Jenny Paananen
FT, PhD
Department of Nursing Science jekrni@utu.fi Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Turku |
Finnish language; interaction; conversation analysis; doctor-patient interaction; primary care consultation; multicultural interaction; Finnish as a second language; gestures; interpreting; explaining; patient-centered care; agency; participation; mental health rehabilitation; dementia care
Ongoing projects: Alongside Dementia; Heart Talk; Interaction, social inclusion, and mental illness; VideoTalk
Jenny Paananen (PhD, Finnish language, University of
Turku, Finland) combines multimodal conversation analysis with interactional
linguistics and content analysis to explore co-operational resources and social involvement in clinical interaction. As data, Paananen uses interviews and recorded, authentic interaction (such as primary care consultations, mental health rehabilitation meetings, and negotiations in dementia care).
Turku, Finland) combines multimodal conversation analysis with interactional
linguistics and content analysis to explore co-operational resources and social involvement in clinical interaction. As data, Paananen uses interviews and recorded, authentic interaction (such as primary care consultations, mental health rehabilitation meetings, and negotiations in dementia care).
Currently, Paananen is PI in the project Alongside Dementia, funded by the Academy of Finland (2020-2023). The project is executed in the department of Nursing Science in the University of Turku as a part of the Research programme Older Individuals’ Health, Nursing and Services.
Paananen has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the project Interaction, social inclusion, and mental illness in the University of Helsinki. Paananen defended her doctoral dissertation Constructing mutual understanding in multicultural primary care consultations in March 2019.
In 2020–2021, Paananen teaches two courses in the University of Turku: Humanistic perspectives to health and wellbeing (the Centre for Education and Research on Social and Health Services) and Multiculturality, health, and wellbeing (Asklepios programme).
Paananen lectures about multicultural interaction for various audiences including doctors and other professionals of healthcare and social work.
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- Communicating palliative hope in late-stage dementia: Thematic analysis of hope work in care plan meetings with nursing home residents’ families (2025) Paananen, Jenny; Logren, Aija
- Monikulttuurinen vuorovaikutus haltuun: viisi askelta kieli- ja kulttuuritietoiseen potilastyöhön (2025)
- Vastalääke.fi
- Muistisairaan hoivakotiasukkaan kohtaaminen vaatii tilannetajua (2025)
- Gerontoblogi
- Turning Toward the Inevitable: How Nursing Home Staff Manage Relatives’ Expectations of Dementia Progression (2025)
- Research on Language and Social Interaction
- A strengths-based approach to vulnerability: co-creating transformative value through art-based interventions in healthcare (2024)
- Proceedings of the Annual Macromarketing Conference
- Family Members’ Perspectives on the Unmet Care Needs of People Living With Dementia in Nursing Homes (2024)
- Journal of Social Service Research
- Ideals of joint decision making in clubhouse communities (2024)
- Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal
- Läheiset hoivakodin sosiaalisen ympäristön toimijoina ja osallistujina (2024) Näkökulmia ikääntyneiden ihmisten ympäristöihin Paananen ,Jenny; Luodonpää-Manni, Milla; Rannikko, Johanna
- Muistisairauteen liittyvä stigma osana muistisairaiden ihmisten sosiaalisen kuoleman riskiä (2024)
- Gerontologia
- Social death of older adults residing in nursing homes in Finland (2024)
- Journal of Aging Studies
- Articulating the “Self”. Referring to clients in reflection sequences during Finnish psychotherapy sessions with client-made videos (2023)
- Journal of Pragmatics
- Discussing physical restrictions in care plan meetings between family members of residents with dementia and nursing home staff (2023)
- Dementia
- How do clowns listen?
(Conference abstract: the 7th Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction 2023) (2023) Abstract book Paananen Jenny, Leino Henna, Sandberg Birgitta, Hurmerinta Leila - Interaction between multisensory information and emotional activation in video-facilitated psychotherapy (2023)
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Research
- Jälkisanat (2023) Kieli, hyvinvointi ja haavoittuvuus: Kohti kielellistä osallisuutta Paananen Jenny, Luodonpää-Manni Milla, Lindholm Camilla, Lindeman Meri
- Johdanto: Kielellisestä haavoittuvuudesta osallisuuteen (2023) Kieli, hyvinvointi ja haavoittuvuus: Kohti kielellistä osallisuutta Paananen Jenny, Lindholm Camilla, Lindeman Meri, Luodonpää-Manni Milla
- Kieli, hyvinvointi ja haavoittuvuus: Kohti kielellistä osallisuutta (2023) Paananen Jenny, Lindeman Meri, Lindholm Camilla, Luodonpää-Manni Milla
- Kohtaamattomuudesta ja kohti katsomisesta. Kirja-arvostelu teoksesta Anneli Vainio: Kohtaamattomuus. Enostone kustannus 2023. ISBN 978-952-399-034-0 (2023)
- Kipuviesti
- ”Kyl te olette sit ihmeellisii!” Sairaalaklovnit tuomassa iloa ja osallisuutta muistisairaille asukkaille / ”You two are so peculiar!” Hospital clowns bringing joy and inclusion for residents with dementia (2023) Leino Henna M., Hurmerinta Leila, Paananen Jenny, Sandberg Birgitta
- Läheisten kokemuksia vuorovaikutuksesta hoitohenkilöstön kanssa ympärivuorokautisessa hoidossa (2023)
- Hoitotiede
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