Elizabeth (Liz) Hanson is Scientific Leader of the Nationellt kompetenscentrum anhöriga (Swedish National Family Care Competence Centre), a centre of excellence in the area of family (informal) care. She is a Professor at the Linnaeus University, Department of Health and Care Sciences, Kalmar, South-East Sweden and a Visiting Reader at the University of Sheffield, School of Nursing. Elizabeth is a nurse by background with long-standing interests in family care support and empowerment in research and practice, including the role of Information and Communication Technologies to help carers and older people with long-standing conditions living at home.
