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Consuming care and social services: comparisons between Swedish-born older people and older people born outside Sweden
- Authors:
- ALBERTSSON Marie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 16(2), June 2004, pp.99-110.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Compared consumption of public care and social service in Vaxjo municipality among people aged 55 and over born outside Sweden and a corresponding group of Swedish-born older people. Results showed significant differences: less use of mobility allowances, meals-on-wheels and safety alarms among people born outside Sweden, and a higher number of sole relatives as caregivers. Those born outside Sweden who did receive domestic assistance and personal care services also received more extensive help (more that 14 hours a week). The majority (57.6%) were aged 65-79; only 32.3% were 80 plus. Further study is needed to find explanations for these differences at the level of structure, organisation and actors.
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.
Long-term care quality assurance policies in European countries
- Authors:
- DANDI Roberto, et al
- Publisher:
- European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 89p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report present the findings and conclusions of research undertaken in the context of research projects carried out by a consortium of ENEPRI member institutes. This report is a contribution to Work Package 5 of the ANCIEN project, which focuses on the future of long-term care for the elderly in Europe. This report analyses the quality assurance policies for long-term care (LTC) in the following countries: Austria, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. First, it discusses quality assurance in LTC by analysing: the dimensions of quality, the policy frameworks for quality in LTC, the different levels of development of LTC quality policies at the international, national, organisational, and individual levels. Second, it describes the methodology for collecting and analysing data on quality policies in the selected countries. Finally, it discusses the results, identifying four clusters of countries based on quality policies and indicators for LTC. These clusters are compared to the clusters identified in Work Package 1 of the ANCIEN project. Policy recommendations are proposed.
Quality assurance indicators of long-term care in European countries
- Authors:
- DANDI Roberto, CASANOVA Georgia
- Publisher:
- European Network of Economic Policy Research Institutes
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- Brussels
This report present the findings and conclusions of research undertaken in the context of research projects carried out by a consortium of ENEPRI member institutes. This report is a contribution to Work Package 5 of the ANCIEN project, which focuses on the future of long-term care for the elderly in Europe. The report presents the quality indicators that were collected by the ANCIEN project partners in each country. The main contribution of this report is a classification of the quality assurance indicators in different European countries according to three dimensions: organisation type; quality dimensions; and system dimensions. The countries that provided quality indicators, which are used at a national level or are recommended to be used at a local level by a national authority, are: Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In total, 390 quality indicators were collected. Each quality indicator has been assigned to one or more options in each dimension.
Incremental patterns in the amount of informal and formal care among non-demented and demented elderly persons results from a 3-year follow-up population-based study
- Authors:
- WIMO A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 26(1), January 2011, pp.56-64.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Against the assumption that care for older people includes complex interactions between formal services and informal care, this study aimed describe longitudinal patterns in formal and informal care given to older people with and without dementia. The older people studied (who were participating in a longitudinal population-based study on ageing and dementia called the Kungsholmen-Nordanstig Project) were aged 75 years and over, and living at home in a rural area in northern Sweden. They were clinically examined and interviewed at the baseline of the project and at follow-up approximately 3 years later. The researchers found that overall quantified informal care at follow-up for those still living at home was about 3 times larger than formal care. They also found that the amount of informal care was lower for people with dementia still living at home at follow-up than at baseline, probably due to effects such as institutionalisation and mortality, and that having mild cognitive decline and no home support at baseline had a strong association with receiving care or being dead at follow-up.
We're seen the future
- Authors:
- THOMPSON Audrey, HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 28.10.99, 1999, pp.20-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The Royal Commission on Long Term Care was set up by the government to recommend solutions to the problems of long term care in the UK. Looks at the systems in place in Sweden and Denmark.
The politics of care for elderly people in Scandinavia
- Author:
- JAKOBSSON Gunborg
- Journal article citation:
- European Journal of Social Work, 1(1), March 1998, pp.87-93.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Describes the issues currently impacting on the social welfare system in Scandinavia, especially as they affect older people.
Growing older in the community: European projects in housing and planning
- Authors:
- BRECH Joachim, POTTER Philip
- Publisher:
- Anchor Housing Trust/Wohnbund
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 197p.,tables,illus.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Research report looking at how meeting the care and housing needs of older people, to enable them to live in the community for as long as possible, is being tackled by European countries.
Can state supervision improve eldercare? an analysis of the soundness of the Swedish supervision model
- Authors:
- HANBERGER Anders, NYGREN Lennart, ANDERSSON Katarina
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 48(2), 2018, pp.371-389.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
This article examines the assumptions regarding how Swedish state supervision (SSV) of eldercare is to achieve its intended effects. It explores how SSV is intended to work to ensure and improve eldercare quality, and theoretically and empirically assesses the validity of its guiding assumptions with programme theory methodology. The theoretical assessment suggests that most intended effects are partly achieved, though the quality-enhancing assumption finds little support in caring research. The assumption that the supervised parties will improve their compliance with laws and regulations has some validity, but this compliance is temporary and confined to the aspects of eldercare being supervised. Twenty-four interviews with the chairs of Social Welfare Committees and care unit managers provide empirical support for all but two intended effects. SSV has not increased ‘awareness of national regulative demands in eldercare’ or contributed to ‘general quality improvement in eldercare’. Four unintended effects of SSV were also recognised in the interviews—for example, unsupervised caring activities were less prioritised. The authors conclude that, although SSV does little to improve eldercare quality, it is needed for transparency and accountability as well as to hold local governments and public and private service providers to account for compliance with national statutes. (Publisher abstract)
Marketisation of Nordic eldercare: is the model still universal?
- Author:
- MOBERG Linda
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 46(3), 2017, pp.603-621.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
The objective of this article is to analyse whether the increased reliance on marketisation in the provision of social care challenges the universality of eldercare in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. The study focuses on national reforms for contracting out and user choice of provider, analysing their consequences for four universalistic dimensions: (i) equal inclusion, (ii) public funding, (iii) public provision and (iv) comprehensive usage. The findings suggest that, although need-based inclusion and public funding remain key principles in all four countries, there is an increased reliance on private provision in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In addition, the introduction of topping-up services challenges the dimension of comprehensive usage by enabling users with economic resources to turn to the private market to increase the comprehensiveness and quality of their care. (Publisher abstract)