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SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care
The long-term longitudinal study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care - was launched in 2001 by initiative of the Swedish government in order to answer questions concerning the future needs of care and the best way to meet them.

The SNAC-study combines two perspectives: a population part directed at studying the process of aging and the situation in life of the elderly and a care system part aiming at describing and analysing the function of the long-term care system from the perspective of the individual.

Participating areas

Four research teams in four areas in Sweden take part in the SNAC-study working with the same design and same core study protocol. The areas represent different parts of Sweden - urban and rural , south and north:

- Karlskrona municipalitiy i Blekinge county
- Nordanstig municipalitiy i Gävleborg county
- Region Skåne with municipalities Malmö, Eslöv, Hässleholm, Osby, Ystad
- Kungsholmen district in the city of Stockholm