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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.
Variations in older people's social and productive ageing activities across different social welfare regimes
- Authors:
- WARBURTON Jeni, GRASSMAN Eve Jeppsson
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 20(2), April 2011, pp.180-191.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study explores voluntary association involvement by older people using a six-regime model with Esping-Andersen's three worlds of welfare as a starting point. Current literature is then used to argue for the inclusion of three additional regime types. The model, with its six illustrative countries, is then used to compare type and level of voluntary association membership and volunteering by older people. The first set of findings is a descriptive account of the context of ageing and social welfare in the six countries and the relationship between this context and volunteering by older people. The second set of findings uses a broad comparative dataset, the World Values Survey (2005–2006), to explore differences in voluntary association involvement more specifically. The analyses suggest that differences across regime types are explainable in terms of the social welfare context. These findings suggest a possible line of approach to understanding differences across countries.
A comparative analysis of personalisation: balancing an ethic of care with user empowerment
- Author:
- RUMMERY Kirstein
- Journal article citation:
- Ethics and Social Welfare, 5(2), June 2011, pp.138-152.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Abingdon
Modern developments in care and support delivery for disabled and older people have led to the expansion of personalisation schemes, where money is paid in substitute for care and support. Although the schemes have been evaluated within their own national contexts, little work has been done so far to explore the theoretical implications of their development and extension, particularly from an ethics of care perspective. This paper fills that gap by drawing on comparative evidence from several schemes across different nations to develop an analysis which draws on feminist theory and an ethics of care approach to examine: the gendered policy outcomes and impact of such schemes; a feminist analysis of the governance implications of personalisation; the implications for the gendered division of work, particularly between paid and unpaid care work and between different groups of paid and unpaid carers; an ethics of care analysis of the impact of personalisation over the lifecourse of disabled and older people, and carers; and a discussion of the relationship between commodification, empowerment, citizenship and choice drawing on the work of care ethicists.
Substitution in statutory and voluntary support for relatives of older people
- Author:
- DAHLBERG Lena
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 13(2), April 2004, pp.181-188.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study investigates the relationship between statutory and voluntary activity in the field of support to family carers of older people in Sweden. The relationship is considered in regard to substitution theory. A survey was conducted comprising 80 local authorities and 358 voluntary organisations. All the local authorities and about a third of the voluntary organisations arranged support activities. The number of activities varied substantially across the municipalities. However, correlation analysis found no significant relationship between local authority and voluntary activity, even though both sometimes arranged the same kinds of activities. This study finds no support for substitution theory. It shows that a higher level of voluntary activity is found in municipalities where the local authority cooperates with or supports voluntary organisations.
Beyond benevolence - solidarity and welfare state transition in Sweden
- Authors:
- BERGMARK A., THORSLUND M., LINDBERG E.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Social Welfare, 9(4), October 2000, pp.238-249.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article discusses the development of Swedish welfare and welfare opinion. First, articulates various representations of the concept of solidarity - societal cohesion, individual support for comprehensive welfare and the amount of universality in the provision of care. Second describes some fundamental traits in the route taken by Swedish welfare during the 1990s, focusing especially on care of the elderly and the demographic challenge of an ageing population. Third summarises the evolution of public opinion regarding welfare provision and discuss the determinants of its variations. The article concludes with a discussion of how the features of universalism have been affected by development during the past decade, and the role of popular support in the route ahead for Swedish welfare.
Welfare policies for older people in transition? Emerging trends and comparative perspectives
- Author:
- DAATLAND S.O.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(3), July 1997, pp.153-161.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
This article examines how the three Scandinavian countries are responding to the seemingly growing gap between demands and resources. Various strategies and approaches are identified and evaluated, and their relevance and potential are discussed in a comparative context across time and between countries.
Strategies for an ageing population: expanding the priorities discussion
- Authors:
- THORSLUND Mats, PARKER Marti G.
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 15(2), June 1995, pp.199-217.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The growing number of oldest old has increased the need for social services and medical care in many countries during the last decade. These needs have been met with various strategies to make more effective and efficient use of resources. In many ways these changes have been successful, but at the same time the amount of success correlates negatively to the potential for further gains. That is, when the slack in the system has been drawn in, it is doubtful whether further gains can be made with these strategies. So what can be done if the public resources are restricted and needs continue to increase? Adequate solutions will require a wide perspective encompassing all the various services needed by elderly people. Decisions made in one sector necessarily have repercussions in other service areas. It is also essential to recognise the differences between sectors; guidelines and strategies developed with the medical sector are not always applicable in the social services sector. With Sweden as an example, the organizational and administrative changes that have occurred during the last decades are presented along with arguments for extending the discussion of strategies an priorities to include all kinds of service to the elderly population.
Social policy and the labour market
- Editors:
- DE JONG Philip R., MARMOR Theodore R.
- Publisher:
- Ashgate
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 733p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Joins micro-economic analysis of social insurance and welfare systems with broader political descriptions of social policy. Gives a sense of the fundamental problem of finding a social welfare system that fits specific economic and cultural conditions. Includes papers on: the Nordic welfare model and the European Union; convergence and divergence in the evolution of the welfare state; private provision of social security; the case for equivalent taxation of social security benefits in the European Union; an international analysis of retirement and economic development; disability and rehabilitation; unemployment insurance; social assistance in comparative perspective; lone mothers, policy and employment in twenty countries; Swedish single parents and social security; social security in Poland in a period of transition; social security reform in the Czech Republic; social security for disabled people in South Africa; China's social security in the context of the national distribution system; and integratability of social welfare systems for a unified Korea.