Henna Luoma-Halkola

Tampere University | UTA · Faculty of Social Sciences

This study contributes to an emerging body of research that combines new mobilities and gerontological perspectives. Most previous studies on older adults’ mobilities have analysed data collected at a single point in time and there is a need for studies that explore the meanings of movement and non-movement over time, especially in relation to unex...

Older peoples' independent living in their own homes and their ability to move around and maintain social relations in their communities have been acknowledged as important aims to support their well-being. In this article, we study Special Transport Services as a means to support older persons with ‘aging in place’ – that is, within their communit...

The article discusses design against segregation in an urban context characterized by diversity. It sets out to understand how individual experiences of urban space can lead to segregation of places between diverse inhabitants. We argue that the introduction of experience-based spatial design that takes note of perceptions and social interactions a...

Tässä artikkelissa kehitämme normatiivis-metodologisen osallisuuden kehät -mallin, joka auttaa tarkastelemaan kriittisesti, miten erilaiset yksilöt ja yhteisöt tulevat osaksi yhteiskuntaa, ja miten osallisuus kytkeytyy hyvinvointiin tilanteisesti ja kontekstuaalisesti. Malli mahdollistaa osallisuuden arkisen muodostumisen tarkastelun ja ymmärtämise...

We studied older people's perceptions of how they organise their out-of-home mobility and independent living when they face mobility restrictions, based on seven focus groups with older people (N = 28) from a suburb in Finland. This article provides an everyday life view of how the ability to move outside the home evolves through interdependencies...