Professor Virpi Timonen
Professor Of, Sch Office - Social Work & Social Policy
Biography
Professor of Social Research and Theory (Personal Chair), Trinity College Dublin & Professor, Social and Public Policy, University of Helsinki For research interests and publications in chronological order, please see: https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/virpi-marjaana-timonen/ For publications by citations, please see https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CJzPXEgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao For information about the Legacies ERC project, please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/material-and-environmental-legacies-in-the-21st-century
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Timonen V, Foley G, Conlon C., Quality in qualitative research: a relational process, Qualitative Research Journal, 26, (2), 2026
Katharine Schulmann, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, Whose vulnerability? Inverting constructions of older people as a vulnerable group during the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 9, 2025, p100640 - 100640, p100640-100640
Petautschnig C., Timonen V., Elliott O'Dare C., Conlon C., "I'm Going to Put on Bright Clothes now" The Process and Social Dimensions of Resilience Among Older Adults, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 2025, p1 - 25, p1-25
Petautschnig, C., Timonen, V., O'Dare, C. E., & Conlon, C., I'm Going to Put on Bright Clothes now': The Process and Social Dimensions of Resilience Among Older Adults, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 69, (1), 2025, p36"58
Carla Petautschnig, Virpi Timonen, "I"m Not Worthless, I Do Help Society": Exploring the Lived Experience of Community Placement in Activation Schemes, Social Policy and Society, 24, (4), 2024, p601 - 615, p601-615
Stephen Beasley, Virpi Timonen, Representations of older people in Irish public broadcaster's online news coverage during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic, Irish Journal of Sociology, 31, (3), 2023, p305 - 323, p305-323
Casey MB, Wilson F, Ng L, O'Sullivan K, Caneiro JP, O'Sullivan PB, Horgan A, Thornton JS, Wilkie K, Timonen V, Wall J, McGowan E., "There's definitely something wrong but we just don't know what it is": A qualitative study exploring rowers' understanding of low back pain., Journal of science and medicine in sport, 25, (7), 2022, p557-563
Kristine A. Theurer, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, Susan G. Brown, W. Ben Mortenson, "It Makes You Feel Good to Help!": An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Peer Mentoring in Long-Term Care, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 41, (3), 2022, p451 - 459, p451-459
Luciana Lolich, Jari Pirhonen, Tuuli Turja, Virpi Timonen, Technology in the Home Care of Older People: Views from Finland and Ireland, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 37, (2), 2022, p181 - 200, p181-200
Policies for active ageing and their family-related assumptions and consequences in, editor(s)M. Daly, N. Gilbert, B. Pfau-Effinger and D. Besharov , International handbook of family policy: A life course perspective, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, [Hamilton, M., Timonen, V., Craig, L. and Adamson, E.]
