Tutkijakoulutettava Johanna Erosen uuden tutkimuksen mukaan kotona asuvien iäkkäiden henkilöiden mahdollisuudet osallistua liikuntaan eivät ole samanarvoiset. Tutkimus on julkaistu kansainvälisessä tieteenalan lehdessä Eronen J, von Bonsdorff M, Rantakokko M, Rantanen T. Accumulation of disparity in physical activity in old age.…
Joint Programming -työn tavoitteena on lisätä tutkimus- ja tutkimusrahoitusyhteistyötä Euroopassa muutamilla yhteiskunnallisesti tärkeillä avainalueilla. Professori Marja Jylhä on valittu väestöllistä muutosta ja ikääntymistä koskevan yhteisen ohjelmasuunnittelualoitteen More Years, Better Lives tieteelliseen ohjausryhmään. EUn komission käynnistämän Joint Programming -työn tavoitteena on…
Researcher Mikaela von Bonsdorff: Small babies had significantly higher blood glucose and insulin levels and a higher risk of diabetes at the age of 75 and older. The original publication:von Bonsdorff MB, Muller M, Aspelund T, Garcia M, Eiriksdottir G,…
The Academy of Finland's Research Council for Health has awarded research funding for PhD Mikaela von Bonsdorff and PhD Elina Sillanpää At its meeting on 6 June 2012, the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Health decided on funding for…
If successful aging is defined by using conventional criteria that emphasize absence of disease and disability, it is rare among nonagenarians. Doctoral student Lily Nosraty investigated the prevalence of successful aging and its association with sociodemographic factors in a representative…
The latest postal survey conducted by the Vitality 90+ study showed that health and functional ability vary greatly in the nonagenarian age group. Over a third of the 90+-year-olds lives independently and does not need help even with the more…
Mobility is important for community independence. With increasing age underlying pathologies genetic vulnerabilities, physiological and sensory impairments and environmental barriers increase the risk for mobility decline. The literature review broadens the understanding of how mobility decline is paramount to finding…
Knee osteoarthritis patients aged ≥ 75 years, who were scheduled for knee replacement, were compared with those who or had undergone knee replacement one year earlier, or two years earlier, respectively. Those who had experienced knee replacement, had better mobility,…
A research group from the Gerontology Research Center, based at the University of Jyväskylä’s Department of Health Sciences, received a three-year research grant from the Academy of Finland in the call "Active and Healthy Ageing Across the Life Course" by…
Sheltered housing with 24-hour assistance has replaced long-term care in residential homes. Residential homes and specially sheltered housing units are not able to care for old people until the end of life, but people are moved to other place of…
The IPPE programme is currently open for applications: http://www.uta.fi/hes/en/doctoralstudies/ippe/admission/call.html IPPE is an exciting doctoral training and research opportunity for epidemiologists, researchers and public health personnel worldwide. The School of Health Sciences in the University of Tampere, Finland is now inviting…
Yhteydet palvelutalon ulkopuolelle ja tieto siitä, että olisi mahdollisuus tehdä erilaisia asioita, vaikka näitä mahdollisuuksia ei käyttäisikään, lisäävät tehostetun palveluasumisen asukkaiden autonomiaa. Itsemääräämisen suhteellisuus korostuu tehostetussa palveluasumisessaYhteydet palvelutalon ulkopuolelle tukevat selvästi tehostetun palveluasumisen asukkaiden autonomiaa. Asukkaiden autonomian tunnetta lisää myös…