Services, care and politics

The aim of the MAY project is to generate knowledge on how mental well-being, functional capacity, adaptation to the residential environment, and participation in activities are interconnected among residents of housing service units operating under the Social Welfare Act, specifically communal housing and 24-hour service housing.

In this project, we examine the service pathways of older adults, over the age of 65, into gerontological social work, as well as the tasks, division of work, and collaboration between professionals at different stages of these pathways.

The scientific objective is to co-produce a novel theoretical conceptualization of media literacies, and new information about the nature, scope, and practices of the media and robot literacies of people 65+ living in Finland and their related instruction and support needs.