Luciana Lolich, Virpi Timonen, Digitalisation of Public Services as a Challenge to Social Justice, Springer eBooks, 2022, p191 - 200, p191-200
Timonen, V., Greene, J. and Émon, A., 'We're meant to be crossing over but the bridge is broken': 2020 university graduates' experiences of the pandemic in Ireland, YOUNG: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 2021
Foley G, Timonen V, Conlon C, Elliott O'Dare C., Interviewing as a vehicle for theoretical sampling in grounded theory, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20, 2021, p1 - 10
Ayeshah Émon, Jo Greene, Virpi Timonen, Generation covid: Experiences of the coronavirus pandemic among secondary school graduates of 2020 in Ireland, Cogent Education, 8, (1), 2021
Wang, Qi and Timonen, Virpi, Retirement pathways and pensions inequality in China: A grounded theory study, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2021
Lolich, L. and Timonen, V., Fortunate and fearful: Emotions evoked by home care policies for older people in Ireland, Emotions and Society, 2, (1), 2020
Timonen, V. and Lolich, L., Dependency as status: Older adults' presentations of self as recipients of care, SAGE Open, 2020
Elliott O'Dare, C., Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., Doing intergenerational friendship: Challenging the dominance of age homophily in friendship, Canadian Journal of Aging - La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 2020
Jari Pirhonen, Luciana Lolich, Katariina Tuominen, Outi Jolanki, Virpi Timonen, "These devices have not been made for older people's needs" " Older adults' perceptions of digital technologies in Finland and Ireland, Technology in Society, 62, 2020, p101287 - 101287, p101287-101287
Catherine Elliott O"Dare, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, "Doing" Intergenerational Friendship: Challenging the Dominance of Age Homophily in Friendship, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 40, (1), 2020, p68 - 81, p68-81
Conlon C, Timonen V, Elliott O'Dare C, O'Keeffe S, Foley G., Confused about theoretical sampling? Engaging theoretical sampling in diverse grounded theory studies, Qualitative Health Research, 30, (6), 2020, p947 - 959
Kristine A. Theurer, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, Susan G. Brown, W. Ben Mortenson, 'It makes life worthwhile!' Peer mentoring in long-term care"a feasibility study, Aging & Mental Health, 25, (10), 2020, p1887 - 1896, p1887-1896
Lolich, L. & Timonen, V., Fortunate and fearful: Emotions evoked by home care policies for older people in Ireland, Emotions and Society, 2, (1), 2020
Wilson F, Ng L, O'Sullivan K, Caneiro JP, O'Sullivan P, Horgan A, Thornton J, Wilkie K, Timonen V, 'You're the best liar in the world': a grounded theory study of rowing athletes' experience of low back pain, British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2020
Luciana Lolich, Isabella Riccò, Blanca Deusdad, Virpi Timonen,, Embracing technology? Health and Social Care professionals' attitudes to the deployment of e-Health initiatives in elder care services in Catalonia and Ireland,, Technological Forecasting and Social Change,, 147, 2019, p63 - 71
Virpi Timonen, Luciana Lolich, "The Poor Carer": Ambivalent Social Construction of the Home Care Worker in Elder Care Services, Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 62, (7), 2019, p728 - 748, p728-748
Anne McDonald, Luciana Lolich, Virpi Timonen, Austin Warters, "Time is more important than anything else": tensions of time in the home care of older adults in Ireland, International Journal of Care and Caring, 3, (4), 2019, p501 - 515, p501-515
Ayeshah Émon, Virpi Timonen, Graduate attributes: Social constructions and lived experience of university students in Ireland, Journal of Education Culture and Society, 10, (2), 2019, p133 - 147, p133-147
McDonald, A., Lolich, L., Timonen, V. and Warters, A., "Time is more important than anything else": Tensions of time in home care of older adults in Ireland, International Journal of Care and Caring, 2019
José de São José, Virpi Timonen, Carla A. F. Amado, Sérgio P. Santos, From `active" to `capable": a capability framework for policy and practice on ageing and later life, Policy Press eBooks, 2019, p41 - 60, p41-60
O'Dare, CE, Timonen, V, Conlon, C, Escaping 'The Old Fogey': Doing Old Age through Intergenerational Friendship , Journal of Ageing Studies, 48, 2019, p67 - 75
Elliott O'Dare, C., Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., Intergenerational friendships of older adults: Why do we know so little about them?, Ageing & Society, 2019, p1 - 16
Virpi Timonen, Better with Age " The Psychology of Successful Aging Alan D. Castel, Oxford University Press, New York, 2019, 236 pp., hbk US $27.95, ISBN 13: 978-0-19-027998-1, Ageing and Society, 40, (2), 2019, p463 - 464, p463-464
Virpi Timonen, Tine Rostgaard, Turning The "Problem"Into the Solution, 2018, p39 - 55, p39-55
Timonen V, Foley G, Conlon C., Challenges when using Grounded Theory: A pragmatic introduction to doing GT research, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17, (1), 2018, p1 - 10
McGarrigle, C., Timonen, V. and Layte, R., Choice and Constraint in the Negotiation of the Grandparent Role: A Mixed-Methods Study, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 2018, 4:23337214
Turning the 'problem' into the solution: Hopes, trends and contradictions in home care policies for ageing populations in, editor(s)Boll, T., Ferring, D. and Valsiner, J. , Cultures of care in aging, Charlotte, NC, Information Age Publishing, 2018, pp39 - 55, [Timonen, V. and Rostgaard, T.]
