THURSDAY 22 May 2025
9.30 Morning coffee
10.00-11-00 Keynote speaker Merril Silverstein: Grandparents Navigating Religion in Multigenerational American Families
11-12.15 Session 1
Chair: Katariina Tuominen
- Ann-Louise Sirén: Quality of life in relation to the life course, living environment, and social participation: the perspective of senior housing residents in Finland
- Marina Näsman: “Everything you experience is an asset to you” – A life course perspective on civic engagement among older adults receiving home care services or living in a residential aged care facility
- Lina Van Aerschot: Persons with dementia and experiences of involvement and participation
12.15-13.00 Lunch (at one’s own expense)
13.00 -14.15 Session 2
Chair: Outi Jolanki
- Hanna Varjakoski: Autoilun loppuminen ja siihen liittyvä elämänmuutos ikämiesten elämässä
- Suvi Fried: Toimintakyvyn arviointi ja kotien muutos
- Eino Heikkilä: Miten kuulua ja tulla kuulluksi myöhemmällä iällä? Pohdintoja yhteisöllisen senioriasumisen hyvinvointivaikutuksista
14.15–14.30 Break
14.30–16.00 Session 3
Chair: Kirsi Lumme-Sandt
- Hanna Ojala: Ageismista ja sukupuolesta
- Mari Tossavainen: Art Historical Perspectives on Old Age: the Cases of Walter Runeberg and Helene Schjerfbeck
- Johanna Slotte Dufva: Aging, Care, and Neoliberalism in Merete Mazzarella’s November (2004) and Den goda beröringen (2005)
18.00 Dinner (location to be announced)
FRIDAY 23 May 2025
9.00–10.15 Session 4
Chair: Outi Valkama
- Hanna Kangastupa: Neuvotteluja tasapainotetun ja yleistetyn vastavuoroisuuden välillä: `Arkisten sosiaalisten vaihtojen´ rakentuminen ikääntyneiden haastattelupuheessa
- Laura Tarkiainen: Legacy giving, substantial donations and ageing – breaking the dynamics of gross-generational wealth accumulation
- Antti Hämäläinen: Technologisation of care of older persons and the core values of care
10.15-10.30 Break
10.30-11.45 Session 5
Chair: Fatemeh Hatami
- Mari Jolkkonen: Touch with the family in the lives of elderly home care clients
- Laura Rautiainen: Longing for meaningful conversations – exploring the social needs of lonely older adults in assisted living facilities
- Fredrica Nyqvist: Current research trends in macro-level perspectives on loneliness in older adults
11.45-12.30 Lunch (at one’s own expense)
12.30-14.05 Session 6
Chair: Anniriikka Rantala
- Katri Keskinen: Home-dwelling older adults’ portrayals of later life
- Katariina Tuominen: Is home the best place for the oldest old? Exploring nonagenarians’ talk on home and care homes
- Anastasia Asikainen: The role of talking and not talking about politics in shaping social relationships and ‘comfortable aging’
- Eveliina Lyytinen: Older refugees’ ageing and integration
14.05–14.30 Coffee break
14.30–15.40 Session 7
Chair: Laura Lahti
- Anu Siren: Social stratification of the imagined future
- Katja Kokko: The beginning of late adulthood: A phase of losses or increasing well-being?
- Päivi Rasi-Heikkinen: The theory of social representations as a theoretical lens to understand the relationship between old age and new digital technologies
15.40-16.00 Closing session and discussion