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Health and Social Care in the Community - Journal Cover

Publication:Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 2012, 10, (3) pp317-321
Title:Intergenerational Solidarity and Justice in Ireland: Towards a New National Dialogue
Authors: Timonen, V., Scharf, T., Conlon, C. and Carney, G.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd


Health and Social Care in the Community - Journal Cover

Publication:Health and Social Care in the Community, early online, 2012
Title:Comparing home care policies across Europe, Health and Social Care in the Community
Authors: Rostgaard, T., Timonen, V. and Glendinning,
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons


AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis

Publication: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, (2012) 13, (1), p11 - 24
Title:Patients' perceptions of services and preferences for care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review.
Authors: Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O
Publisher: Informa Healthcare (thumbnail produced with their permission)


American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine - Journal Cover

Publication: American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 2012, early online, p1-6
Title: Experience of services as a key outcome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) care: the case for a better understanding of patient experiences.
Authors: Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O,
Publisher: Sage Publications


Families, Relationships and Societies - Journal Cover

Publication: Families, Relationships and Societies, forthcoming 2012
Title: We have all moved on': How grandparents cope with their adult child's relationship breakdown.
Authors:O'Dwyer, C., Doyle, M., Moore, E. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Policy Press


Health and Social Care in the Community - Journal Cover

Publication: Health and Social Care in the Community, 2012 20(3)
Title: Expanded but not regulated: Ambiguity in home care policy in Ireland.
Authors:Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C.
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons


Jornal of Comparative Family Studies

Publication:Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 2012, 43(2)
Title: 'Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents'
Authors:Moore, Elena, Timonen, Virpi, O'Dwyer, Ciara and Doyle, Martha
Publisher: University of Calgary Press


AmyotrophicLateralSclerosis

Publication: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, (2011) (Suppl. 1), s13
Title: A systematic review of ALS patients' perceptions of services and decision making in care
22nd International Symposium on ALS/MND, Sydney, Nov 30 - Dec 02
Authors: Foley G, Timonen V and Hardiman, O.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare (thumbnail produced with their permission)


Journal Cover International Pschogeriatrics

Publication: International Psychogeriatrics, 23, (S80-81), 2011
Title: The impact of childhood sexual abuse on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the older adult population in Ireland
Authors:Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V. and Cronin, H.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press


Journal Cover Journal of Family Issues

Publication:Journal of Family Issues (2011) 32(12)
Title: 'He really leant on me a lot': Parents' Perspectives on the Provision of Support to Divorced and Separated Adult Children in Ireland
Authors:Timonen, Virpi, Doyle, Martha and O'Dwyer, Ciara
Publisher: Sage Publications


BMC Geriartrics

Publication:BMC Geriatrics (2010) 10 (81)
Title: 'The differential impact of subjective and objective aspects of social engagement on cardiovascular risk factors'
Authors: Kamiya, Yumiko, Whelan, Brendan, Timonen, Virpi and Kenny, Rose Anne
Publisher: BioMed Central


Family Relations

Publication: Family Relations (2010) 59(5)
Title: 'How Can You Just Cut Off a Whole Side of the Family and Say Move On?' The Reshaping of Paternal Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships Following Relationship Breakdown in the Middle Generation
Authors:Doyle, Martha, O'Dwyer, Ciara and Timonen, Virpi
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons


Canadian Journal on Aging

Publication: Canadian Journal on Aging (2010) 29(3)
Title: 'Its nice to see someone coming in’: Exploring the Social Objectives of Meals-on-Wheels'
Authors: Timonen, Virpi and O'Dwyer, Ciara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press


Journal of Applied Gerontology

Publication: Journal of Applied Gerontology (2010) 29 (6)
Title:'Rethinking the Value of Residents' Councils: Observations and Lessons from an Exploratory Study'
Authors: O'Dwyer, Ciara and Timonen, Virpi
Publisher: Sage Publications


Journal cover:Research on Ageing

Publication: Research on Aging, (2010) 32(2)
Title:'Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project: Older People's and Researchers Reflections'
Authors: Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc.