José de São José, Virpi Timonen, Carla A. F. Amado, Sérgio P. Santos, A critique of the Active Ageing Index, Journal of Aging Studies, 40, 2017, p49 - 56, p49-56
Naonori Kodate, Virpi Timonen, Bringing the Family in through the Back Door: the Stealthy Expansion of Family Care in Asian and European Long-Term Care Policy, Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 32, (3), 2017, p291 - 301, p291-301
Kristine A. Theurer, W. Ben Mortenson, Robyn Stone, S Brown, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, THE IMPACT OF PEER MENTORING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE ON THOSE VISITED, Innovation in Aging, 1, (suppl_1), 2017, p238 - 239, p238-239
Kristine A. Theurer, S Brown, W. Ben Mortenson, Melinda Suto, Robyn Stone, Virpi Timonen, IT HAS GIVEN ME A NEW LIFE: PEER MENTORING IN RESIDENTIAL CARE, Innovation in Aging, 1, (suppl_1), 2017, p856 - 856, p856-856
Hannele Forsberg, Virpi Timonen, The future of the family as envisioned by young adults in Ireland, Journal of Youth Studies, 21, (6), 2017, p765 - 779, p765-779
Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V. and Kenny, R.A., The impact of childhood sexual abuse on the mental, physical health, and health care utilization of older adults, International Psychogeriatrics , 28, (3), 2016, p415-22
Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., "I hate being a burden": The patient perspective on carer burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, 17, (5-6), 2016, p351 - 357
Galvin M, Corr B, Madden C, Mays I, McQuillan R, Timonen V, Staines A, Hardiman O, Caregiving in ALS - A mixed methods approach to the study of Burden, BMC Palliative Care, 15, (1), 2016, p81-
Tine Rostgaard, Virpi Timonen, Turning the problem into the solution: Hopes, trends and contradictions in home care for ageing populations in Europe, 2016
Foley G, Timonen V., Using grounded theory method to capture and analyze health care experiences, Health Services Research, 50, (4), 2015, p1195 - 1210
Kristine A. Theurer, W. Ben Mortenson, Robyn Stone, Melinda Suto, Virpi Timonen, Julia Rozanova, The need for a social revolution in residential care, Journal of Aging Studies, 35, 2015, p201 - 210, p201-210
Theurer, K., Mortenson, B., Stone, R., Suto, M., Timonen, V. and Rozanova, J., The Need for a Social Revolution in Residential Care, Journal of Aging Studies, 2015, p201 - 210
Conlon, C., Carney, G., Timonen, V. and Scharf, T., 'Emergent Reconstruction' in Grounded Theory: Learning from Team-Based Interview Research, Qualitative Research, 15, (1), 2015, p39 - 56
Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., Beyond Mannheim: Conceptualising how people 'talk' and 'do' generations in contemporary society, Advances in Life Course Research, 24, 2015, p1 - 9
Grandparenting in, editor(s)Twigg, J. and Martin, W. , Routledge Handbook of Cultural Gerontology, London, Routledge, 2015, pp234 - 242, [Arber, S. and Timonen, V.]
