Ansvarsområder
- Leder/veileder i flere forskningsprosjekter - se CV
- Underviser innen en rekke ulike tema - se CV
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5882-2600
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Grethe-Eilertsen
- https://wo.cristin.no/as/WebObjects/cristin.woa/wa/personVis?type=PERSON&pnr=24628&inst=222
Kompetanse
Forskningskompetanse knyttet til:
- Helse og sykdomserfaringer blant eldre
- Langvarig sykdom og helsesvikt
- Pårørendes erfaringer ved langvarig sykdom og helsesvikt hos eldre
- Subjektive erfaringer ved hjerneslag
- Forhåndssamtale med hjemmeboende eldre
- Kvalitative design og metoder
- Helsetjenesteutvikling - kommunale helsetjenester til eldre
- Forskningsledelse
- Utdanningsledelse
CV
EDUCATION
- 2005 Dr. Polit (PhD) Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
- 1990 Cand. Nursing Sci. (MNSc) Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
- 1985 Examen Philosophicum, UiO
- 1982 Registred Nurse,Telemark University College
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
- Professor Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), 2015 -
- Associate professor II (2013/16) and Professor II, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Health Sciences, Gjøvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2013-2018
- Head of Master program, Clinical Care - Geriatric Health Care, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (USN), 2012-2018
- Associate Professor II, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Oslo (UiO), 2009 -2010
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Health, Buskerud & Vestfold University College, 2005-2016
- Assistant professor, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Nursing Science, UiO 2000-2005
INSTITUTONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Regular member of the faculty board, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. 2023 - 2025
- Leader of PhD program board, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. 2025 (autumn)
- Member of PhD program board, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. 2020-2024
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Leader of "USN Research Group on Older People's Health” University of South-Eastern Norway 2016- 2025
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Head of Master program, Clinical Care - Geriatric Health Care, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences USN 2012-18
SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH STUDENTS
PhD (awarded)
- Co-supervisor: Sanne Have Beck, The Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. Title: In the footstep of the old patient – A multi-method study. 2025
- Co-supervisor:May Ingvild Volungholen Sollid. Experiencing radiotherapy. Quality of care from the perspective of patients with cancer receiving radiotherapy. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Department of Health Sciences, Gjøvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). 2023
- Co-supervisor: Torgeir Solberg Mathisen RN, MSc Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: Implementing structured vision assessment in stroke care services: The KROSS knowledge translation project 2022
- Principle supervisor: Gro Gade Haanes RN MNSc, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. Title: Hearing, vision, and lighting conditions among older recipients of home care. 2016
- Co-supervisor: Beate Lie Sverre RN, Cand Polit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. Title: Migration and Health – An Ethnographic study of Elderly Pakistani Women in the Norwegian Society. 2016
- Co-supervisor: Marianne Fjose RN MNSc, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo. Title: Family challenges in palliative phase of an elderly family member suffering from cancer. 2020
Ongoing
- Principal supervisor: Line Elida Festvåg, RN, MSc Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: Advance Care Planning for Older Home-Living Patients with Cancer Receiving Palliative Care and their Next of Kin - an ethnographic study.
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Co-supervisor: Therese Hugøy, RN, MSc. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: More good days at home: Explore and describe determinants promoting healthy and continued living at home for older recipients of homecare.
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Co-supervisor: Hege Beate Stokmo Melilla. RN, MSc. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: Sustainable family caregiving: Empowering family caregivers to older recipients of homecare.
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Co-supervisor: Maylen Dahl. RN, MSc. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: Sustainable Transitions from Home to Residential Care: Family Caregivers and Health Professionals’ Experiences and Perspectives.
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Co-supervisor: Irene Langeggen. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: Better vision, better health - Improving Vision specific health literacy among adult stroke survivors
- Co-supervisor: Marthe Furulund Rosenwinge. Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway. Title: Vision on the Road: Vision rehabilitation and innovative VR-assessment for exploring vision rehabilitation of visual field loss.
>50 MSc students with qualitative or quantitative methods
SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE R&D PROJECTS: Secured external funding for >25 mill NOK (Selection of projects)
2023:(NOK300 000) Gåfotball for personer med demens. Regionale Forskningsfond Vestfold og Telemark. PI: Anette Hansen/Grete Breievne (fra 01.01.24)
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.
