Value ageing and health in changing world

Care and nursing of older people need a strong ethical foundation and understanding of the contextual issues in the changing world. Research on this field focus on fundamental human rights, and when cared for on patients’ rights of older people, such as respect, equal access to care and services and sustainable, quality services. Individuals representing different generations pose different meanings for ageing, health and health problems in connection with their living and life-situation.

Researchers / doctoral researchers:

  • Jaana Koskenniemi, TtT: Respect in the nursing care of older people
  • Suvi Sundgren, doctoral researcher: Ethical issues in using gerontechnology in the care of older people
  • Ilkka Sairanen, doctoral researcher: Patient Distress and the Progression of Multiple Sclerosis – Connecting the Dots with a Novel Stress Measurement Method
  • Anna-Liisa Arjama, doctoral researcher: The Ethical Competence of Nursing Professionals, the Ethical Climate and Expectations Regarding Aging in the context of Long-term Care of Older People.
  • Anu Jokinen, doctoral researcher: Ethical issues of eHealth services in social and health care from service user’s perspective.
  • Sabina Heljander, doctoral researcher, doctoral researcher: Conceptualising Registered Nurses’ Decision-Making for Older Adults in Primary Care: Toward Equitable and Consistent Nursing Practice
  • Miina Korhonen, MNSc: Respectful care for the older people as assessed by nursing staff and factors associated
  • Research partly connected with Ethics in Health Care and Nursing

Collaborators:

  • InHome study group: Marie Elf, Lizette Norin, Louise Meijering, Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, Riitta Suhonen, Magnus Zingmark, Maya Kylén; Rehabilitation at home – development of a sustainable model, placing person’s needs and environmental resources at heart, https://www.du.se/en/research/research-project/?projectid=4
  • PhD Schüttengruber Gerhilde, Austria: Nursing shortage and its effect on ageing/ageing society
  • Sandy Severino, doctoral researcher. Empowering the informal caregiver: A cross-cultural perspective in digital health. (Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Lisboa, Portugal)