Susanne Assander

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Occupational Therapy

E-mail:
susanne.assander@uu.se
Visiting address:
MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:
Akademiska sjukhuset, MTC-huset
751 85 Uppsala

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ORCID:
0000-0002-9079-5091

Short presentation

I am a clinical lecturer in occupational therapy at the Department of Women's and Children's Health. I´m also a teacher in the occupational therapy program and its international coordinator. I work at Uppsala University Hospital and conduct research on reablement in elderly care in the municipality.

Research

My research centers on the rehabilitative approach known as reablement. I am involved in a collaborative research project with Karolinska Institutet and the Royal Institute of Technology, where we are conducting a pragmatic controlled study of the working method and model ASSIST. This model is grounded in principles of reablement, experiential learning, and reflective practice, with a strong focus on activity-based interventions, carried out in both Uppsala and Stockholm. The project is part of the research program Healthy Aging into the Future, funded by FORTE, and runs from 2024 to 2030. Learn more here: Healthy Aging into the Future

Susanne Assander

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