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Quality reforms in Danish home care – balancing between standardisation and individualisation. |
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Health and Social Care in the Community, 20(3), May 2012, pp.247-254. |
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0966-0410 |
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1365-2524 |
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As a consequence, reforms of Danish home care policy for older people have placed a strong emphasis on quality since the 1990s. Yet, despite relatively generous coverage of the over-65 population, Danish home help services receive regular criticism in the media and public opinion polls. This article examines this reform strategy which represents a shift from the welfare state modernisation programme of the 1980s, built mainly on economic strategies of cost-efficiency and New Public Management principles. Recent reforms have instead attempted to increase the overall quality of care by increasing the transparency at the political, administrative and user levels. However, reforms have revolved around the conflicting principles of standardisation and the individualisation of care provision. This approach has succeeded in increasing the political and administrative control over home help at the expense of the control by users, care workers and case managers. Implications for the future are discussed. |
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article; |
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home help; older people; regulation; social care provision; social policy; standards; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=2193ec75-d8e3-4e4d-9f97-d3b1d3490962 |
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