Gemma M. Carney, Thomas Scharf, Virpi Timonen, Catherine Conlon, `Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt": Solidarity between generations in the Irish crisis, Critical Social Policy, 34, (3), 2014, p312 - 332, p312-332
Conlon, C., Timonen, V., Scharf, T. and Carney, G., Consumption of care and intergenerational relations in the Irish context, Families, Relationships and Societies, 3, (1), 2014, p139 - 142(4)
Timonen, V. and Doyle, M., Life-long singlehood: Intersections of the past and the present, Ageing & Society, 34, (10), 2014, p1749 - 1770
Catherine Conlon, Virpi Timonen, Gemma M. Carney, Thomas Scharf, Women (Re)Negotiating Care across Family Generations, Gender & Society, 28, (5), 2014, p729 - 751, p729-751
Carney, G., Scharf, T., Timonen, V. and Conlon, C., 'Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt': Solidarity between generations in the Irish crisis, Critical Social Policy, 34, 2014, p312 - 332
Sustainability of the Nordic model in the face of population ageing in, editor(s)Harper, S. and Hamblin, K. , International Handbook of Ageing and Public Policy, Cheltenham (UK) and Northampton (US), Edward Elgar, 2014, pp279 - 290, [Timonen, V. and Kautto, M.]
Kamiya, Y., Doyle, M., Henretta, J. and Timonen, V., Early-life circumstances and later-life loneliness in Ireland, The Gerontologist, 54, (5), 2014, p773 - 783
Conlon, C., Timonen, V., Carney, G. and Scharf, T., Women (re-)negotiating care across family generations: Intersections of gender and socioeconomic status, Gender & Society, 28, (5), 2014, p729 - 751
Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Acceptance and decision making in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis from a life-course perspective, Qualitative Health Research, 24, (1), 2014, p67 - 77
Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Understanding psycho-social processes underpinning engagement with services in motor neurone disease: A qualitative study, Palliative Medicine, 28, (4), 2014, p318 - 325
Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Exerting control and adapting to loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Social Science & Medicine, 101, 2014, p113 - 119
Timonen, Virpi, Conlon, Catherine, Scharf, Thomas and Carney, Gemma, Family, state, class and solidarity: Re-conceptualising intergenerational solidarity through the Grounded Theory approach, European Journal of Ageing, 10, (3), 2013, p171 - 179
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, editor(s)Hoque, N., McGehee, M.A. and Bradshaw, B.S. (eds) , Applied demography and public health [Applied demography series volume 3], New York, Springer, 2013, pp313 - 336, [Kamiya, Y., Timonen, V., Romero-Ortuno, R. and Kenny, R.A.]
Powerless observers? Policymakers' views on the inclusion of older people's interest organizations in the policy process in Ireland in, editor(s)Linden, T.S. and Ervik, R. , The Making of Aging Policy: Theory and Practice in Europe, Cheltenham and Northampton, Edward Elgar, 2013, pp78 - 97, [Doyle, M. and Timonen, V.]
Catherine Conlon, Gemma M. Carney, Virpi Timonen, Thomas Scharf, `Emergent reconstruction" in grounded theory: learning from team-based interview research, Qualitative Research, 15, (1), 2013, p39 - 56, p39-56
Kamiya, Y., Doyle, M., Henretta, J. and Timonen, V., Depressive symptoms among older adults: The impact of early and later life circumstances and marital status, Aging and Mental Health, 17, (3), 2013, p349 - 357
Virpi Timonen, Pieter Vanhuysse and Achim Goerres (eds), Ageing Populations in Post-industrial Democracies: Comparative Studies of Policies and Politics, Routledge, Abingdon, UK and New York, 2012, 274 pp., hbk £75.00, ISBN 13: 978 0 415 60382 9., Ageing and Society, 32, (7), 2012, p1264 - 1266, p1264-1266
Ciara O"Dwyer, Martha Doyle, Elena Moore, Virpi Timonen, `We have all moved on": how grandparents cope with their adult child"s relationship breakdown, Families Relationships and Societies, 1, (2), 2012, p223 - 241, p223-241
'Grandparenting in the twenty-first century: New directions' in, Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press, 2012, pp247 - 264, [Arber, S. and Timonen, V.]
