Responsibilities
- Subject coordinator PhD course "Qualitative Methods"
- Subject coordinator Master course "Healthpromotion and Personcentred Perspectives on Old Age"
- Leader Research Group of Older Peoples' Health
Competences
- Health and illness experiences in old age
- Chronic illness
- Subjective illness experiences following stroke
- Qualitative research design and methods
- Older relatives experiences
- Healthcare services for older people
- Research management
- Educational management
CV
Education
- Dr. Polit (PhD) Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Oslo 2005
- Cand. Nursing Sci. (MNSc) Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing Science, University of Oslo 1990
- Registred Nurse (RN) Telemark University College, 1982
Scientific Merits
- Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Dep. of Nursing and Health Sciences, University College of Southeast-Norway 2015 -
- Professor II, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dep. of Health Sciences in Gjøvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 2015 -
- Associate Professor II, Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing, Gjøvik University College, 2013-2015
- Associate Professor II, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Oslo 2009-2010
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Buskerud University College 2005-2016
- University lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Oslo 2000-2005
- Opponent at PhD defences PhD avhandling. Odense Patient data Explorative Network (OPEN), Odense University Hospital/ Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark 2017
- Midtveisevaluering PhD-student at the PhD program of Person-Centred Healthcare, Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge 2016
- Midtveisevaluering PhD-student at the PhD program of Person-Centred Healthcare, Høgskolen i Buskerud og Vestfold 2015
- Main supervisor for 1 PhD student who have completed her degree, associate supervisor for 1 PhD student who have completed her degree, currently associate supervisor for 3 PhD students.
- Member of work group for å utvikle meritteringordning for utdanningsfaglig kompetanse ved Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge 2017-2018
- Member of fag- og styringsrådet for Utviklingssenter for Sykehjem og Hjemmetjenester i Buskerud 2017 -
- Member of Fag- og samarbeidsrådet for Utviklingssenter for hjemmetjenester i Akershus fylke 2012-2014
- Member of Fagråd for Rehabilitering Helse Sørøst 2010-
- Member of Høgskolestyret Høgskolen i Buskerud (1. vara) 2007-2013
- Member of vurderingsnemnd for tildeling av forskningsmidler Møre og Romsdal HF 2012-2015
- Member of forskningsutvalget Vestre Viken HF 2010-2012
- Member of sakkyndig utvalg søknad om dosentopprykk, Universitetet i Agder 2017
- Member of sakkyndig utvalg søknad om førstelektoropprykk, Universitetet i Agder 2016
- Member of sakkyndig utvalg søkere til faste stillinger førsteamanuensis/førstelektor, Høgskolen i Telemark 2015
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE R&D PROJECTS: Secured external funding for >25 mill NOK (Selection of projects)
2020 (NOK 18 mill) PI: "More good days at home: Advancing health promoting practices in municipal healthcare services for older recipients of home care" NRC
2020 (NOK 2,4 mill) PI, Advance Care Planning for Older Home-Living Patients with Cancer Receiving Palliative Care and their Next of Kin - an ethnographic study. The DAM Foundation PhD scholarship. With Norwegian Cancer Society (project owner).
2019 (NOK 5 mill) “Norwegian Vision in Stroke (NorVIS) network”, NRC Bedrehelse, February http://2019 https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/#/project/NFR/299074 NRC PI: Helle Falkenberg
2018 Co-Pl: Older Persons and Radiation Therapy: Experiences of Older Patients. Part of the project Improving the quality of life and function of elderly cancer patients receiving radiation therapy.
2017 (NOK 2,4 mill) Co-Pl: CROSS -C-Competence Rehabilitation of Sight problems after Stroke. Extrastiftelsen PhD project. Pl: Helle K. Falkenberg
2015 (NOK 150 000) PI: CODE: Competence in Delirium among Elderly. NTNU & Fylkesmannen i Oppland.
