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

Related projects

Project

Living with Dementia

What it means to live with dementia and what is sustainable care for people with demantia and their familycarers.

Project

DACO - Daily life and care in old age

Survey data

Project

NORDCARE - Hoivatyön arkipäivä Pohjoismaissa

Pohjoismainen yhteistyöhanke

Project

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

Digital technologies and media play a central role in the learning, well-being, everyday life, and societal participation of individuals throughout their lifespan.

Project

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

Paljon palveluja tarvitsevien ikääntyneiden palveluohjaus (IPO) asemoituu keskeisiin elämänkulun tilanteisiin ja tiloihin. Palveluohjauksella on merkittävä asema muuttuvassa sote-palvelujärjestelmässä.

Groups

Research groups

Research group

Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care

The Centre of Excellence explores the ongoing transformation of ageing and care.

Members

Research group

Group leaders

Teppo Kröger

Professor

Members

Emilia Leinonen

Senior Researcher

Liliya Martynova

Doctoral Researcher

Ulla Halonen

Postdoctoral Researcher

Heli Valokivi

Professor

Andrea Lorenz-Wende

Project researcher

Hilla Kiuru

Postdoctoral Researcher

Salla Era

Postdoctoral Researcher

Paula Vasara

Senior Researcher

External members

Tiina Sihto

University of Helsinki

Motoko Ishikawa

University of Helsinki

Publications

Publications

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

The other side : sketching the landscape of care?

Ikääntymisen ja hoivan tutkimuksen huippuyksikön blogi.

Vasara, Paula

Sihto, Tiina

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

The Personal and Societal Benefits of Social Activities for Older Adults in Russia : Experts’ Perspectives

Journal of Population Ageing.

Martynova, Liliya

Publication

2024

Available through Open Access

Towards the caring or the uncaring state? : A social policy perspective on long-term care trends

A Research Agenda for Ageing and Social Policy. Edward Elgar.

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Being able to provide sufficiently good care for older people : care workers and their working conditions in Finland

International Journal of Care and Caring.

Mathew Puthenparambil, Jiby

Publication

2023

Hoivan pimeä puoli

Gaudeamus.

Sihto, Tiina

Vasara, Paula

Publication

2023

Hoivapalveluiden finansialisaatio Suomessa

Hoivan pimeä puoli. Gaudeamus.

Karsio, Olli

Zechner, Minna

Näre, Lena

Hoppania, Hanna-Kaisa

Vaittinen, Tiina

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Internalization of negative societal views on old age into self-perceptions of aging : exploring factors associated with self-directed ageism

Frontiers in Sociology.

Ishikawa, Motoko

Publication

2023

Johdanto

Hoivan pimeä puoli. Gaudeamus.

Vasara, Paula

Sihto, Tiina

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Lost in translation : implementing personal assistance in an East Asian context

Disability and Society.

Chou, Yueh-Ching

Chen, Bo-Wei

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Muistisairautta sairastavan ikääntyvän puolison toimijuus parisuhteessa

Gerontologia.

Eskola, Päivi

Jolanki, Outi

Aaltonen, Mari

Publication

2023

Available through Open Access

Osallisuuden kokemuksia seniorikorttelissa

Hyvinvointi koettuna, kuvattuna ja tulkittuna. JYU Studies.

Vasara, Paula

Publication

2023

Päätössanat

Hoivan pimeä puoli. Gaudeamus.

Vasara, Paula

Sihto, Tiina

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