Emilia Leinonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1630816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emilia Leinonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emilia |
| FAMILY NAME | Leinonen |
| SIGNATURE | LEINONEN E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6572-9060 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reconfiguring bonds
In 2020, people over the age of 70 were recommended to stay in quarantine-like conditions in Finland. Using Elias’s figurational theory, we explore how older people’s social, material and spatial bonds transformed during the pandemic. Our data comprise written accounts analysed through a case-study approach, combined with thematic analysis, enabling an in-depth view of everyday micro-level constellations. Our findings reveal the following: (1) th…
Adaptable and shared
While contemporary ageing policies emphasise the importance of supporting older people’s agency, research on how people living with dementia themselves perceive and articulate agency remains limited. Existing studies have often focused on the loss of agency or on external factors that enable or constrain it, leaving a gap in understanding the subjective, lived experience of agency as dementia progresses. This study examines the sense of agency am…
Care Deliberations of Family Carers of People Living With Dementia—Applying an Affective‐Discursive Practices Approach
Dementia is the leading cause of care needs for older adults in Finland, with significant care contributions from families. Although not legally obliged, families often provide care driven by emotional bonds, moral obligations and practical considerations. Even though previous research has extensively explored the reasons why families provide care, analyses of their affective dimensions remain scarce. This study aims to explore these by examining…
Forced to live in the present
This article explores the temporalities experienced by persons aged 70 years and over during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Although the temporalities of the pandemic have been analysed from multiple perspectives, we contribute to this line of research in two ways. First, we show how deeply the pandemic affected older people's experiences of temporality. Second, we further develop the concept of forced present to highlight …
Carers of persons with dementia and the social consequences of caring
Caring affects the social relationships of unpaid carers and the families of those being cared for in multiple ways. Care for a person with dementia often becomes demanding and requires reconciliation of caring with a personal life, work and social relationships. Carers are also prone to care poverty. In this article, we examine the social consequences of providing care for a person with dementia. Based on 21 diaries written by carers, and using …
Attunement as a practice of encountering dementia time in long-term eldercare work
Discussing time and temporality in care work is becoming more central as societies with growing proportions of older persons with care needs strive to arrange cost-effective eldercare. As resources become scarcer, the efficiency of care work is emphasised, and care is increasingly sorted into cost-per-minute units. In our paper, we will analyse the different ways care professionals themselves describe their temporal experiences and practices conc…
Leisure Adjustments of Older Finnish Adults during the Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The current approach to “aging well” emphasizes the importance of active leisure participation in late adulthood. This relates to the view that leisure activities enable older adults to stay physically, mentally, and socially active, and they thereby contribute to wellbeing. In spring 2020, leisure activity engagement was significantly hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores leisure-related experiences and adaptation strategies amo…
Everyday life and the new shapes of identities – The different meanings of ‘things that did not happen’ in the lives of Finnish older persons during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives in many ways since the end of 2019. This paper investigates the everyday lives of Finnish older persons during the first three months of the pandemic when they were required to stay in "quarantine-like conditions." The study utilises the 'sociology of nothing' in exploring the meanings of nothingness in the everyday lives of older people; that is, the things, events and people that were absent from the…
Caring in space
The purpose of this article is to explore a hybrid community-based form of care for older people called adult foster care. In the article, the nature of the foster care home as a place of care is explored from the foster carers’ point-of-view. It is based on an interview study of 12 foster carers. In this article, the theoretical frameworks from human geography and work–family research are combined in order to analyse the boundaries between priva…
Time to care? Temporal variations of agency of the Finnish adult foster carers
Tensions and resilience
This article examines adult foster care for older people in Finland. This is a semi-formal service in which older people are cared for by foster carers who are remunerated for their work by the local municipality. In the article, the tensions and resources of resilience of foster-care work are analysed. The data consist of 12 thematic interviews with foster carers. The results suggest that foster-care work is emotionally draining and has adverse …
Caring in space
The purpose of this article is to explore a hybrid community-based form of care for older people called adult foster care. In the article, the nature of the foster care home as a place of care is explored from the foster carers’ point-of-view. It is based on an interview study of 12 foster carers. In this article, the theoretical frameworks from human geography and work–family research are combined in order to analyse the boundaries between priva…
Time to care? Temporal variations of agency of the Finnish adult foster carers
Tensions and resilience
This article examines adult foster care for older people in Finland. This is a semi-formal service in which older people are cared for by foster carers who are remunerated for their work by the local municipality. In the article, the tensions and resources of resilience of foster-care work are analysed. The data consist of 12 thematic interviews with foster carers. The results suggest that foster-care work is emotionally draining and has adverse …
Forced to live in the present