2012 Competence enhancement in the field of Rehabilitation related to Vision and Stroke (KROSS). The Norwegian Directorate of Health, www.helsedirektoratet.no/tilskudd.Nummer "2012000414". (NKr 1.5 mill) Project leader: Helle K. Falkenberg
2008 Lighting Old Age (LOA). PI. The Norwegian State Housing Bank. (1.5 mill NKr) Project: 2008/162/ Arena Helseinnovasjon (NKr 200 000)
2005 Post stroke Fatigue. (NCR) 76503/V10. (6 mill NKr) Co-PI. PI: Suzie H. Kim
- ”Everything is the same, but nothing is what it used to be” - Old Women’s Experiences of Life after a Stroke (NRC). Doctor scholarship.
Publications
2021
Solberg Mathisen T., Eilertsen G., Ormstad H. & Falkenberg H.K. "Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of a structured visual assessment after stroke in municipal health care services". BMC Health Services Research. In press.
2020
Eide T., Faugli A., Kufås, E., Mjøsund N. & Eilertsen G. Mental health as perceived by Norwegian adolescents living with parental somatic illness: Living in an earthquake zone. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health & Well-being. Published online June 29th. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17482631.2020.1783064
Falkenberg H.K., Solberg Mathisen T., Ormstad H. & Eilertsen G. “Invisible” visual impairments. A qualitative study of stroke survivors` experience of vision symptoms, health services and impact of visual impairments. BMC Health Services Research. 20:302 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05176-8
Ormstad, H., Eilertsen, G., Heir, T. & Sandvik L. Personality traits and the risk of becoming lonely in old age: A 5-year follow-up study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2020 Feb 28;18(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s12955-020-01303-5.
Berge, H. & Eilertsen G. Beholde og rekruttere sykepleiere til sykehjem – en kvalitativ studie av avdelingssykepleieres erfaringer (Retaining and recruiting nurses in nursing homes – A qualitative study of nurse managers’ experiences). Nordisk Tidsskrift for Helseforskning. Nr. 1-2020. 16.årgang http://dx.doi.org/10.7557/14.4648
2019
Haanes G.G., Hall E. & Eilertsen G. Acceptance and adjustment: A qualitative study of experiences of hearing and vision impairments and daily life among oldest old recipients of home care. International Journal of Older People Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/opn.12236
Falkenberg H.K., Kvikstad T.M. & Eilertsen, G. Improved indoor lighting improved healthy ageing at home–an intervention study in 77-year olds Norwegians. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 12, p 315–324. http://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S198763
2018
Fjose, M., Eilertsen, G., Kirkevold, M. & Grov E.K. 2018 “Non-palliative care” – a qualitative study of older cancer patients’ and their family members’ experiences with the health care system. BMC Health Services Research201818:745 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-3548-1
Richter Andersen E., Eilertsen G., Myklebust A.M. & Eriksen S. Women’s experience of acute skin toxicity following radiation therapy in breast cancer. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. In press.
2016
Ormstad, H. & Eilertsen G. En biopsykososial modell for fatigue og depresjon etter hjerneslag. Best Practice. December 12 https://bestprac.no/en-biopsykososial-modell-fatigue-og-depresjon-etter-hjerneslag/
Fjose M., Eilertsen G., Kirkevold M. & Grov EK. A Valuable but Demanding Time Family Life During Advanced Cancer in an Elderly Family Member. Advances in Nursing Science. Vol. 00, No. 00, 1–16
Solberg TM. & Eilertsen G. Loss of driver license after stroke - older men’s experiences. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 6, 11, 15-23 DOI: 10.5430/jnep.v6n11p15
Eilertsen, G. Horgen, G. Kvikstad T.M. & Falkenberg H.K. Happy living in darkness! Indoor lighting in relation to activities of daily living, visual and general health in 75-year-olds living at home. Journal of Housing for the Elderly. Vol.30/2, 199-213. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02763893.2016.1162256
2015
Eilertsen, G. Forståelse av pasientens livsprosjekt – en nøkkel i slagrehabilitering? Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning. 1, 27-37.
