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Elin Nilsson is an Associate Professor in Social Work at Linköping University, Sweden. Her research focuses on social work encounters involving couples living with major neurocognitive disorders, particularly dementia. Utilizing multimodal conversation analysis, Elin investigates the interaction dynamics within these relationships, assessing their needs for elder care services through video-recorded interviews of naturally occurring data. She contributes to the Conversation Analysis in Social Work (CASW) group and is an affiliate of the Conversation Analytic Role-Play Method (CARM), led by Elizabeth Stokoe, providing research-based communication training for care managers in Sweden. Elin leads a longitudinal research project with Associate Professor Anna Ekström and Professor Lars-Christer Hydén, examining how couples manage changes brought on by dementia. Her previous postdoctoral research at Uppsala University dealt with needs assessments for care managers working with older couples, focusing on self-determination, alliances, and management of resistance from clients with dementia. Currently, she collaborates with Associate Professor Anna Olaison at Linköping University on research involving focus group interviews with care managers. The findings from these projects aim to enhance workshops for care managers and professionals in providing services to individuals living with dementia.
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