This article explores the temporalities experienced by persons aged 70 years and over during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Although the temporalities of the pandemic have been analysed from multiple perspectives, we contribute to this line of research in two ways. First, we show how deeply the pandemic affected older people's experiences of temporality. Second, we further develop the concept of forced present to highlight …
Carers of persons with dementia and the social consequences of caring
Caring affects the social relationships of unpaid carers and the families of those being cared for in multiple ways. Care for a person with dementia often becomes demanding and requires reconciliation of caring with a personal life, work and social relationships. Carers are also prone to care poverty. In this article, we examine the social consequences of providing care for a person with dementia. Based on 21 diaries written by carers, and using …
Everyday life and the new shapes of identities – The different meanings of ‘things that did not happen’ in the lives of Finnish older persons during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives in many ways since the end of 2019. This paper investigates the everyday lives of Finnish older persons during the first three months of the pandemic when they were required to stay in "quarantine-like conditions." The study utilises the 'sociology of nothing' in exploring the meanings of nothingness in the everyday lives of older people; that is, the things, events and people that were absent from the…
Tensions and resilience
This article examines adult foster care for older people in Finland. This is a semi-formal service in which older people are cared for by foster carers who are remunerated for their work by the local municipality. In the article, the tensions and resources of resilience of foster-care work are analysed. The data consist of 12 thematic interviews with foster carers. The results suggest that foster-care work is emotionally draining and has adverse …
Time to care? Temporal variations of agency of the Finnish adult foster carers
Caring in space
The purpose of this article is to explore a hybrid community-based form of care for older people called adult foster care. In the article, the nature of the foster care home as a place of care is explored from the foster carers’ point-of-view. It is based on an interview study of 12 foster carers. In this article, the theoretical frameworks from human geography and work–family research are combined in order to analyse the boundaries between priva…
Leisure Adjustments of Older Finnish Adults during the Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The current approach to “aging well” emphasizes the importance of active leisure participation in late adulthood. This relates to the view that leisure activities enable older adults to stay physically, mentally, and socially active, and they thereby contribute to wellbeing. In spring 2020, leisure activity engagement was significantly hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study explores leisure-related experiences and adaptation strategies amo…
Everyday life and the new shapes of identities – The different meanings of ‘things that did not happen’ in the lives of Finnish older persons during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected our lives in many ways since the end of 2019. This paper investigates the everyday lives of Finnish older persons during the first three months of the pandemic when they were required to stay in "quarantine-like conditions." The study utilises the 'sociology of nothing' in exploring the meanings of nothingness in the everyday lives of older people; that is, the things, events and people that were absent from the…
Attunement as a practice of encountering dementia time in long-term eldercare work
Discussing time and temporality in care work is becoming more central as societies with growing proportions of older persons with care needs strive to arrange cost-effective eldercare. As resources become scarcer, the efficiency of care work is emphasised, and care is increasingly sorted into cost-per-minute units. In our paper, we will analyse the different ways care professionals themselves describe their temporal experiences and practices conc…
Forced to live in the present
This article explores the temporalities experienced by persons aged 70 years and over during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Although the temporalities of the pandemic have been analysed from multiple perspectives, we contribute to this line of research in two ways. First, we show how deeply the pandemic affected older people's experiences of temporality. Second, we further develop the concept of forced present to highlight …
Carers of persons with dementia and the social consequences of caring
Caring affects the social relationships of unpaid carers and the families of those being cared for in multiple ways. Care for a person with dementia often becomes demanding and requires reconciliation of caring with a personal life, work and social relationships. Carers are also prone to care poverty. In this article, we examine the social consequences of providing care for a person with dementia. Based on 21 diaries written by carers, and using …
Reconfiguring bonds
In 2020, people over the age of 70 were recommended to stay in quarantine-like conditions in Finland. Using Elias’s figurational theory, we explore how older people’s social, material and spatial bonds transformed during the pandemic. Our data comprise written accounts analysed through a case-study approach, combined with thematic analysis, enabling an in-depth view of everyday micro-level constellations. Our findings reveal the following: (1) th…
Adaptable and shared
While contemporary ageing policies emphasise the importance of supporting older people’s agency, research on how people living with dementia themselves perceive and articulate agency remains limited. Existing studies have often focused on the loss of agency or on external factors that enable or constrain it, leaving a gap in understanding the subjective, lived experience of agency as dementia progresses. This study examines the sense of agency am…
Care Deliberations of Family Carers of People Living With Dementia—Applying an Affective‐Discursive Practices Approach
Dementia is the leading cause of care needs for older adults in Finland, with significant care contributions from families. Although not legally obliged, families often provide care driven by emotional bonds, moral obligations and practical considerations. Even though previous research has extensively explored the reasons why families provide care, analyses of their affective dimensions remain scarce. This study aims to explore these by examining…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (5 works) · Dementia (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Pandemic (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Thematic analysis (4 works)