Therese Jonsson

Lecturer
Department of Rehabilitation , School of Health and Welfare
Doctoral Student
Research School of Health and Welfare , School of Health and Welfare
Master of Science in Occupational Therapy
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Therese Jonsson is a doctoral student in Health and Care Sciences at the Research School of Health and Welfare as well as the Research School of Integrated Care (Nära vård) in Örebro. Therese also works as a lecturer in the Occupational Therapy Programme at the Department of Rehabilitation within the School of Health and Welfare.

Therese’s doctoral project is part of the larger research project A Place for Good and Integrated Care in Nursing Homes – Everyday Life and Care Practices. The overall aim is to understand how nursing homes need to be designed in order to meet the requirements for Person-centred and Integrated Care while also being a place that enables a good everyday life for othe residents.
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The main supervisor is Professor Lena Rosenberg (Jönköping University). Co-supervisors are Ulrika Börjesson, PhD – Research Director at the Social Services Administration, Jönköping Municipality – and Sophie Gaber, PhD, Uppsala University.

Therese is a member of OSERC (Occupational Science Europe Research Committee) and serves as a representative in the Doctoral Council at Jönköping University.

Conference paper

Jonson, T., Rosenberg, L., Brorsson, A., Margot-Cattin, I., Gaber, S. (2026). Developing an occupational therapy tool for mapping residents’ participation in occupations inside and outside of nursing homes. 19th WFOT Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 9–12 February 2026. More information
Jonson, T., Börjesson, U., Rosenberg, L. (2025). Särskilda boenden - en plats där vardagsliv möter vård. Arbetsterapiforum 2025, 6-7 maj 2025. More information
Jonson, T., Börjesson, U., Gaber, S., Rosenberg, L. (2025). Everyday life in a nursing home - a place where care and daily occupations interact. 2025 Occupational Science Europe (OSE) Conference, 22-23 August, 2025, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom. More information
Börjesson, U. Churilinska, M. Ekström, E. Evaldsson, C. Forkby, T. Jonsson, T. , ... Rosenberg L. (2024). Exploring social work as emancipatory practice by addressing the research practice gap in social services: The example of cooperation between a social service organization and universities [workshop]. FORSA/NASSW, Social Work as Emancipatory Practice: Creating Pathways towards Social Justice, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 17th-19th 2024. More information
Edström, E., Jonsson, T. (2023). Från lärare som lär ut till studenter som lär in - Redesigning av kurser på Arbetsterapeutprogrammet. Arbetsterapiforum, 14-15 mars 2023. More information
Edström, E., Jonsson, T. (2023). From teachers who teach to students who learn - Redesigning an OT-curriculum. 27th ENOTHE Annual Meeting, 26-28 October 2023, Oveido, Spain. More information