2012-2014 (NOK 1.26 mill) “CROSS – Competence Rehabilitation Of Sight problems after Stroke in hospitals”. The Norwegian Directory of Health. With Vestre Viken HT, Norwegian Stroke Association, Norwegian Association of the Blind and partially sighted
2010 (NOK 1.5 mill) PI: Lighting Old Age (LOA). The Norwegian State Housing Bank, Arena Innovation.
2007 Post-stroke fatigue: Characteristics, related experiences, and patho-physiological mechanisms in a longitudinal perspective; Leader of WP: Subjective Experiences of Post Stroke Fatigue. Funded by the Research Council of Norway. PI: Suzie Kim
Publikasjoner
2025 Hugøy T., Falkenberg H.K., Eilertsen G. & Hansen A. My home is where my health is: narratives on health promotion from older people living at home. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2025.2518668
Festvåg LE, Lie Sverre B., Paulsen Ø. & Eilertsen G. The value of home-based advance care planning in addressing existential concerns among older Norwegian patients with cancer and their relatives: a narrative ethnographic study. Palliative Care and Social Practice.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/26323524251330658
Volungholen Sollid M.I., Melby L., Slaaen M., Eilertsen G. Røyset I.M & Kirkevold Ø. Experiences with an intervention based on geriatric assessment with management: a qualitative study. Nursing Open. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nop2.70220
Reiersøl Dahl M., Eilertsen G., Tønnessen S. & Juritzen T. Ambivalence During Transition: Adult Children's Narratives When Their Elderly Parent Transfers From Home to a Nursing Home. Journal of Clinical Nursing. P 1-13 https://authorservices.wiley.com/api/pdf/fullArticle/100182376
2024 Melilla Stokmo H., Sverre Lie B., Eilertsen G. & Tønnessen S. Narratives of health‑promoting experiences by older husbands and wives providing care to their home‑dwelling spouses receiving home‑care services in Norway. BMC Health Services Research (2024) 24:1600
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12097-3
Nielsen D.S. & Eilertsen G. Sårbarhed blandt ældre i et etic- og emic-perspektiv i klinisk praksis. Kap.18, s 253-271. I: Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen, Lotte Huniche, Lasse Nielsen, Espen Nedenskov Petersen (red.) Sundhedsfilosofi i praksis. Red. Odense
ISBN 978-87-408-3493-2
Falkenberg H.K, Langeggen I., Munthe-Kaas R., Råen M., Eilertsen G. & Mathisen T.S. Validation of the interdisciplinary Norwegian vision assessment tool KROSS in stroke patients submitted to hospital or rehabilitation services. Discover Health Systems.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s44250-024-00123-4
Kvalsvik F., Hamre Larsen B., Eilertsen G., Falkenberg H.K., Dalen I., Haaland S.J. & Storm M. Health Needs Assessment in Home-Living Older Adults: A Protocol for Pre-Post Study. JMIR Research Protocols. Vol.13 https://www.researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e55192/
Beck S.H., Janssens A.V.A., Andersen-Ranberg K., Eilertsen G. & Nielsen D. In the footstep of the old patient from hospital to home: a qualitative field observation study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.13257
Festvåg LE, Lie Sverre B., Paulsen Ø. & Eilertsen G. Advance care planning with older Norwegian adults in their homes: a narrative ethnographic study. BMC Palliative Care. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12904-024-01378-7
Volungholen Sollid M.I., Marit Slaaen M., Danielsen S., Eilertsen G. & Kirkevold Ø. Patient- Reported Experiences and Associated Factors in a Norwegian Radiotherapy Setting: An Explorative Cross-Sectional Study. SAGE Open Nursing. Vol.10 1-13
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23779608241233868
2023 Mjøsund N., Faugli A., Eide T., Kufås, E., & Eilertsen G. Mental health promotion as perceived by Norwegian adolescents with somatically ill parents–an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Volume 11(1) Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2023.2213298
2022 Solberg Mathisen T., Eilertsen G., Ormstad H. & Falkenberg H.K ‘If we don’t assess the patient’s vision, we risk starting at the wrong end’: a qualitative evaluation of a stroke service knowledge translation project. BMC Health Services Research (2022) 22:351 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07732-w
