Sarah Åkerman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4430212 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Åkerman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Åkerman |
| SIGNATURE | AKERMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Åbo Akademi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6020-7343 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Family Caregivers’ Experiences of Formal Peer Support in a Finnish Setting – a Socioecological Understanding
Each attribute of peer support [emotional, informational, and appraisal support] formed its own, yet interlinked, ecosystem. Experiences of peer support are beyond programme delivery, and future studies could employ a socioecological framework when further delving into attributes of formal peer support among family caregivers in specific target groups and/or settings
Using the Andersen Behavioural Model to explore formal support use among older informal carers in Finland and Sweden
This comparative study employs the Andersen Behavioural Model to investigate the role of predisposing, enabling and need factors for formal support use among older informal carers in Finland and Sweden. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using the Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA) survey data from 2021/2022, and 1167 informal carers were included. Living in Finland, lack of financial strain, non‐governmental organisation m…
The Expert Caregiver Intervention Targeting Former Caregivers in Finland
Informal caregivers face risks of social isolation. Given the high prevalence of informal caregivers in Europe, a considerable proportion of the population are also former caregivers. The Finnish Expert Caregiver intervention sought to train former caregivers to become volunteers aiming to support current caregivers through mainly peer support. The aims of this mixed method non-controlled exploratory intervention study were to assess the feasibil…
Capabilities in care for older adults in Finnish familialistic policy transformations
As public provision of health and social care to older adults remains fixed or is scaled back, informal care is increasingly emphasised in policy and in practice. This is also the case in the Nordic welfare state of Finland. Little is known about how individual care arrangements are made. In this study, the capability approach is used to investigate the processes from resources to the actual functionings of receiving care of one older informal ca…
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The Expert Caregiver Intervention Targeting Former Caregivers in Finland
Informal caregivers face risks of social isolation. Given the high prevalence of informal caregivers in Europe, a considerable proportion of the population are also former caregivers. The Finnish Expert Caregiver intervention sought to train former caregivers to become volunteers aiming to support current caregivers through mainly peer support. The aims of this mixed method non-controlled exploratory intervention study were to assess the feasibil…
Capabilities in care for older adults in Finnish familialistic policy transformations
As public provision of health and social care to older adults remains fixed or is scaled back, informal care is increasingly emphasised in policy and in practice. This is also the case in the Nordic welfare state of Finland. Little is known about how individual care arrangements are made. In this study, the capability approach is used to investigate the processes from resources to the actual functionings of receiving care of one older informal ca…
Family Caregivers’ Experiences of Formal Peer Support in a Finnish Setting – a Socioecological Understanding
Each attribute of peer support [emotional, informational, and appraisal support] formed its own, yet interlinked, ecosystem. Experiences of peer support are beyond programme delivery, and future studies could employ a socioecological framework when further delving into attributes of formal peer support among family caregivers in specific target groups and/or settings
Using the Andersen Behavioural Model to explore formal support use among older informal carers in Finland and Sweden
This comparative study employs the Andersen Behavioural Model to investigate the role of predisposing, enabling and need factors for formal support use among older informal carers in Finland and Sweden. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using the Gerontological Regional Database (GERDA) survey data from 2021/2022, and 1167 informal carers were included. Living in Finland, lack of financial strain, non‐governmental organisation m…
Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Family Support in Illness (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (2 works) · Peer support (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Advertising (1 work)