Taina Rantanen
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ORCID link: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-1945
Active JYU affiliations
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Professor
Previous or other affiliations
- Taina Rantanen, Department of Health Sciences (University of Jyväskylä), Professor
Research interests
The goal of gerontological research is to find ways to enhance the functional capacity and autonomy of older people in order to help them stay in charge of their own lives for as long as possible. Key research areas are physical and psychological functioning, living environment and promotion of activities and participation in different life situations.
Fields of science
Projects as Principal investigator
- Active ageing - resilience and external support as modifiers of the disablement outcome
- European Commission
- Are older people becoming younger?
Cohort differences in perceived age and functional capacity among 75- and 80-year-old people assessed 28 years apart (The Evergreen 2)- Academy of Finland
- Elinpiiri ja aktiivisena vanheneminen
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Gerontologia2020 Suomen gerontologiakongressi
- Federation of Finnish Learned Societies
Projects as Team Member
- Bodily movement and sustaining quality of life in old age research costs)
- Rantalainen, Timo
- Academy of Finland
- Environments supporting activity in old age: pre-, at- and post-COVID19
- Portegijs, Erja
- Juho Vainio Foundation
- Profiling actions, 4. round, at JYU
- Hämäläinen, Keijo
- Academy of Finland
