Kristiina Heikkilä
Biographic Data
| ID | 4426856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristiina Heikkilä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristiina |
| FAMILY NAME | Heikkilä |
| SIGNATURE | HEIKKILA K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Karolinska Institutet |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8489-0757 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Putting Staffs’ Beliefs About Values of Mealtime Situations for Long‐Term Care Residents’ Health and Well‐Being Into Practice
In the context of long‐term care facilities, mealtime situations have been linked to residents’ health and well‐being. The optimisation of mealtime situations is dependent on multiple aspects and is complex. To better understand this complexity, this qualitative study aimed to identify staffs’ beliefs about the values of mealtime situations for residents’ health and well‐being and to explore the facilitators of, barriers to, and challenges and ac…
What is the reward? Medical students’ learning and personal development during a research project course
We conclude that individual research projects enhance research-specific skills and competencies needed in evidence-based clinical work and are beneficial for personal and professional development
Experiences of dementia in a foreign country
Living with dementia for the participants meant living with forgetfulness. They experienced feeling incompetent but still loved within their families and feeling confident and secure but also isolated in the society. Educating people with dementia and their families about the course and process of dementia may help them understand the changes better and adjust their expectations. Our study can provide a basis for healthcare workers to understand …
Elderly Care for Ethnic Minorities--Wishes and Expectations among Elderly Finns in Sweden
To be able to provide institutional elderly care for minority groups it is important to ease the access to elderly care amenities by providing care that results in maintaining as much continuity and familiarity as possible in the lives of the elderly people. This includes the care providers and other residents who share the familiar aspects of their lives. This involves providing culturally appropriate elderly care close to the elderly people's c…
Health Care Experiences and Beliefs of Elderly Finnish Immigrants in Sweden
Purpose: To elucidate the experiences and beliefs of care of elderly Finnish immigrants living in Sweden (Sweden-Finns) in order to gain an understanding of the role ethnic back-ground plays in these experiences and beliefs. Design: 39 elderly Sweden-Finns living in Stockholm were interviewed. The data were analysed hermeneutically. Results: On a surface level, the care in Sweden was culturally congruent to elderly Sweden-Finns’ experiences and b…
Elderly Care for Ethnic Minorities--Wishes and Expectations among Elderly Finns in Sweden
To be able to provide institutional elderly care for minority groups it is important to ease the access to elderly care amenities by providing care that results in maintaining as much continuity and familiarity as possible in the lives of the elderly people. This includes the care providers and other residents who share the familiar aspects of their lives. This involves providing culturally appropriate elderly care close to the elderly people's c…
Health Care Experiences and Beliefs of Elderly Finnish Immigrants in Sweden
Purpose: To elucidate the experiences and beliefs of care of elderly Finnish immigrants living in Sweden (Sweden-Finns) in order to gain an understanding of the role ethnic back-ground plays in these experiences and beliefs. Design: 39 elderly Sweden-Finns living in Stockholm were interviewed. The data were analysed hermeneutically. Results: On a surface level, the care in Sweden was culturally congruent to elderly Sweden-Finns’ experiences and b…
Elderly Care for Ethnic Minorities--Wishes and Expectations among Elderly Finns in Sweden
To be able to provide institutional elderly care for minority groups it is important to ease the access to elderly care amenities by providing care that results in maintaining as much continuity and familiarity as possible in the lives of the elderly people. This includes the care providers and other residents who share the familiar aspects of their lives. This involves providing culturally appropriate elderly care close to the elderly people's c…
Experiences of dementia in a foreign country
Living with dementia for the participants meant living with forgetfulness. They experienced feeling incompetent but still loved within their families and feeling confident and secure but also isolated in the society. Educating people with dementia and their families about the course and process of dementia may help them understand the changes better and adjust their expectations. Our study can provide a basis for healthcare workers to understand …
What is the reward? Medical students’ learning and personal development during a research project course
We conclude that individual research projects enhance research-specific skills and competencies needed in evidence-based clinical work and are beneficial for personal and professional development
Putting Staffs’ Beliefs About Values of Mealtime Situations for Long‐Term Care Residents’ Health and Well‐Being Into Practice
In the context of long‐term care facilities, mealtime situations have been linked to residents’ health and well‐being. The optimisation of mealtime situations is dependent on multiple aspects and is complex. To better understand this complexity, this qualitative study aimed to identify staffs’ beliefs about the values of mealtime situations for residents’ health and well‐being and to explore the facilitators of, barriers to, and challenges and ac…
Medicine (5 works) · Gerontology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Immigration (2 works) · Medical education (2 works)