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Allocation of home care services by municipalities in Norway: a document analysis [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background In Norway, elder care is primarily a municipal responsibility. Municipal health services strive to offer the ‘lowest level of effective care,’ and home healthcare services are defined as the lowest level of care in Norway.
Solrun G. Holm, Terje A. Mathisen, Torill M. Sæterstrand, Berit S. Brinchmann   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Trust-based service innovation of municipal home care: a longitudinal mixed methods study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Abstract Background In Scandinavia, various public reforms are initiated to enhance trust in the healthcare services and the public sector in general. This study explores experiences from a two-step service innovation project in municipal home care in Norway, coined as the Trust Model (TM ...
Tom Eide, Brendan George McCormack, Monika Knudsen Gullslett   +2 more
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Municipal intermediate care services in Denmark and Norway: a cross-country comparative analysis [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Background Intermediate care is increasingly used to reduce hospital admissions and support early discharge from hospital. In Denmark and Norway, health reforms have shifted responsibilities from hospitals to municipalities, prompting the development of ...
Stine Emilie Junker Udesen, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad, Marijke Veenstra, Annmarie Touborg Lassen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Frontline providers’ perspectives on ageing in place: negotiating older adults’ self-responsibility, preventive services and community support [PDF]

BMC Primary Care
Background Ageing in place implies that older adults remain in their own homes while maintaining autonomy and identity. Municipal health and social care services, which constitute the core of community-based primary care for older adults in Norway, are ...
Linda Aimée Hartford Kvæl, Jardar Sørvoll   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Optimising workforce competence in home care services: a scoping review protocol [PDF]

BMJ Open
Introduction Home care services face increasing challenges driven by population ageing, ageing-in-place policies, growing complexity of care needs among home care recipients and shortages of qualified personnel.
Kari Ingstad, Marianne Mareliussen, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Sinikka Lotvonen, Trude Anita Hartviksen   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Navigating safety in practice: a qualitative study of how health care personnel organize medication management in Norwegian home care services [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Medication management for older adults receiving municipal home care services involves daily coordination between home care staff, general practitioners, pharmacies, and hospitals across frequent care transitions and regulatory requirements ...
Thomas Asmelash Habtu, Aud Uhlen Obstfelder, Janne Myhre, Nina Beate Andfossen   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The impact of municipal healthcare setting on the quality of end-of-life care: a population-based cohort study [PDF]

BMC Palliative Care
Background In Sweden, approximately half of all individuals who die receive municipal care prior to death. Access to high-quality palliative care remains unequal, with known disparities between both care settings and diagnostic groups.
Karin Dalhammar, Maria E. C. Schelin, Marie-Louise Möllerberg   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Aging in Place - A mixed methods study protocol of how care providers in Sweden organise and adapt granted home care services to the preferences and needs of people living with dementia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
The project Aging in Place applies a novel approach to investigate how social care services in Sweden are adapted to preferences and needs of older persons (65 years and older) living at home with dementia, including their partners.
Annika Taghizadeh Larsson, Anna Olaison, Lars-Christer Hydén, Mattias Antar, Ceciel Heijkants, Jimmy Lindberg, Sofia Nordmark, Veronika Wallroth, Susanne Kelfve   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Integrating Welfare Technology in Long-term Care Services: Nationwide Cross-sectional Survey Study

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
BackgroundWelfare technologies are often described as a solution to the increasing pressure on primary health care services.
Hanne Marie Rostad, Randi Stokke
doaj   +1 more source

Municipal healthcare professionals’ interprofessional collaboration during older patients’ transitions in the municipal health and care services: a qualitative study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Interprofessional collaboration is vital to assist patients towards a healthy transition in the municipal health and care services. However, no study has so far investigated municipal health care providers’ inter-professional collaboration ...
Marianne Eika, Sigrun Hvalvik
doaj   +1 more source