2021 Volungholen Sollid MI., Kirkevold, Ø., Slaaen M., Ervik B., Melby L. & Eilertsen G.
Experiences of older patients with cancer from the radiotherapy pathway – A qualitative study. Volume 53. European Journal of Oncology Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejon.2021.101999
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. 21.4:497 https://rdcu.be/clfg0
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. https://doi.org/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, 16(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.7557/14.4648
2019 Sánchez, V., Anker-Hansen, C., Taylor I. & Eilertsen G. Older People’s Attitudes and Perspectives of Welfare Technology In Norway. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 12, 841-853
Fjose, M., Eilertsen, G., Kirkevold, M. & Grov E.K. Caregiver reactions and social provisions among family members caring for home-dwelling patients with cancer in the palliative phase: A cross-sectional study. Clinical Nursing Studies. Vol 7. No.4
Gade Haanes, G., Hall E.O.C. & Eilertsen G. Acceptance and adjustment: A qualitative study of experiences of hearing and vision impairments among oldest old recipients of home care. International Journal of Older People Nursing. DOI:10.1111/opn.12236
Falkenberg, H., Kvikstad, T.M. & Eilertsen G. 2019. Improved indoor lighting improved healthy ageing at home–an intervention study in 77-year olds Norwegians. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 12, 315–324 315. http://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S198763
2018 Fjose, M., Eilertsen, G., Kirkevold, M. & Grov E.K. “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. 11: 139–148. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S155538
2016 Ormstad, H. & Eilertsen G. En biopsykososial modell for fatigue og depresjon etter hjerneslag. Best Practice. December 12th 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 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 standardized 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
Eilertsen, G. Forståelse av pasientens livsprosjekt – en nøkkel i slagrehabilitering? Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning. 1, 27-37.
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. 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. Sykepleien Forskning, 2, 148-154
2005 Eilertsen, G. "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 (Understanding in a Hermeneutic perspective). Norsk Tidsskrift for sykepleieforskning. Nr.3 136 -159.
Textbooks
2024 Nielsen D.S. & Eilertsen G. Sårbarhed blandt ældre i et etic- og emic-perspektiv i klinisk praksis. Kap.18, s 253-271. I: Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen, Lotte Huniche, Lasse Nielsen, Espen Nedenskov Petersen (red.) Sundhedsfilosofi i praksis. Red. Odense
ISBN 978-87-408-3493-2
2023 Hansen A., Siri Tønnessen S., Storm M. & Eilertsen G. (2023) Balansert deltakelse – helsefremmende arbeid blant eldre i hjemmesykepleien s 77-93. I: Storm & Willumsen (red.) Deltakelse – et helse-fremmende perspektiv. Fagbokforlaget ISBN 9788245037722.
2005 Nord, R., Eilertsen, G. & Bjerkreim, T. (red.) Eldre i en brytningstid. Gyldendal Akademisk.
1998 Eilertsen, G. Livet etter slag: pasienters opplevelser av endring i livssituasjon og livskvalitet de første to år etter slaget. I: Fra kunst til kolikk- norsk sykepleieforskning i fokus. Fagermoen M.S, Nord R., Hanestad B.R. & Bjørnsborg E. (red.). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag.
Eilertsen, G. Forståelse av slagrammede i lys av Arthur Kleinmanns teori om kronisk sykdom. I: På sykepleiefagets vegne - festskrift til Ellen Askeland, Jan Fagermoen og Asfrid Lønstad. Melsæter G. m fl. (red.) Høgskolen i Oslo. Rapport Nr.13 s 69-87.
Reports
2020 Festvåg L. & Eilertsen G. Digital teaching in palliative treatment and care at the end of life - an evaluation study of the importance of education in Modum municipality (EV-DOLBO). Modum kommune & USN. Rapport.
2013 Eilertsen G., Leirvåg R., Torgersen S., Sletten J., Nordby CF., Berg G., Wang E. & Alkanger T. Hvordan kan re/- habiliteringstilbudet til voksne og eldre med ervervet synstap utvikles i regionen? Spesialisthelsetjenestens tilbud til voksne (18 - 67 år) og eldre med ervervet synstap. Fagråd Rehabilitering Helse Sør Øst.
Adelic N., Eilertsen G., Strand D.S., Rønningen T. B. & Sæther K. Hvilke regionale kompetansesentre er det behov for og organisering av disse? Fagråd Rehabilitering Helse Sør Øst.