forum. Available from https://arcticyearbook.com/

Nørtoft, K, Hounsgaard, L & Jensen, T (accepted, in press): Udearealer ved ældreboliger i Sisimiut – et samskabelsesprojekt i Arktisk Aldring. Årsskrift, Ilisimatusarfik.

Nørtoft, K & Jensen, T (2018): Mad i alderdommen – livskvalitet, netværk og aktiv aldring. Tikiusaaq, dec. 2018

Schlütter, M M (2018): Ældres livshistorier – et bidrag til historien om Grønland. Tidsskiftet Grønland.

Nørtoft, K & Jensen, T (2017). Aldringsidentitet i spændingsfeltet mellem fangersamfund og velfærdsstat. Psyke og Logos, Årgang 38, nr 1 (2017), s. 32-50

Publications

Jensen, T, Schlütter, M M, Olsen, M A-L F, Jensen, A L, Nørtoft, K, Nielsen, L O, Hounsgaard, L (2018): Et godt liv for ældre i det sydlige Grønland - et eksplorativt studie af muligheder og udfordringer. Arktisk Aldring rapport nr. 3.

Nørtoft, K, Jensen, T (2018): Qaanaaq. Arktisk Aldring (AgeArc) Rapport nr. 4.

Jensen, t & Nørtoft, K (2017). Projektproces og Output 2017. Arktisk Aldring (AgeArc) rapport nr. 2.

Nørtoft, K & Jensen, T (2017). Første Kommune-workshop i fire kommuner. Arktisk Aldring (AgeArc) rapport nr. 1.

Kalaallisut

Contact

Tenna Jensen
Copenhagen Centre for Health Research in the Humanities (CoRe)
Saxo Institute
University of Copenhagen
tennaje@hum.ku.dk
Phone +45 26 82 64 00

Kamilla Nørtoft
Copenhagen Centre for Health Research in the Humanities (CoRe)
Saxo Institute
University of Copenhagen
kamilla.nortoft@hum.ku.dk
Phone +42 23 72 15

VELUX FONDEN

Ageing in the Arcting (AgeArc) is funded by 5.6 million DKK by VELUX FONDEN's Interdisciplinary programme.

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