Risk of metabolic dysfunction in middle aged women: systemic and intracrine estrogen and microRNAs as mediating factors (EsmiRs) / Eija Laakkonen Aging and specifically menopausal transition (cessation of ovarian estradiol) may greatly increase fat accumulation and the risk of several…
Towards a Two-speed Finland? / Pirjo Nikander, Kirsi Lumme-Sandt, Clas-Håkan Nygård Towards a Two-speed Finland? – Longer Working Life, Retirement Pathways and Inequality This research project focuses on the day-to-day life and agency of the elderly unemployed. Ageing and demographic…
Tampere Longitudinal Study on Aging (TamELSA) / Marja Jylhä 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 89 years.…
Vitality 90+ / Marja Jylhä 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…
Aging is associated with a functional decline of the immune system, which manifests as an increased morbidity and mortality to infectious diseases and cancer. We focus on the analysis of the function and distribution of the cells of human immune…
New dynamic of longevity and the changing needs for services (COCTEL) / Marja Jylhä The purpose is to produce information about use and costs of health and social services among old people in the last two years of life and…
Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS) / Katja Kokko In the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS) the development of the same individuals (born in 1959) has been followed from age 8 to 50.…
Health and social care provided for the aged consist of a wide range of different types of services ranging from geriatric prevention to acute care and again to end-of-life care. Furthermore, it involves health and social care professionals at various…
Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin Säätiö jakoi 15.1.2014 yhteensä 1 400 150 euroa apurahoina naisten lihasvoiman vähenemistä koskeviin tutkimushankkeisiin. Yhden suurimmista tutkimusapurahoista (40 000 euroa) sai Gerontologian tutkimuskeskuksen tutkija Eija Pöllänen. Tutkija Eija Pölläsen hankkeessa selvitetään normaaliin ikääntymiseen liittyvää lihasmassan pienenemistä,…
The healthy ageing –sub study of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study focuses on early life factors such as growth and development as determinants of later life health and functioning. The cohort member were born between 1934 and 1944. The register…
Globally and nationally one of the central questions at the heart of modern politics and policies is to how best support wellbeing of older people and meet their housing and care needs in the future. Housing, living environment and social…
Psyykkisesti ja varsinkin fyysisesti kuormittava työ keski-iässä lisää sairaalahoidon tarvetta vanhuudessa, todetaan tuoreessa Age and Ageing -lehdessä julkaistussa tutkimuksessa. Asia kävi ilmi Kunta-alan työntekijöiden pitkittäistutkimuksessa (KVTEL), jossa keski-ikäisiä kunta-alan työntekijöitä on seurattu 28 vuoden ajan.- Tutkimukseen osallistuneilla keski-ikäisillä työntekijöillä ja…