Ageing and comparative care policy (CoE AgeCare, RG1)

Overview

Core fields of research

Languages, culture and society

Physical activity, health and wellbeing

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department

Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Research group description

Research Group 1 ‘Ageing and Comparative Care Policy’ is led by the Director of CoE AgeCare, Professor Teppo Kröger. RG1 is located in the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. Its research focuses on care policies in Finland, Europe and globally, and their consequences for older people, their family members and care workers.

Current

Projects

Groups

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Teppo Kröger

Professor

Members

Postdoctoral Researcher

Postdoctoral Researcher

Salla Era

Postdoctoral Researcher

Paula Vasara

Senior Researcher

External members

Tiina Sihto

University of Helsinki

Motoko Ishikawa

University of Helsinki

Publications

Publication

2026

Adaptable and shared: Sense of agency in the experiences of people with dementia

Journal of Aging Studies.

Halonen, Ulla

Lönnroth, Marja

Leinonen, Emilia

Van Aerschot, Lina

Publication

2026

Social Activities for Older Adults in Russia: A Study on Projects Organised by Non-Profit Organisations and Initiative Groups

Ageing International.

Martynova, Liliya

Publication

2025

Addressing human needs : narrative accounts of care encounters in outreach work with older adults

International Journal of Care and Caring.

Vasara, Paula

Publication

2025

Carers of persons with dementia and the social consequences of caring

International Journal of Care and Caring.

Van Aerschot, Lina

Halonen, Ulla

Leinonen, Emilia

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2025

Disability politics and social care

Research Handbook on Social Care Policy. Edward Elgar.

Kröger, Teppo

Chou, Yueh-Ching

Publication

2025

Hoivan ytimessä – vai sen katveessa?

Ikääntymisen ja hoivan tutkimuksen huippuyksikön blogi.

Vasara, Paula

Van Aerschot, Lina

Publication

2025

Introduction: Unmet care needs and care poverty in international perspective

Care Poverty and Unmet Needs. Policy Press.

Kröger, Teppo

Brimblecombe, Nicola

Rodrigues, Ricardo

Rummery, Kirstein

Publication

2025

Mobile communication and later life : From theories to empirical frescoes

Mobile Media and Communication.

Fernández-Ardèvol, Mireia

Taipale, Sakari

Publication

2025

Not Feeling Old but Looking Old? The Shaping of Identities and Non-Identities among Older Adults during a Pandemic

Interpreting Identities. Bristol University Press.

Leinonen, Emilia

Publication

2025

Osallisuus etsivässä vanhustyössä

Osallisuus sosiaalityössä. Tampere University Press.

Vasara, Paula

Van Aerschot, Lina

Sihto, Tiina

Publication

2025

Outreach work with older adults in three Finnish cities : Bridging the way to services

Nordic Journal of Social Research.

Van Aerschot, Lina

Vasara, Paula

Sihto, Tiina

Publication

2025

Signing in to society : reflections on digital skills, support, and inclusion in later life

JYU dissertations.

Korpela, Viivi

Ageing and comparative care policy (CoE AgeCare, RG1)

Research group description

Living with Dementia

DACO - Daily life and care in old age

NORDCARE - Hoivatyön arkipäivä Pohjoismaissa

Media and robot literacies of people over 65 years of age (MediaRoboLit 65+)

Case Management with Older Adults in Wellbeing Counties – Developing customer-safe and effective case management in changing places and spaces (IPO-hanke)

Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care