The aim of this controlled clinical intervention study was to 1) plan an evidence based model to increase functional capacity of nursing home residents 2) study the effects of individually tailored activity program on residents’ functional capacity and 3) use…
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 chain providing services for people aged over 70 and their families is typically experienced as complicated and inadequate. Also the implementation of the professional geriatric care often leaves room for improvements. As well as identifying the older people who…
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…
Vitality 90+ The Vitality 90+ Study (in Finnish: Tervaskannot 90+) is a multidisciplinary project focusing on longevity and the oldest-old. The sub-projects address the biological basis of aging, predictors of health, functioning and longevity, old age as an individual experience,…
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…
Tampere Longitudinal Study on Aging (TamELSA) Tampere Longitudinal Study on Aging (TamELSA)TamELSA focuses on health and functioning, living conditions and way of life, social contacts, use of and need for services, and experiences of life among individuals aged 60 to…
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…
Doctoral thesis (FITSA) Kulmala J. Visual acuity in relation to functional performance, falls and mortality in old age. Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, nr 152, Jyväskylä, University of Jyväskylä. Dissertation. 2010. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-3958-8Mikkola T. Genetic and environmental contributions to…
Functional performance among older people and factors that predict its changes The purpose of this 2008 launched study is to examine the factors that are associated with the functional performance among the old (aged 65 years and older) and the…
Doctoral thesis (Vitality 90+) Lumme-Sandt Kirsi. Ikäihmiset ja lääkkeiden käytön moninaiset maailmat. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 900. Tampere University Press 2002 (http://acta.uta.fi/teos.php?id=7498)Jolanki Outi. Fate or Choice? Talking about age and health. Acta Universitatis Tamperensis 1434. Tampere University Press 2009. (http://acta.uta.fi/teos.php?id=11236)Goebeler Sirkka.…
Nordic comparative and longitudinal study of 75/80-year olds (NORA) The purpose of the NORA-project is to study health, functional capacity, living habits and living conditions of 75-year-old men and women in three Nordic localities (Glostrup in Denmark, Göteborg in Sweden…