Low weight at birth increased the risk of disability pension among men, reveals a new Finnish study published in the PLoS One. Around 20% of the cohort members born in 1934–44 retired on a disability pension between 1971 and 2011.…
The use of sheltered housing with 24-hour assistance, a community long-term care service, has increasingly replaced institutional long-term care in the past years in Finland. In institutional care, the medicine costs are included in the regular monthly fee and covered…
The Academy of Finlands´Rezsearch Council for Health has granted funding for two research project in GEREC for years 2015-2019 Marja Jylhä (UTA): The longevity revolution- implications for the need and costs of health and social careOlder people need care services…
Dissertation: 17.2.2017 Walking, physical activity, and life-space mobility among older people (Tsai) TtM Li-Tang Tsain defends her doctoral dissertation in Gerontology and Public Health ”Walking, physical activity and life-space mobility among older people”. Opponent, Adjunct Professor, Academy Researcher Sari Stenholm…
A pleasant environment with parks, green areas and walking routes can promote mobility among older community-dwelling individuals found a study conducted at GEREC. “Older people who have outdoor recreational facilities, such as walking routes located near their homes, are more…
The Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Health has decided to fund ten new research posts as Academy Research Fellow and one of them is Sari Stenholm acting professor of gerontology from University of Tampere. The aim of the five-year…
A recent study, conducted at the Gerontology Research Center of the University of Jyväskylä, shows that walk-friendly environmental design may provide opportunities for physical activity in old age. However, especially when mobility function starts to decline, it is important that…
29th August, 2013, University of Tampere Contentsaging and cognition, caregiving, human-computer interaction, older workers abilities, training, and functional assessment.Learning outcome:After the course students know the abilities of older people to use technology and can apply the knowledge in their research.Attendance:…
The Rector of the University of Tampere has appointed Ilkka Pietilä for two-year fixed-term Fellowship (Senior Research Fellow) at the Institute for Advanced Social Research. 11 fellowships for Post-doctoral Researchers and Senior Research Fellows were declared open in Spring 2015…
Very old people often need round-the-clock long-term care (LTC) in the last phase of life. As longevity is becoming more common, more people live the last years of life at very old age. The association of this change with use…
Socioeconomic status is associated with health and functioning also among the oldest old adults. The results came from the Vitality 90+ study, the School of Health Sciences and Gerontology Research center, University of Tampere. The study was based on the…
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