Vilhelmiina Lehto‐niskala
Biographic Data
| ID | 4428762 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vilhelmiina Lehto‐niskala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vilhelmiina |
| FAMILY NAME | Lehto‐niskala |
| SIGNATURE | NISKALA V L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tampere University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5953-2576 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Directors or coaches
Giving care workers opportunities to voice their concerns can have a significant impact on their work engagement. The aim of this article is to explore how care home supervisors discursively position themselves in relation to care workers when responding to their work-related concerns. The data consist of 19 official workplace meetings in four care homes. The analysis draws from discourse analysis and positioning theory. The care home supervisors…
Standardised functional assessment in long-term care for older people
Objective measures and documentation are increasingly used in the care for older people to promote efficiency and productivity. A standardised assessment of functional capacity is one such measure. In this study, we examined the meanings given to standardised functional assessment by care workers who provide long-term care for older people. Gathered from eight Finnish long-term care facilities, the data consisted of one-on-one interviews with pra…
Family's role in long‐term care—A qualitative study of Finnish family members' experiences on supporting the functional ability of an older relative
Family members are important providers of care for older people. In residential long-term care, however, their role is not always simple and straightforward: responsibility for care provision rests officially with staff members, but in practice family members often contribute to providing care. The main reason for admission to long-term care is functional decline. At the same time, the maintenance of functional ability is a central goal in long-t…
Understanding functional ability
Understanding functional ability
Directors or coaches
Giving care workers opportunities to voice their concerns can have a significant impact on their work engagement. The aim of this article is to explore how care home supervisors discursively position themselves in relation to care workers when responding to their work-related concerns. The data consist of 19 official workplace meetings in four care homes. The analysis draws from discourse analysis and positioning theory. The care home supervisors…
Standardised functional assessment in long-term care for older people
Objective measures and documentation are increasingly used in the care for older people to promote efficiency and productivity. A standardised assessment of functional capacity is one such measure. In this study, we examined the meanings given to standardised functional assessment by care workers who provide long-term care for older people. Gathered from eight Finnish long-term care facilities, the data consisted of one-on-one interviews with pra…
Family's role in long‐term care—A qualitative study of Finnish family members' experiences on supporting the functional ability of an older relative
Family members are important providers of care for older people. In residential long-term care, however, their role is not always simple and straightforward: responsibility for care provision rests officially with staff members, but in practice family members often contribute to providing care. The main reason for admission to long-term care is functional decline. At the same time, the maintenance of functional ability is a central goal in long-t…
Understanding functional ability
Standardised functional assessment in long-term care for older people
Objective measures and documentation are increasingly used in the care for older people to promote efficiency and productivity. A standardised assessment of functional capacity is one such measure. In this study, we examined the meanings given to standardised functional assessment by care workers who provide long-term care for older people. Gathered from eight Finnish long-term care facilities, the data consisted of one-on-one interviews with pra…
Family's role in long‐term care—A qualitative study of Finnish family members' experiences on supporting the functional ability of an older relative
Family members are important providers of care for older people. In residential long-term care, however, their role is not always simple and straightforward: responsibility for care provision rests officially with staff members, but in practice family members often contribute to providing care. The main reason for admission to long-term care is functional decline. At the same time, the maintenance of functional ability is a central goal in long-t…
Directors or coaches
Giving care workers opportunities to voice their concerns can have a significant impact on their work engagement. The aim of this article is to explore how care home supervisors discursively position themselves in relation to care workers when responding to their work-related concerns. The data consist of 19 official workplace meetings in four care homes. The analysis draws from discourse analysis and positioning theory. The care home supervisors…
Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Long-term care (3 works) · Term (time (3 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (2 works) · Older people (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)