Riitta‐liisa Kinni
Biographic Data
| ID | 4794871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Riitta‐liisa Kinni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Riitta‐liisa |
| FAMILY NAME | Kinni |
| SIGNATURE | KINNI R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Social Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9771-8726 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Complex needs and ethical dilemmas—Care managers processing older clients to gerontological social work
In the times of neoliberal policies, care managers work as gatekeepers to different elder care services. In this study, we examined how care managers categorise older adults' life situations in relation to needs for gerontological social work. Our data consisted of focus group interviews with 19 care managers working in different parts of Finland and were analysed by category analysis. The results show that processing older adults as clients of s…
Navigating Social Services from the Perspective of Finnish Older Adults with Complex Needs
This study aims to increase understanding of accessing social services for older adults with complex needs. Individual interviews (18) with older clients of gerontological social work and diaconal social work in Finland were analyzed using abductive content analysis. The conceptual framework of access to services, consisting of five interrelated dimensions by Penchansky and Thomas (Citation1981) and the sixth dimension, awareness, by Saurman (Cit…
Integration of theory and practice in social work education. Analysis of Finnish social work students’ field reports
In social work education, we strive for integration of theory and practice in educating research-based professionals. What do social work students think about this? Are they eager to integrate theory and practice or does practice perhaps win students’ interest? The article explores how second year bachelor level social work students at a Finnish university construct themselves as learners in relation to theory and practice. The article utilizes t…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
Integration of theory and practice in social work education. Analysis of Finnish social work students’ field reports
In social work education, we strive for integration of theory and practice in educating research-based professionals. What do social work students think about this? Are they eager to integrate theory and practice or does practice perhaps win students’ interest? The article explores how second year bachelor level social work students at a Finnish university construct themselves as learners in relation to theory and practice. The article utilizes t…
The covid-19 pandemic and care homes for older people in Europe - deaths, damage and violations of human rights
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Throughout Europe the most damaging consequences of the coronavirus have fallen disproportionately on older people who live in care homes. This study involves the analysis of secondary data sources relating to deaths, and related harms, in European care homes from seven countries between March and December 2020. The findings are reviewed using the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights to identify exa…
Complex needs and ethical dilemmas—Care managers processing older clients to gerontological social work
In the times of neoliberal policies, care managers work as gatekeepers to different elder care services. In this study, we examined how care managers categorise older adults' life situations in relation to needs for gerontological social work. Our data consisted of focus group interviews with 19 care managers working in different parts of Finland and were analysed by category analysis. The results show that processing older adults as clients of s…
Navigating Social Services from the Perspective of Finnish Older Adults with Complex Needs
This study aims to increase understanding of accessing social services for older adults with complex needs. Individual interviews (18) with older clients of gerontological social work and diaconal social work in Finland were analyzed using abductive content analysis. The conceptual framework of access to services, consisting of five interrelated dimensions by Penchansky and Thomas (Citation1981) and the sixth dimension, awareness, by Saurman (Cit…
Social Work (4 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Social Welfare (2 works)