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

2022

Community-dwelling older adults and their informal carers call for more attention to psychosocial needs : Interview study on unmet care needs in three European countries

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics.

Van Aerschot, Lina

Kadi, Selma

Rodrigues, Ricardo

Hrast, Maša Filipovič

Hlebec, Valentina

Aaltonen, Mari

Publication

2022

Dividing Responsibility for Care : Tracing the Ethics of Care in Local Care Strategies

Social Policy and Society.

Sihto, Tiina

Publication

2022

Everyday life and the new shapes of identities : The different meanings of ‘things that did not happen’ in the lives of Finnish older persons during the pandemic

Journal of Aging Studies.

Leinonen, Emilia

Publication

2022

Experiences of family caregivers of persons living with dementia with and without a smart-clothes assisted home nursing program during the heightened COVID-19 alert

BMC Geriatrics.

Sung, Ya-Li

Huang, Huei-Ling

Lin, Chung-Chih

Kröger, Teppo

Hsu, Wen-Chuin

Hsu, Jung-Lung

Lin, Yueh-E.

Shyu, Yea-Ing L.

Publication

2022

Hoivaköyhyys kasvattaa vanhuusiän eriarvoisuutta

Politiikasta.

Van Aerschot, Lina

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2022

Hoivan finansialisaatio vanhuspalveluissa

Politiikasta.

Vaiva-kollektiivi

Publication

2022

Leisure Adjustments of Older Finnish Adults during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure.

Koskinen, Veera K.

Leinonen, Emilia A.

Publication

2022

Media portrayals of transitions from work to retirement in two ageing societies : the case of ageing baby boomers in Japan and Finland

Journal of Aging Studies.

Ishikawa, Motoko

Publication

2022

Muistisairauden aiheuttamat käyttäytymisen muutokset ja parisuhteen vastavuoroisuus

Gerontologia.

Eskola, Päivi

Jolanki, Outi

Van Aerschot, Lina

Aaltonen, Mari

Publication

2022

Psychophysical burden and lack of support : Reasons for care workers’ intentions to leave their work in the Nordic countries

International Journal of Social Welfare.

Van Aerschot, Lina

Mathew Puthenparambil, Jiby

Olakivi, Antero

Kröger, Teppo

Publication

2022

Revisiting the Nordic long-term care model for older people - still equal?

European Journal of Ageing.

Rostgaard, Tine

Jacobsen, Frode

Kröger, Teppo

Peterson, Elin

Publication

2022

The Politics of Ailment : A New Approach to Care

Policy Press.

Zechner, Minna

Näre, Lena

Karsio, Olli

Olakivi, Antero

Sointu, Liina

Hoppania, Hanna-Kaisa

Vaittinen, Tiina

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