On a sunny spring day in Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, the annual Senior Day brought together politicians, organizations, researchers, and the public to celebrate and explore aging. SNAC-K (The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in

We are honored to celebrate an extraordinary recognition awarded to Laura Fratiglioni, former PI and founder of SNAC-K, for her outstanding contributions to dementia epidemiology. On April 28th at the Italian Embassy in Stockholm, during

On 23 April 2026, Mariam Kirvalidze successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Older adults’ contribution to informal caregiving: profiles, adverse health consequences, and support interventions” at Karolinska Institutet. Her work, conducted at the Aging Research

How do older adults themselves perceive what it means to age in a healthy way? In a new study based on interview data from SNAC-K, researchers explored this through focus group interviews with 34 participants

As part of the 40th anniversary celebration, Vice PI Anna-Karin Welmer presented “Att fånga risk i tid – förebyggande insatser och fallprevention hos äldre” (“Capturing Risk Early – Preventive Interventions and Fall Prevention in Older

SNAC-K principal investigator Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga and vice-PI Anna-Karin Welmer visited Seniorvårdsberedningen at Region Stockholm on 11 December 2025 to present key results from 25 years of research within the Swedish National study on Aging and

The fifth collaborative online seminar was held on October 10 2025 as part of the partnership between SNAC and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Socialdepartementet). The speaker, Professor Johan Sanmartin Berglund, Dean at

On October 8, 2025, researchers and members of the data collection team gathered for the annual SNAC-K Study Visit and Research Day, jointly held at Äldrecentrum and Karolinska Institutet’s Widerströmska Huset. The event provided a

The 3rd October 2025 Giorgi Beridze brilliantly defended his thesis entitled “Multimorbidity and Kidney Health in Old Age: Methodological Considerations and Longitudinal Associations”, based partly on SNAC-K data. The discussion was not only inspiring but

On May 14–15, 2025, SNAC-B hosted the sixth SNAC National Retreat at Blekinge Tekniska Högskola (BTH) in Karlskrona. Researchers and SNAC data collection staff gathered in a uniquely pleasant setting to share ongoing research, exchange