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The long arm of the welfare state shortened: home help in Sweden
- Authors:
- SUNDSTROM G., MALMBERG B.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 5(2), April 1996, pp.69-75.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Old age care in Sweden expanded greatly in all areas in the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1980s, both institutional and in-home services have retreated. Little substitution between the two kinds of care can be observed. Cutbacks relative to demographic needs, and probably also to actual needs, have occurred nationally and locally. Home help is analysed as a metaphor for social services and welfare at large. The strategy has been to give priority to the frailest and oldest clients. Others often have to make do without any services. Also, current recipients of home help services now get different inputs: in the 1980s and earlier, 8 of 10 home help hours were used for homemaking (such as shopping, cooking, cleaning and laundry); in the 1990s about half is used for personal care of clients.
Daycare for elderly people in Sweden: a national survey
- Authors:
- SAMUELSSON L., MALMBERG B., HANSSON J-H.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 7(4), October 1998, pp.310-319.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Describes the current provision of daycare for elderly people in Sweden.