Finland
Ulla Eloniemi-Sulkava
Amia Health Center and University of Tampere
Development Director at Amia Health Center for Seniors and for People with Dementia and Adjunct Professor at University of Tampere Gerontology Research Center.
Sirkkaliisa Heimonen
Age Institute
Sector Manager, expertise on psychogerontology, mental well-being in old age and solution focused approach.
Anna Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen
University of Eastern Finland, Institute of Law and Welfare
LL.D, Title of Docent, Senior Lecturer of Elder Law and director of the Institute of Law and Welfare. Research focuses on Elder Law combining jurisprudence with social and medical sciences.
Kaisu Pitkala
University of Helsinki
Nonpharmacological interventions in dementia.
Päivi Rainò
Humak University of Applied Sciences
Senior Researcher. Linguistic accessibility of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Sign Language lexicology. Linguistic demography and attrition of signed languages.
Niina Savikko
City of Espoo (leave of absence)
Niina Savikko has worked as a researcher and as a senior specialist in elderly care.
Tarja Välimäki
University of Eastern Finland
University researcher at the UEF Nursing Science. Main expertice on research methodology and family careigiving in dementia context.