Doctoral thesis (SCAMOB) von Bonsdorff MB. Physical activity as a predictor of disability and social and health service use in older people. Dissertation. Studies in sport, physical education and health 141. University of Jyväskylä, 2009. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-3674-7Mänty M. Early signs of…
Counseling for physical activity as a means for promoting the level of mobility in older people (SCAMOB) Screening and Counseling for Physical Activity and Mobility in Older People (SCAMOB)The aim of this 2-year intervention study is to evaluate the impact…
Individual and environmental barriers and facilitators for life-space mobility and physical activity in old ageThe aim of this study is to examine objectively and subjectively assessed mobility and barriers and facilitators in the outdoor environment and their relationship with life-space…
Life-space mobility, environment and functioning in old age (LEAF) Life-space mobility, environment and functioning in old age (LEAF)This study examines how environment characteristics affect life-space mobility in old age and life-space mobility and barriers in the environment as predictors of…
This study combines approaches coming from social gerontology, sociology, health sciences and social policy. The study focuses on older people’s housing and moving solutions and reasons to move. In particular, the study is interested in decision-making and the role played…
The aim of this research is to further develop a sociology-based theoretical and methodological approach for 1) the study of everyday life situations of the elderly 2) practices in gerontological social work and services, and 3) gerontechnological applications in different…
The everyday life of older migrants This ethnogerontologic study examines how older migrants live their everyday life in Finland and what is the impact of intergenerational relationships and transnational networks to their daily life and integration to society. The research…
Images of ageing Prevailing images of older people and old age as a phase of life construct attitudes towards older people by younger generations, but has also a role of how older people are thinking about themselves. Stereotypical ideas based…
MANage – a research project on men and ageing MANage is a joint project of the School of Health Sciences and School of Social Sciences and Humanities. It investigates men’s ageing from the perspectives of individual experiences of physical ageing,…
Workload, work ability and sickness absence in the food industryThe overall purpose is monitoring data to find out how the work load and the atmosphere of the work community affect work ability, presenteeism and sickness absence in one of the…
Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP) Easy to use pharmaceutical packaging (HELP)Patients, mainly elderly men and women, often take several different medicines on a daily basis. It is a necessity both for consumers and health care workers to be able…
Estrogen Regulation of Muscle Apoptosis (ERMA-study) Female steroid hormone mediated regulation of apoptosis as a mechanism of muscle aging and sarcopeniaERMA-study investigates the estrogen and hormonal aging regulated apoptosis in skeletal muscle. Specifically this study focuses on estrogen- and miR-21-mediated…