Ormstad, H. & Eilertsen G. A biopsychosocial model of fatigue and depression following stroke. Medical hypotheses. Dec; 85(6):835-41. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2015.10.001. Epub 2015 Oct 12. PMID: 26459975
Gade Haanes, G., Kirkevold M., Hofoss D. & Eilertsen G. Discrepancy between self-assessments and standardised tests of vision and hearing abilities in older people living at home: an ROC-curve analysis. Journal of Clinical Nursing. Sep 3. doi: 10.1111/jocn.12967. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 26335133
Gade Haanes, G., Kirkevold M., Horgen G., Hofoss D. & Eilertsen G. An intervention designed to improve sensory impairments in the elderly and indoor lighting in their homes: an exploratory randomized controlled trial. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=19856.
Eilertsen, G., Ormstad H., Kirkevold M., Mengshoel AM., Söderberg S. & Olsson M. Similarities and differences in the experience of fatigue among people living with fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, ankylosing spondylitis and stroke. Journal of Clinical Nursing. doi: 10.1111/jocn.12774
2014
Gade Haanes, G., Kirkevold M., Horgen G., Hofoss D. & Eilertsen G. Sensory impairments in community health care: a descriptive study of hearing and vision among elderly Norwegians living at home. Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Care. : http://www.dovepress.com/articles.php?article_id=17036.
Vassbø, T. & Eilertsen, G. Faser under sykehusoppholdet – sykepleieres erfaringer med delirium blant gamle med brudd. Nordisk Sygeplejeforskning. 2, 59-71.
2013
Eilertsen, G., Ormstad, H. & Kirkevold, M. Experience of post-stroke fatigue: qualitative meta-synthesis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 69, 3, 514-25 doi: 10.1111/jan.12002. Epub 2012 Sep 3.
Sommer, M. & Eilertsen G. Kognitiv miljøterapi i kommunalt bofelleskap –erfaringer fra en kvalitativ studie. Sykepleien Forskning. 2, 132-140.
2011
Vassbø, T. & Eilertsen, G. Uro og uklarhet – sykepleieres erfaringer med delirium blant eldre med brudd. (Turmoil and Confusion – Nurses’ Experiences with Delirium in Older Persons with Fractures). Nordisk Sygeplejeforskning. 2, 129-142
2010
Eilertsen G., Kirkevold M. & Bjørk I.T. Recovering from a Stroke: A Longitudinal, Qualitative Study of Elderly Norwegian Women. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 2004-2013.
Meyer S., Ytrehus, S. & Eilertsen G. Meningsfullt arbeid I sykehjem- erfarne sykepleieres erfaringer. (Meaningful work in nursing homes - experienced nurses' perspectives). Sykepleien Forskning, 2, 148-154.
2005
Eilertsen, G. (2005) "Alt er som før, men ingenting er det som det var". Gamle kvinners opplevelser av livet etter slag. Doktorgradsavhandling, Dr. polit. Det medisinske fakultet, Universitetet i Oslo.
2000
Eilertsen, G. Forståelse i et hermeneutisk perspektiv. Norsk Tidsskrift for sykepleieforskning. Nr.3 136 -159
Books/øker/bokkapitler
2005
Nord, R., Eilertsen, G. & Bjerkreim, T. (red.) Eldre i en brytningstid. Gyldendal Akademisk.
1998
Eilertsen, G. Livet etter slag: Kvinners opplevelse av endring i livssituasjon og livskvalitet de første to årene etter slaget. I: Fra kunst til kolikk – norsk sykepleieforskning i fokus. Red. May Solveig Fagermoen, m fl. Universitetsforlaget Oslo, s 217-227.
Eilertsen, G. Forståelse av slagrammede i lys av Arthur Kleinmanns teori om kronisk sykdom. I: På sykepleiefagets vegne. Red. Melsæter G. m fl Høgskolen i Oslo. Rapport Nr.13 pp 69-87.