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

Salla Era

Postdoctoral Researcher

Paula Vasara

Senior Researcher

External members

Tiina Sihto

University of Helsinki

Motoko Ishikawa

University of Helsinki

Publications

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

Publication

2025

Social Participation : A Good Life After Retirement in Russia

Research on Ageing and Social Policy.

Martynova, Liliya

Mathew Puthenparambil, Jiby

Publication

2025

Unmet needs and care poverty

Research Handbook on Social Care Policy. Edward Elgar.

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2024

Attunement as a practice of encountering dementia time in long-term eldercare work

Time and Society.

Hämäläinen, Antti

Leinonen, Emilia

Era, Salla

Publication

2024

Being independently dependent : Experiences at the intersection of disability and old age in Finland

Disability, Happiness and the Welfare State. Routledge.

Era, Salla

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2024

Financialization of Eldercare in a Nordic Welfare State

Journal of Social Policy.

Hoppania, Hanna-Kaisa

Karsio, Olli

Näre, Lena

Vaittinen, Tiina

Zechner, Minna

Publication

2024

Forced to live in the present : older people's temporal experiences of the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ageing and society.

Leinonen, Emilia

Era, Salla

Publication

2024

From Conceptual Gaps to Policy Dialogue : Conceptual Approaches to Disability and Old Age in Ageing Research and Disability Studies

Social Policy and Society.

Era, Salla

Katsui, Hisayo

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2024

Multidimensional Care Poverty among East Asian and Nordic Older Adults

Innovation in Aging.

Chou, Yueh-Ching

Mathew Puthenparambil, Jiby

Kröger, Teppo

Pu, Christy

Publication

2024

Narratives of Everyday Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Finland

Biographical Perspectives on Lives Lived During Covid-19. Springer.

Vasara, Paula

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