Written by Siiri Jaakson & Susanna Lehtovaara Finnish active ENIEC members have founded together a consortium of intercultural elderly care in Finland. Six partner organizations in the field of intercultural elderly care have joined forces more officially to work together to strengthen and promote the work and expertise of working with older migrants in Finland. […]
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New Research Group âMigration, Care and Ageingâ Established in Finland
by Ulla Buchert Members of the research group from left to right: Vanessa May, Sirpa Wrede, Anastasia Asikainen, Laura Kemppainen, Anne Kouvonen, Anna-Leena Riitaoja, Nuriiar Safarov, Ulla Buchert, Veera Koskinen, Antero Olakivi. A new Finnish research group âMigration, Care and Ageingâ (MICA) started itsâ work in the beginning of the last year. The group is […]
The first Finnish guidebook for culture sensitive memory work
The ETNIMU project of The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland, published a guidebook called âCulture-sensitive memory work: Finnish experienceâ, meant for the specialists of social and health care sector, on the 3rd of October 2017. The aim of the guidebook is to expand the vision of specialists of how the clients of different […]
Roma people as a target group in the brain health promotion project ETNIMU in Finland
By Siiri Jaakson, Finland. The Society for Memory Disorders Expertise in Finland has run a project called ETNIMU since 2015. The aim of the project has been to promote the brain health of the elderly from different ethnic backgrounds in Finland. Besides the Roma people, the target groups were chosen to be the Russian, Estonian and […]
