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Nummijoki, Jaana; Engeström, Yrjö; Sannino, Annalisa – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2018
This study examines learning in home care visits aimed at systematic facilitation of clients' physical mobility. Building on the theory of expansive learning, we ask what kinds of learning cycles may be identified in home care encounters charged with implementing the new Mobility Agreement practice, what kinds of interplay may be detected between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Home Visits, Home Programs
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Engestrom, Yrjo; Nummijoki, Jaana; Sannino, Annalisa – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2012
This article presents a process of collective formation of a new concept of mobility between home care workers and their elderly clients, who are at risk of losing physical mobility and functional capacity. A new tool called mobility agreement was introduced to facilitate the inclusion of regular mobility exercises in home care visits and in the…
Descriptors: Physical Mobility, Cognitive Ability, Job Skills, Skill Development