Kirsi Lumme‐sandt
Biographic Data
| ID | 264191 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsi Lumme‐sandt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsi |
| FAMILY NAME | Lumme‐sandt |
| SIGNATURE | SANDT K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8644-4635 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
As I get older, I am more and more comfortable in myself’
Later life has become more visible in popular media culture during recent years, with increasing academic interest round this cultural change and the intersections of age and gender. This article provides a long-term overview of common-sense understandings of older age and gender in the Finnish 50 + magazine ET during a timespan from the 1970s to the 2010s. In this article, we ask how ET has constructed ideas about ageing and gender in its portra…
No place to go? Older people reconsidering the meaning of social spaces in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
Under COVID-19 restrictions, older people were advised to avoid social contact and to self-isolate at home. The situation forced them to reconsider their everyday social spaces such as home and leisure time places. This study approached the meaning of social spaces for older people by examining how older people positioned themselves in relation to social spaces during the pandemic. The data were drawn from the Ageing and social well-being (SoWell…
Turning age into agency
Despite existing laws prohibiting age discrimination in employment and hiring practices, ageism creates inequalities between jobseekers because of their age. Deeply manifested ageist practices take place in everyday interactions within the labor market, complicating changes in career trajectories during late working life. Bringing the time dimension into studies on ageism and individual agency, we narratively examined qualitative longitudinal int…
Vaccination coverage and the factors influencing routine childhood vaccination uptake among communities experiencing disadvantage in Vellore, southern India
Vaccination coverage among children from the surveyed communities in Vellore was suboptimal. Our findings suggest the need to target children from Narikuravar families and conduct periodic community-based health education campaigns to improve parental awareness about and trust in childhood vaccines among the communities experiencing disadvantage in Vellore
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction
Work ability and WLS are important contributors to the retirement intentions of employees. Ensuring workers have appropriate support and control over their work are mechanisms through which organisations may encourage employees to remain at work for longer
Old but not that old’
Autonomy is a pervasive concept in Western lifestyles today. However, people in the fourth age are assumed not to be autonomous but dependent on other people. The data of this study consisted of interviews with Finnish community-dwelling 90–91-year-old people. The study aim was to examine how these people see their own autonomy in their everyday lives. The analysis was based on membership categorisation analysis. Our respondents considered their …
Perceptions by the oldest old of successful aging, Vitality 90+ Study
Transnational connections of later-life migrants
Images of ageing in a 50+ magazine
Older people in the field of medication
This paper focuses on how older people construct themselves as users of medical drugs, and on what factors are important in medication from the user's point of view. The data of the study consist of focus group discussions about medication with people aged over 65 years. The analysis was based upon Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of social field and habitus. The main actors appearing in the discussions were users and doctors. Pharmacists had only a ma…
Interpretative repertoires of medication among the oldest-old
Interpretative repertoires of medication among the oldest-old
Images of ageing in a 50+ magazine
Older people in the field of medication
This paper focuses on how older people construct themselves as users of medical drugs, and on what factors are important in medication from the user's point of view. The data of the study consist of focus group discussions about medication with people aged over 65 years. The analysis was based upon Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of social field and habitus. The main actors appearing in the discussions were users and doctors. Pharmacists had only a ma…
Transnational connections of later-life migrants
Old but not that old’
Autonomy is a pervasive concept in Western lifestyles today. However, people in the fourth age are assumed not to be autonomous but dependent on other people. The data of this study consisted of interviews with Finnish community-dwelling 90–91-year-old people. The study aim was to examine how these people see their own autonomy in their everyday lives. The analysis was based on membership categorisation analysis. Our respondents considered their …
Perceptions by the oldest old of successful aging, Vitality 90+ Study
No place to go? Older people reconsidering the meaning of social spaces in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
Under COVID-19 restrictions, older people were advised to avoid social contact and to self-isolate at home. The situation forced them to reconsider their everyday social spaces such as home and leisure time places. This study approached the meaning of social spaces for older people by examining how older people positioned themselves in relation to social spaces during the pandemic. The data were drawn from the Ageing and social well-being (SoWell…
Turning age into agency
Despite existing laws prohibiting age discrimination in employment and hiring practices, ageism creates inequalities between jobseekers because of their age. Deeply manifested ageist practices take place in everyday interactions within the labor market, complicating changes in career trajectories during late working life. Bringing the time dimension into studies on ageism and individual agency, we narratively examined qualitative longitudinal int…
Interpretative repertoires of medication among the oldest-old
Older people in the field of medication
This paper focuses on how older people construct themselves as users of medical drugs, and on what factors are important in medication from the user's point of view. The data of the study consist of focus group discussions about medication with people aged over 65 years. The analysis was based upon Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of social field and habitus. The main actors appearing in the discussions were users and doctors. Pharmacists had only a ma…
Images of ageing in a 50+ magazine
Transnational connections of later-life migrants
Perceptions by the oldest old of successful aging, Vitality 90+ Study
Old but not that old’
Autonomy is a pervasive concept in Western lifestyles today. However, people in the fourth age are assumed not to be autonomous but dependent on other people. The data of this study consisted of interviews with Finnish community-dwelling 90–91-year-old people. The study aim was to examine how these people see their own autonomy in their everyday lives. The analysis was based on membership categorisation analysis. Our respondents considered their …
Intention to Retire in Employees over 50 Years. What is the Role of Work Ability and Work Life Satisfaction
Work ability and WLS are important contributors to the retirement intentions of employees. Ensuring workers have appropriate support and control over their work are mechanisms through which organisations may encourage employees to remain at work for longer
Vaccination coverage and the factors influencing routine childhood vaccination uptake among communities experiencing disadvantage in Vellore, southern India
Vaccination coverage among children from the surveyed communities in Vellore was suboptimal. Our findings suggest the need to target children from Narikuravar families and conduct periodic community-based health education campaigns to improve parental awareness about and trust in childhood vaccines among the communities experiencing disadvantage in Vellore
No place to go? Older people reconsidering the meaning of social spaces in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic
Under COVID-19 restrictions, older people were advised to avoid social contact and to self-isolate at home. The situation forced them to reconsider their everyday social spaces such as home and leisure time places. This study approached the meaning of social spaces for older people by examining how older people positioned themselves in relation to social spaces during the pandemic. The data were drawn from the Ageing and social well-being (SoWell…
Turning age into agency
Despite existing laws prohibiting age discrimination in employment and hiring practices, ageism creates inequalities between jobseekers because of their age. Deeply manifested ageist practices take place in everyday interactions within the labor market, complicating changes in career trajectories during late working life. Bringing the time dimension into studies on ageism and individual agency, we narratively examined qualitative longitudinal int…
As I get older, I am more and more comfortable in myself’
Later life has become more visible in popular media culture during recent years, with increasing academic interest round this cultural change and the intersections of age and gender. This article provides a long-term overview of common-sense understandings of older age and gender in the Finnish 50 + magazine ET during a timespan from the 1970s to the 2010s. In this article, we ask how ET has constructed ideas about ageing and gender in its portra…
Sociology (9 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works)