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Heli Valokivi

University of Jyväskylä

Heli Valokivi

I am a professor of social work in the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Countries Finland;
Topics Access to care; Ageing in place; Care Homes; Care integration/ coordination; Ethics and care; Home/domiciliary care; LTC Policy; Social connection; Technology and LTC; Unpaid / informal care;
Methods Analysis of administrative data; Case studies; Co-production methods; Comparative policy analysis; Discourse analysis; Document analysis; Ethnography; Focus groups; Mixed methods; Narrative evaluation methods; Observational studies; Policy analysis; Qualitative studies; Research ethics; Scoping reviews; Theory and frameworks;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Long-Term Care Policy; Technology and Long-Term Care; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP);
Websitehttps://www.jyu.fi/en/people/heli-valokivi
ORC.ID0000-0003-3370-0508
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/heli-valokivi-2b37ab21/
Research interests

Elder care, user perspective, care/case management, home, care home, digital care, robotics, active ageing
Key publications

Svensson, E-M. & Valokivi, H. (2023) Distanciation and inequalities in the Finnish and Swedish monitoring of elder care housing in Arctic communities. In S. Begum, J.R. Harbison, P. Naskali & M. Zechner (eds.) Distance, Equity and Older People’s Experiences in the Nordic Periphery. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003280330-12

Heinonen, T., Valokivi, H. & Luo, H. Active Aging and Well-being of Older Northern Women in Finland. Ageing Int (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-022-09513-6 *

Kiuru, H. & Valokivi, H. (2022) “I do those things to pass the time.”: Active ageing during fourth age. Journal of Aging Studies, Vol. 61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaging.2022.101037

Valokivi, Heli, Carlo, Simone, Kvist, Elin & Outila, Marjo (2021) Digital ageing in Europe – a comparative analysis of Italian, Finnish and Swedish national policies on eHealth. Ageing and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X21000945

Valokivi, Heli (2019) The Aged People in the Transitional Elder Care Policy and Service System in Northern Finland. In Päivi Naskali, Joan R. Harbison & Shahnaj Begum (eds.) New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North. A Critical Interdisciplinary Perspective. Springer, 47–64. [https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-20603-1]