Journal cover:European Jounal of Womens Studies

Publication: European Journal of Women's Studies (2010) 17 (1)
Title: 'Caring and Collaborating Across Cultures? Migrant Care Workers' Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers'
Authors:Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.
Publisher: Sage Publications


Journal cover:SocialPolitics

Publication: Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society (2010) 17(1)
Title: 'Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career and Family Responsibilities'
Authors: Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Oxford University Press


Jornal Cover: Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Publication: Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics (2009) 22 (6 )
Title:'Nutritional Status of Irish Older People in Receipt of Meals-on-Wheels and the Nutritional Content of Meals Provided'
Authors: O'Dwyer, C. , Corish, C.A. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons


Journal cover:Social Work In HealthCare

Publication:Social Work in Health Care, (2009) 48(6)
Title:'Living in Institutional Care: Residents' Experiences and Coping Strategies'
Authors:Timonen, V. and O'Dwyer, C.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, http://www.informaworld.com
(cover reproduced with their permission)


Journal cover:Voluntas

Publication: Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, (2009) 20(1)
Title: 'Doomed to Extinction? The Nature and Future of Volunteering for Meal-on-Wheels Services'
Authors:O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V.
Publisher:Springer Netherlands


Journal cover: Ageing And Society

Publication: Ageing and Society (2009) 29(3)
Title: 'The different faces of care work: understanding the experiences of the multi-cultural care workforce'
Authors:Doyle, M. and Timonen,V.
Publisher:Cambridge University Press


Publication: Journal of Social Policy Journal cover: Journal of Social Policy (2009) 38(1)
Title: 'In Search of Security: Migrant Care Workers’ Understandings, Experiences and Expectations Regarding ‘Social Protection'
Authors:Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
(journal cover reproduced with permission of publisher)


Journal cover: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Publication: International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (2008) 28(3/4)
Title: 'From the Workhouse to the Home: The historical origins and development of domiciliary care services for older people in Ireland
Authors: Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.
Publisher: Emerald Insight


Journal cover: International Journal of Social Welfare


Publication: International Journal of Social Welfare (2008) 17(4)
Title: 'Breaking the Mould: New Trajectories in the Domiciliary
Care of Older People in Ireland'

Authors: Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

 
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Journal cover: Irish Journal of Medical Science


Publication: Irish Journal of Medical Sciences, 176, (Suppl 6), 2007, ppS235-6
Title: 'Hospital Professionals' Perceptions Of Older People's Participation In The Acute Hospital Discharge Process: A Phenomenographic Study'
Authors:O'Brien M, Curry P, O'Neill D, Timonen V.
Publisher: Springer

 

Journal cover: Dublin University Law Journal

Publication: Dublin University Law Journal (2007) 29
Title: 'Regulating Home Care of Older People: The Inevitable Poor Relation?'
Authors: Ahern, D. Doyle, M. Timonen, V.
Publisher: Round Hall Thomson


Journal cover: Journal of Aging Studies

 

Publication: Journal of Aging Studies (2007), 21(3)
Title: 'Worlds Apart? Public, Private and Non-Profit Providers of Domiciliary Care for Older People in Ireland'
Authors: Timonen, V.and Doyle, M.
Publisher: Elsevier


Journal cover: Ageing And Society

Publication: Ageing & Society (2006), 26(3), pp. 455-74
Title: 'Care Revolutions in the Making? A Comparison of Cash-for-Care Programmes in Four European countries'
Authors: Timonen, V., Convery, J. and Cahill, S.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press


BooksContemporary Grandparenting Book Cover

 

Title: (forthcoming 2012) Arber, S. and Timonen, V. (eds.) Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts.
Publisher: Policy Press, Bristol


Ageing Societies:Book Cover

 

Title: (2008) Ageing Societies: A Comparative Introduction
Author: Virpi Timonen
Publisher: Open University Press, McGraw Hill Education

 


Home Care for Ageing Populations: Book Cover


Title: (2008) Home Care for Ageing Populations: A Comparative Analysis of Domiciliary Care in Denmark, Germany and the United States.
Authors: Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Edward Elgar, Cheltenham