Rostgaard, T., Timonen, V. and Glendinning, C., Comparing home care policies across Europe, Health and Social Care in the Community, 20, (3), 2012, p225 - 227
Timonen, V., Scharf, T., Conlon, C. and Carney, G., Intergenerational solidarity and justice in Ireland: Towards a new national dialogue, Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10, (3), 2012, p317 - 321
Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Experience of services as a key outcome in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) care. The case for a better understanding of patient experiences, American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, 29, (5), 2012, p362 - 367
'Introduction: A new look at grandparenting' in, editor(s)Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press, 2012, pp1 - 24, [Timonen, V. and Arber, S.]
Foley G, Timonen V, Hardiman O., Patients' perceptions of services and preferences for care in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A review, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 13, (1), 2012, p11 - 24
Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C., Expanded but not regulated: Ambiguity in home care policy in Ireland, Health and Social Care in the Community, 20, (3), 2012, p310 - 318
Moore, E., Timonen, V., O'Dwyer, C. and Doyle, M., Divorce and Intergenerational Support: Comparing the Perceptions of Divorced Adults and Their Parents, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43, (2), 2012, p261 - 279
'Grandparental agency after adult children's divorce in, editor(s)Arber, S. and Timonen, V. , Contemporary grandparenting: changing family relationships in global contexts, Bristol, Policy Press, 2012, pp159 - 180, [Timonen, V. and Doyle, M.]
Virpi Timonen, Special Issue Expanded, but not regulated: ambiguity in home-care policy in Ireland, 2012
Timonen, Virpi, Doyle, Martha and O'Dwyer, Ciara, 'He really leant on me a lot': Parents' Perspectives on the Provision of Support to Divorced and Separated Adult Children in Ireland, Journal of Family Issues, 32, (12), 2011, p1622-1646
Virpi Timonen, Martha Doyle, Ciara O"Dwyer, "He Really Leant on Me a Lot", Journal of Family Issues, 32, (12), 2011, p1622 - 1646, p1622-1646
Doyle, Martha and Timonen, Virpi, Lessons from a Community-Based Participatory Research Project: Older People's and Researchers' Reflections, Research on Aging, 32, (2), 2010, p244 - 263
O'Dwyer, Ciara and Timonen, Virpi, Rethinking the Value of Residents' Councils: Observations and Lessons from an Exploratory Study, Journal of Applied Gerontology, 29, (6), 2010, p762 - 771
Virpi Timonen, Ciara O"Dwyer, `It is nice to see someone coming in": Exploring the Social Objectives of Meals-on-Wheels, Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 29, (3), 2010, p399 - 410, p399-410
Timonen, Virpi and Doyle, Martha, Caring and Collaborating Across Cultures? Migrant Care Workers' Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers, European Journal of Women's Studies, 17, (1), 2010, p25 - 41
Doyle, M. and Timonen, V., Obligations, Ambitions, Calculations: Migrant Care Workers' Negotiation of Work, Career and Family, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State and Society, 17, (1), 2010, p29 - 52
Kamiya, Yumiko, Whelan, Brendan, Timonen, Virpi and Kenny, Rose Anne, The differential impact of subjective and objective aspects of social engagement on cardiovascular risk factors, BMC Geriatrics, 10, (81), 2010
Timonen, V. and O'Dwyer, C. , 'It's nice to see someone coming in': Exploring the Social Objectives of Meals-on-Wheels, Canadian Journal on Aging, 29, (3), 2010, p399 - 410
Virpi Timonen, Martha Doyle, Migrant Care Workers" Relationships with Care Recipients, Colleagues and Employers, European Journal of Women s Studies, 17, (1), 2010, p25 - 41, p25-41
Martha Doyle, Ciara O"Dywer, Virpi Timonen, "How Can You Just Cut Off a Whole Side of the Family and Say Move On?" The Reshaping of Paternal Grandparent"Grandchild Relationships Following Divorce or Separation in the Middle Generation, Family Relations, 59, (5), 2010, p587 - 598, p587-598
