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  1. Material deprivation among informal caregivers: a literature review on housing, food insecurity, and harmful effects on health

    Article • Perspectives in Public Health, November 2025, SAGE Publications

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  2. Flow of Medication Information Incidents in the Home Care Setting in Finland: A Qualitative Descriptive Study

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, July 2025, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  3. Empowering Support for Family Members of Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury During the Acute Care: Insights From Family Members and Nurses

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, September 2024, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  4. Family caregivers’ better nutritional status is associated with care recipients’ better nutritional status

    Article • Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, August 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  5. Omavalvonnan toimeenpanon haasteet iäkkäiden asumispalveluyksiköissä

    Article • Janus Sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityön tutkimuksen aikakauslehti, February 2024, Janus Sosiaalipolitiikan ja sosiaalityon tutkimuksen aikakauslehti

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  6. Flow of information contributing to medication incidents in home care—An analysis considering incident reporters' perspectives

    Article • Journal of Clinical Nursing, October 2023, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  7. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Psychological Well-Being of Caregivers of People with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Article • Geriatrics, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  8. Prevalence and risk factors of frailty among older family caregivers

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, June 2023, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  9. Koronarajoitusten yhteys omaishoitajien kokemaan terveyteen ja elämänlaatuun

    Article • Gerontologia, June 2023, Gerontologia

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  10. Laatua ja turvallisuutta varmistamassa iäkkäiden asumispalveluissa – moniammatillinen tuki omavalvontatyölle

    Article • Gerontologia, June 2023, Gerontologia

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  11. Empowering Support for Family Members of Brain Injury Patients in the Acute Phase of Hospital Care: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review

    Article • Journal of Family Nursing, May 2023, SAGE Publications

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  12. Lack of freedom predicted poor self‐reported health among family caregivers of children with disabilities during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Europe

    Article • Nursing Open, April 2023, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  13. Sosiaali- ja terveysalan ammattilaisten kokemuksia ryhmätoiminnan ohjaamisesta iäkkäiden hoivakodeissa

    Article • Gerontologia, March 2023, Gerontologia

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  14. Extending ageing nurses' working lives: A mixed‐methods systematic review

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, January 2023, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  15. A participatory arts programme – Shared experience for family caregivers and care recipients

    Article • Nursing Open, December 2022, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  16. Different Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease Caregivers – 5-Year Follow-Up

    Article • Clinical Gerontologist, September 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  17. Pet ownership supports quality of life in home‐dwelling people with Alzheimer's disease

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, March 2022, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  18. Aatoksissa iäkkäiden päivittäisen toimintakyvyn ja sosiaalisen osallistumisen edistäminen Sävelsirkku-ryhmätoiminnoilla

    Article • Gerontologia, December 2021, Gerontologia

    PhD, Postdoctoral researcher Outi Kiljunen, Professor Tarja Välimäki

  19. Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Among Family Caregivers of Older Adults

    Article • Nursing Research, October 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  20. Turvallisuuden edistäminen iäkkäiden tehostetussa palveluasumisessa

    Article • Gerontologia, June 2021, Gerontologia

    PhD, Postdoctoral researcher Outi Kiljunen, Professor Tarja Välimäki

  21. Facilitating students’ interest in older people nursing: Gerontological nurse teachers under scrutiny

    Article • Nurse Education in Practice, January 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  22. Gerontological nurse teachers' abilities and influence on students' willingness in older people nursing: A cross-sectional, correlational survey

    Article • Nurse Education Today, July 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  23. Abuse in the caregiving relationship between older people with memory disorders and family caregivers: A systematic review

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, May 2020, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  24. Art intervention among Finnish older people and their caregivers: Experiences of art pedagogies

    Article • Health & Social Care in the Community, April 2020, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  25. Development and validation of gerontological nurse teacher scale

    Article • Nurse Education in Practice, March 2020, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  26. Older people nursing in care homes: An examination of nursing professionals' self‐assessed competence and its predictors