No Place Like home: Book cover

Title: (2006) No Place Like Home - Study of Domiciliary Care Services for Older People.
Authors: Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and Prendergast, D.
Publisher: The Liffey Press, Dublin     

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Book Chapters

Title: (forthcoming 2013) 'Sustainability of the Nordic model in the face of population ageing', in Harper, S. and Hamblin, K. (eds) ,International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy
Authors: Timonen, V. and Kautto, M
Publisher: Cheltenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar


Title: (forthcoming 2013) 'Powerless observers? Policymakers' views on the inclusion of older people's interest organizations in the policy process in Ireland', in Linden, T.S. and Ervik, R. (eds) The Making of Aging Policy: Theory and Practice in Europe
Authors:Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Cheltenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar


Title: (forthcoming 2012) 'Back to basics or into a brave new world? The potential and pitfalls of biomarkers in explaining the pathways between social engagement and health', in Hoque, N., McGehee, M. and Bradshaw, B. (eds) , Applied demography and public health
Author: Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V., Romero-Ortuno, R. and Kenny, R.A.
Publisher: New York, Springer


Title: (forthcoming 2012) 'Introduction: A new look at grandparenting' in: Arber, S. and Timonen, V. (eds.) Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts.
Author: Timonen, V. and Arber, S.
Publisher: Policy Press, Bristol

Contemporary Grandparenting - Book Cover

Title: (forthcoming 2012) 'Grandparenting in the twenty-first century: New directions' in: Arber, S. and Timonen, V. (eds.) Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts.
Author: Arber, S. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Policy Press, Bristol

Title: (forthcoming 2012) 'Grandparental agency after adult children's divorce' in: Arber, S. and Timonen, V. (eds.) Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts.
Author: Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.
Publisher: Policy Press, Bristol


Pathways of Human Development: Book Cover

 

Title: (2009) ' Toward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and Informal Intersections', in: Mancini, Jay A. and Roberto, Karen A. (Eds.) Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change.
Author: Timonen, V.
Publisher:Lanham, MD: Lexington


Ageing and Social Policy in Ireland: book cover

 

Title: (2008) 'Constructions of Ageing in Irish Social Policy', in Kennedy, P. and Quin, S. (eds.) Ageing and Social Policy in Ireland. pp. 5-19.
Author: Pierce, M.
Publisher: UCD Press, Dublin


Older People in Modern Irland: book cover

 

Title: (2006) 'Responsibility for the Costs of Long-Term Institutional Care: A Comparative Perspective', in: Eoin O'Dell (Ed.) Older People in Modern Ireland: Essays on Law and Policy. pp. 427-49.
Author: Timonen, V.
Publisher: First Law, Dublin


Care And Social Change: book  cover

Title: (2006) 'Older People and Social Care', in Fanning, B. and Rush, M. (eds.) Care and Social Change in the Irish Welfare Economy, pp. 190-205.
Author: Pierce, M.
Publisher: UCD Press, Dublin


Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe: Book cover


Title: (2005) Policy Paradigms and Long-Term Care: Convergence or Continuing Differences? In: Peter Taylor-Gooby (Ed.) Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe, pp. 30-53.
Author / Editor: Timonen, V.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke

Description: The new welfare settlement in Europe involves a re-direction of policy in the context of a unified market and currency system and of more stringent economic competition. This book reviews the main policy paradigms and analyzes the processes whereby they have changed in the most salient policy areas, and is based on recent interviews with more than two hundred and fifty senior policy actors in seven West European countries.

