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Clustering and inertia: structural integration of home care in Swedish elderly care

International Journal of Integrated Care, 2007
Purpose: To study the design and distribution of different organizational solutions regarding the responsibility for and provision of home care for elderly in Swedish municipalities.
Nils Olof Hedman, Roine Johansson, Urban Rosenqvist   +2 more
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Entrusting life to professionals: A phenomenological hermeneutical study of older persons' participation in prehospital emergency care involving municipal home care and ambulance services

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 2023
AbstractBackgroundParticipation in care is considered to promote safe and qualitative care. Care‐dependent older persons ageing in place have increased emergency care needs, which initiate inter‐organisational collaboration involving municipal home care and ambulance services.
Anna Hjalmarsson, Gunnel Östlund, Margareta Asp, Birgitta Kerstis, Mats Holmberg   +4 more
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Home Based Care Services as Strategy to Support Anti-Retroviral Adherence: The Case of Musoma Municipal, Mara region [PDF]

, 2012
A descriptive qualitative study was conducted to assess whether Home Based Care services can be used as a strategy to support Anti-retroviral adherence for People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Musoma Municipality, Mara region in March 2012. Six public health facilities that are providing ARVs were included in the study; this included the regional ...
Rwezaura, P.K., Rwezaura, Pamela Kokusima   +1 more
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Comparison of Public and Private Home Care Services for Elderly in Gothenburg Region, Sweden 2013

Central European Public Administration Review, 2013
The purpose of this study is to compare and evaluate the public and private home care services for elderly given economic limitations after delegating them to municipality in the Gothenburg Region.
Iwona Sobis
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Health care services for older people in COVID-19 pandemic times – A Nordic comparison [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
Objective To explore the Nordic municipal health and care services’ ability to promote principal goals within care for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design and setting Two surveys were conducted among managers of municipal health care ...
Trond Bliksvær, Therese Andrews, Andrej Christian Lindholst, Auvo Rauhala, Maria Wolmesjö, Timo S. Sinervo, Lisbeth M. Fagerström, Morten Balle Hansen   +7 more
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Evaluation of content validity and feasibility of the World Falls Guidelines’ three key questions to identify falls among older adult users of home care services in Norway

BMC Health Services Research
Background Falls among older adults (65 + years) is an important issue in municipal home care. Screening using the World Falls Guidelines’ three key questions (3KQ) is recommended to identify older adults at increased fall risk, but the 3KQ has not been ...
Rune Solli, Linda Aimée Hartford Kvæl, Nina Rydland Olsen, Therese Brovold   +3 more
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Professional home care providers' conceptualisations of frailty in the context of home care: A focus group study [PDF]

, 2022
Background: In Norway, as in many other countries, more people receive health and care services in their homes than before. Home care professionals provide care and support to people with a range of health and care needs. Older home care service users
Blix, Bodil Hansen, Kjersti Sunde Mæhre, Voie, Kristin Synnøve, Kristin S. Voie, Bodil H. Blix, Larsen, Toril Agnete, Ann Karin Helgesen, Helgesen, Ann Karin, Mæhre, Kjersti Sunde, Toril Agnete Larsen   +9 more
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Nurses' assessments of horizontal collaboration in municipal health and care services for older adults: A cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2021
Interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration is considered key to achieving high-quality care and positive patient outcomes, but there is limited research into how nurses working in nursing homes and home care services perceive collaboration ...
Skinner, Marianne S., Sogstad, Maren, Veenstra, Marijke   +2 more
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Negotiating care in organizational borderlands: a grounded theory of inter-organizational collaboration in coordination of care

BMC Health Services Research
Background Although coordination of care and integrated care models aim to enhance patient satisfaction and perceived care quality, evidence regarding their practical implementation remains scarce.
Ann-Therese Hedqvist, Catharina Lindberg, Heidi Hagerman, Ann Svensson, Mirjam Ekstedt   +4 more
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Efficiency in the Provision of Municipal Nursing- and Home-Care Services: The Norwegian Experience [PDF]

, 2002
Municipalities of Norway are, by law, responsible for provision of care of persons in need, due to old age or physical and psychological handicaps, etc. The care can take place either in institutions or in peoples’ homes. This is public sector production, with a few private not-for-profit institutions, and is the most important municipal spending ...
Erlandsen, Espen, Førsund, Finn R.
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