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Coronavirus-related health literacy and perceived restrictiveness of protective measures among community-dwelling older persons in Finland
2021
Abstract Background Older people with limited health literacy may encounter difficulties in finding relevant information on COVID-19, understanding its relevance, and complying with recommended protective measures. Complying with such recommendations has required older as well as younger persons to change their daily lives in ways that have reduced their opportunities for engaging in many activities meaningful to them. Aims To find out from what sources older people have obtained information on protective measures, the level of their coronavirus-related health literacy (CHL), and whether CHL is associated with their perceptions of the restrictiveness of coronavirus-related protective measur…
Comment on “Fatigability: A Prognostic Indicator of Phenotypic Aging”
2021
Recensión del libro "Suiza. Sobre cómo se gobiernan los suizos"
2017
RESUMEN: Recension del libro "Suiza. Sobre como se gobiernan los suizos" ABSTRACT: Review of "Suiza. Sobre como se gobiernan los suizos" RESUMO: Resenha do livro "Suiza. Sobre como se gobiernan los suizos"
How older and younger people see technology in Northern and Southern Europe : Closing the generation gap
2016
Background Mental representations of technology can be affected by many social and biological factors. The aim of this study was to test the effects of two of these factors, age and culture, on how people mentally represent and experience technologies by comparing the conceptions of old and young people in Spain and Finland. Both Spain and Finland are European countries, but they are historically, geographically, and culturally very different. Method The study is framed within the life-based design (LBD) paradigm, where culture and age interact to define particular forms of life in which technology might be used and perceived differently. We hypothesised that there are differences in the me…
Examining Bridge Employment From a Self-employment Perspective : Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
2017
"Taiteilija ei vanhene" : haastattelututkimus kuvataiteilijoiden ikääntymiskokemuksista taidemaailmassa
2010
Taiteen moniottelijat : suomalaisten ammattitaiteilijoiden työnkuvan muotoutumisen tulevaisuudenodotukset sekä asenteet managerointiin ja liiketoimin…
2011
Pro gradu -tutkimuksen tavoitteena on selvittää minkälaisena suomalaiset ammattitaiteilijat näkevät työnkuvansa muodostuvan tulevaisuudessa, ja millä tavoin he asennoituvat liiketoimintaosaamiseen ja managerointiin. Tutkimus on sekä aineistoltaan että tutkimusmenetelmältään moninäkökulmainen: Tutkimuksen lähteinä ovat suomalaisten taiteilijaliittojen jäsenistölle keväällä 2009 tehty asennetutkimus, haastattelut, sekä saatavilla oleva tuorein taiteilijoiden toimeentuloa, identiteetin rakentumista ja ammatissa toimimista käsittelevä tutkimus- ja tilastotieto.Tutkimus arvioi vastaajien halukkuutta oman professionsa kehittämiseen ja monipuolistamiseen, sekä yleistä taiteilijoiden keskuudessa va…
The utilization of primary healthcare services among frail older adults – findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study
2022
Abstract Background The impact of frailty on primary healthcare service use, especially general practice office visits and remote contacts, is currently unknown. Further, little is known about the association of frailty with physiotherapy contacts. Methods We examined the utilization of primary healthcare services among 1064 participants from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study between the years 2013 and 2017. Frailty was assessed based on Fried’s frailty criteria at mean age of 71.0 (2.7 SD) years in clinical examinations between the years 2011 and 2013. General practice office visits and remote contacts, the total number of general practice contacts, physiotherapy contacts, and the total numb…
Religiosity and social support in Polish older adults: the mediating role of wisdom. Perspectives on Lars Tornstam’s theory of gerotranscendence
2021
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine whether wisdom is a mediator in the relation-ships between religious meaning system and social support among older adults. According to the theory of gerotranscendence, associations of religiousness and social support are complex and sug- gest the existence of wisdom in their internal structures. Method: The study included 466 persons aged 50–75. Three measures were used: Religious Meaning System Scale (RMSS), Three-Dimensional Wisdom Scale (3D-WS) and Berlin Social Support Scales (BSSS). Results: The analyses allowed for a partial verification of the hypothesis that wisdom is a mediator in the relationship between the religious meaning s…
Evaluation of the animal-assisted therapy in Alzheimer's disease
2017
Animal-assisted therapy sessions have been set up in a protected unit for patients with a dementia-related syndrome. The aim is to measure the effects of animal-assisted therapy on behavioural disorders in daily life and care. The results obtained provided some interesting areas to explore and recommendations with a view to optimising the implementation of such a system.