Peter Taylor-Gooby (Ed.) Ideas and Welfare State Reform in Western Europe, 2005, Palgrave Macmillan Reproduced with permission of Palgrave Macmillan


Research reports and books published by other than academic presses


Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from Tilda - Book cover

 

Title: (2012) 'Profile of Community-Dwelling Older People with Disability and their Caregivers in Ireland''
Author(s): Kamiya, Y. , Murphy, C. , Savva, G. and Timonen, V. on behalf of the TILDA Team
Publisher: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin

 


Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from Tilda - Book cover

Title: (2011) 'Older People as Members of Their Families and Communities' in, editor(s) Barrett A., Savva G.M., Timonen V., Kenny R.A. , Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Author(s): Kamiya, Y. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin

Title: (2011) 'Health and Social Care' in, editor(s)Barrett A., Savva G.M., Timonen V., Kenny R.A. , Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
Author(s): Normand, C., Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V. and Whelan, B.
Publisher: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin

Title: (2011) 'Older Persons' Social Engagement' in, editor(s)Barrett A., Savva G.M., Timonen V., Kenny R.A. , Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Dublin
Author(s): Timonen, V., Kamiya, Y. and Maty, S.
Publisher: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin


A Total Indifference to our Dignity - Report cover

Title: 2011 - 'A Total Indifference to our Dignity - Older people's understandings of elder abuse'
Author(s): O'Brien, M., Begley, E., Carter Anand, J., Killick, C., Taylor, B., Doyle, E., McCarthy, M., McCrossan, S. and Moran, E.
This report stems from a collaborative research project in which SPARC participated. For further details, please follow this link


LIVINDHOME: Living Independently at Home - Report cover

Title: (2011) 'Home Care in Ireland' in, editor(s) Rostgaard, T., Glendinning, C., Gori, C., Kroger, T., Osterle, A., Szebehely, M., Theobald, H., Timonen, V. and Vabo, M. , LIVINDHOME: Living Independently at Home. pp161 - 184
Author(s): Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C.
Publisher: Copenhagen, SFI - Danish National Centre for Social Research

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This report stems from a European collaborative research project in which SPARC participated. For further details, please follow this link


Title: (2010) The Design of the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Author(s): Kenny, R.A., Whelan, B.J., Cronin, H., Kamiya, Y., Kearney, P., O'Regan, C., Ziegel, M. (authors), Barrett, A., Finucane, C. and Timonen, V. (eds.) ,
Publisher: The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin


Title: (2010) A Discussion Paper on Theories of Ageing and Approaches to Welfare in Ireland North and South.
Author(s): Pierce, M. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland (Cardi), Belfast and Dublin.

           Cover of Discussion Paper on Theories of Ageing             Summary Report Cover Cardi Theories of Ageing                     Cover of Cardi Theories of Ageing Background Document

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The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families:  Report - book cover

Title: (2010) The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families
Author(s): Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O’Dwyer, C, with contributions from Elena Moore
Produced by: Family Support Agency and Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin

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Title: Summary and Comparison of Key Social Provisions for Older People in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, 2010
Author(s):Pierce, M., Fitzgerald, S. and Timonen, V.


Title: (2008) The Role and Future Development of Meals-on-Wheels Services for Older People in Ireland
Author(s): O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: National Council on Ageing and Older People


 

Title: (2007) Older people’s perceptions on services and activities in the Marino and Fairview area: A participatory project
Author: Doyle, M.
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Title: (2008) The Role and Future Development of Meals-on-Wheels Services for Older People in Ireland
Author(s): O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V.
Publisher: National Council on Ageing and Older People


 

Title: (2007) Older people’s perceptions on services and activities in the Marino and Fairview area: A participatory project
Author: Doyle, M.
Link to research background and research report


Title: (2006) The Development of a Draft Framework for the Collection of Information About the Older Population.
Author(s): Nolan, Anne, Brendan Whelan, Hilary Cronin, Jane Grimson, Yumiko Kamiya, Rose Anne Kenny, Amilcar Moreira, Claire O’Regan, Virpi Timonen
Publisher: National Council on Ageing and Older People, Dublin


Magazine and newspaper articles

‘Regulating Home Care’, Care Alliance Ireland Exchange, Issue 22, October 07.

‘Elderly prefer care at home’, Sunday Business Post, 19 November 2006.


Staff Presentations

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11 Dec 2012 - Virpi Timonen - Grandparental agency after adult children’s divorce - National University of Ireland, Maynooth
14 Sept 2012 – Virpi Timonen - Reform strategies in home care in Europe – What role for quality of services? Conference at University College Dublin 14 September 2012
 
Last updated: Dec 09 2019