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1. Marketization in Swedish Eldercare : Implications for Users, Professionals, and the State
Sammanfattning : During the last decades, Swedish policy makers have implemented various marketization reforms into the public welfare sector in order to make it more cost-efficient and to improve its quality. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate what implications this marketization trend has had for the organization of Swedish eldercare. LÄS MER
2. People living with dementia using eldercare in Sweden
Sammanfattning : Dementia is a major public health concern. Due to the progressive nature of the disease, people living with dementia (PlwD) may experience challenges at different stages of dementia deriving from functional, cognitive, and communicative disabilities and as a consequence experience restriction in performing everyday tasks. LÄS MER
3. Does Anybody Care? : Public and Private Responsibilities in Swedish Eldercare 1940-2000
Sammanfattning : Since the 1980s, practically all of the western welfare states have developed social policies, which aim at shifting the responsibilities for welfare services from the state to the family, the civil society or to the market. In Sweden, this political transformation has particularly hit the public eldercare. LÄS MER
4. The quest for cultural sensitivity : how cultural sensitivity can be practised while mitigating othering in Swedish eldercare
Sammanfattning : The need to provide culturally sensitive care for older adults with immigrant backgrounds has been expressed by care professionals. Meanwhile there is a lack of consensus about how this should be done, and critical perspectives in research highlight the danger of causing this group to be viewed as problem bearers. LÄS MER
5. Nursing homes on public display : Reputation management in the new landscape of Swedish eldercare
Sammanfattning : The general perception of Swedish nursing homes has historically been gloomy. Nursing homes have been associated with a passive, isolated, and institutionalised ‘fourth age’ life. Media reports and the public debate have largely stressed the need for organisational improvements, and called for transparency and control. LÄS MER
