Anna Brorsson

Member of CACTUS, Karolinska Institutet•Sweden•http://ki.se/en/nvs/the-cactus-research-group

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Dr Anna Brorsson is a registered occupational therapist and a member of the CACTUS (Cognitive ACcessibility and Technology Use when aging in home and Society) research group at the Occupational Therapy division, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Anna’s principal research interest is participation in public space and society outside the home for people with dementia/cognitive impairments. Anna’s 2013 thesis was titled Access to everyday activities in public space, views of people with dementia. Its aim was to increase knowledge about problematic situations in public space, as perceived by community–dwelling people with dementia, and to raise awareness as to how they address these situations in the course of their everyday activities.

Accessibility in public space as perceived by people with Alzheimer’s

Most people with dementia remain living at home as long as possible after being diagnosed, and hence their lives also include activities in the public space. The aim of this study was to illuminate experiences of accessibility in public space in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Brorsson, A., Öhman, A., Lundberg, S., & Nygård, L. (2011). Accessibility in public space as perceived by people with Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia. 10(4), pp. 587-602

Managing critical incidents in grocery shopping by community-living people with Alzheimer’s

People with Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain in their ordinary housing and continue to use public space despite increasing disabilities. The aim of this study was to discover and describe problematic situations and critical incidents that took place when people with AD performed the ordinary outside-home activity of grocery shopping and how these were met by them. Brorsson, A., Öhman, A., Cutchin, M., & Nygård, L. (2013). Managing critical incidents in grocery shopping by community-living people with Alzheimer’s disease. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 20(4), pp. 292-301.