Doyle, M., O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V., , '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, Family Relations, 59, (5), 2010, p587 - 598
Timonen, V., Doyle, M. and O'Dwyer, C. (with contributions from E. Moore), The Role of Grandparents in Divorced and Separated Families, Dublin, Family Support Agency and Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin, November, 2009
Timonen, Virpi and O'Dwyer, Ciara, Living in institutional care: Residents' experiences and coping strategies, Social Work in Healthcare, 48, (6), 2009, p597 - 613
Doyle, Martha and Timonen, Virpi, The Different Faces of Care Work: Understanding the Experiences of the Multi-Cultural Care Workforce, Ageing & Society, 29, 2009, p337 - 350
O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V., 'Doomed to Extinction? The Nature and Future of Volunteering for Meal-on-Wheels Services', Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 20, 2009, p35 - 49
Martha Doyle, Virpi Timonen, The different faces of care work: understanding the experiences of the multi-cultural care workforce, Ageing and Society, 29, (3), 2009, p337 - 350, p337-350
Timonen, V. and Doyle, M., In Search of Security: Migrant Workers' Understandings, Experiences and Expectations Regarding 'Social Protection', Journal of Social Policy, 38, (1), 2009, p157 - 175
Toward an Integrative Theory of Care: Formal and Informal Intersections in, editor(s)Roberto, Karen A. and Mancini, Jay A. , Pathways of Human Development: Explorations of Change, Lanham, MD, Lexington, 2009, pp307 - 326, [Timonen, V.]
O'Dwyer, Ciara, Corish, Clare and Timonen, Virpi, Nutritional Status of Irish Older People in Receipt of Meals-on-Wheels and the Nutritional Content of Meals Provided, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 22, (6), 2009, p521-527
Doyle, Martha and Timonen, Virpi, Breaking the Mould: New Trajectories in the Domiciliary Care of Older People in Ireland, International Journal of Social Welfare, 17, 2008, p324 - 332
Timonen, V. and M. Doyle, From the workhouse to the home. The historical origins and development of domiciliary care services for older people in Ireland, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 28, (3/4), 2008, p76 - 89
O'Dwyer, C. and Timonen, V., The Role and Future Development of Meals-on-Wheels Services for Older People in Ireland, Dublin, National Council on Ageing and Older People, 2008, 1-240
Timonen, V. and M. Doyle, Worlds apart? Public, private and non-profit sector providers of domiciliary care for older persons in Ireland, Journal of Aging Studies, 21, (3), 2007, p255 - 265
Timonen, V., J. Convery and S. Cahill, Care revolutions in the making? A comparison of cash-for-care programmes in four European countries., Ageing and Society, 26, (3), 2006, p455 - 474
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Conlon, C., with contributions from V. Timonen and G. Dowling, Supporting parents communicating with children aged 4-9 years about relationships, sexuality and growing up, Dublin, HSE Sexual Health and Crisis Pregnancy Programme, January, 2018, pi - 106
Scharf, T., Timonen, V., Conlon, C. and Carney, G., Changing Generations - Findings from new research on intergenerational relations in Ireland, Dublin and Galway, Trinity College Dublin and National University of Ireland Galway, April, 2013, 20 pp.
Kamiya, Y., Murphy, C., Savva, G. and Timonen, V., Profile of Community-Dwelling Older People with a Disability and their Caregivers in Ireland, Dublin, The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing and the Department of Health and Children, May, 2012
Alan Barrett, George Savva, Virpi Timonen and Rose Anne Kenny (eds), Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA), Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, May, 2011
Pierce, Maria and Timonen, Virpi, A Discussion Paper on Theories of Ageing and Approaches to Welfare in Ireland, North and South, Dublin & Belfast, CARDI, 2010
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