    Article • International Journal of Older People Nursing, February 2019, Wiley

    PhD, Postdoctoral researcher Outi Kiljunen, Professor Tarja Välimäki

  27. An Integrative Review of Interventions for Enhancing Leadership in the Implementation of Evidence‐Based Nursing

    Article • Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, October 2018, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  28. Longitudinal study of medication use in caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease – Kuopio ALSOVA study

    Article • Dementia, October 2018, SAGE Publications

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  29. The influence of the individual neuropsychiatric symptoms of people with Alzheimer disease on family caregiver distress—A longitudinal ALSOVA study

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, May 2018, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  30. Entitlement of carer’s allowance to support home care of persons with Alzheimer’s disease: evaluation of current decision criteria

    Article • European Geriatric Medicine, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  31. The Progression of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease During a Five-Year Follow-Up: Kuopio ALSOVA Study

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, January 2018, IOS Press

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  32. Family members’ expectations regarding nurses’ competence in care homes: a qualitative interview study

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, November 2017, Wiley

    PhD, Postdoctoral researcher Outi Kiljunen, Professor Tarja Välimäki

  33. Nursing curriculums may hinder a career in gerontological nursing: An integrative review

    Article • International Journal of Older People Nursing, April 2017, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  34. Associations Across Caregiver and Care Recipient Symptoms: Self-Organizing Map and Meta-analysis

    Article • The Gerontologist, March 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  35. Quality of Life in relation to neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: 5-year prospective ALSOVA cohort study

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, January 2017, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  36. Competence needed for older people nursing in care and nursing homes

    Article • International Journal of Older People Nursing, December 2016, Wiley

    PhD, Postdoctoral researcher Outi Kiljunen, Professor Tarja Välimäki

  37. Self-Rated and Caregiver-Rated Quality of Life in Alzheimer Disease with a Focus on Evolving Patient Ability to Respond to Questionnaires: 5-Year Prospective ALSOVA Cohort Study

    Article • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  38. Impact of Alzheimer’s disease on the family caregiver’s long-term quality of life: results from an ALSOVA follow-up study

    Article • Quality of Life Research, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  39. Depressed Spousal Caregivers Have Psychological Stress Unrelated to the Progression of Alzheimer Disease

    Article • Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, August 2015, SAGE Publications

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  40. Early psychosocial intervention does not delay institutionalization in persons with mild Alzheimer disease and has impact on neither disease progression nor caregivers' well‐being: ALSOVA 3‐year follow‐up

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, July 2015, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  41. Depressive Symptoms Are Associated with Analgesic Use in People with Alzheimer’s Disease: Kuopio ALSOVA Study

    Article • PLOS One, February 2015, PLOS

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  42. Decreasing sense of coherence and its determinants in spousal caregivers of persons with mild Alzheimer's disease in three year follow-up: ALSOVA study

    Article • International Psychogeriatrics, July 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  43. MODELING SPATIAL PATTERNS IN DEMENTIA FAMILY CAREGIVER DEPRESSION: A META-ANALYSIS ON 79 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE

    Article • Alzheimer s & Dementia, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Ari Voutilainen, Professor Tarja Välimäki

  44. Progression of Alzheimer's disease during a three-year follow-up using the CERAD-NB total score: Kuopio ALSOVA study

    Article • International Psychogeriatrics, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  45. Life orientation in Finnish family caregivers' of persons with Alzheimer's disease: A diary study

    Article • Nursing and Health Sciences, November 2012, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  46. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and Quality of Life in patients with very mild and mild Alzheimer's disease

    Article • International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, October 2010, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  47. Caregiver depression is associated with a low sense of coherence and health-related quality of life

    Article • Aging & Mental Health, November 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Tarja Välimäki

  48. Diaries as research data in a study on family caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease: methodological issues

    Article • Journal of Advanced Nursing, June 2007, Wiley

    Professor Tarja Välimäki