The launch of the Critical Dementia Studies Network has been made possible by a grant from the Swedish Research Foundation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Linn Sandberg
Linn Sandberg
Linn Sandberg is currently working as Assistant professor in Gender Studies at Stockholm University with a project on Alzheimer’s disease, gender, sexuality and intimacy is a research fellow in Gender Studies. Sandberg has a PhD in Gender Studies from Linköping University, Sweden (“Getting intimate: a feminist analysis of old age, masculinity & sexuality” 2011) and is also affiliated with the Centre for Aging and Society, Trent University, Canada (with a grant from Forte). Linn’s main research focus is on gender and sexuality in intersection with old age and ageing. Her doctoral study has led to a number of publications in journals such as “Sexualities”, “International Journal of Ageing and Later life” and “Tidskrift för genusvetenskap”. Linn has also contributed to “Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology” (2015), with a chapter on sexuality in later life.
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There has been an increasing focus on person-centred approaches to dementia, which seeks to affirm the person living with dementia that is often overlooked.