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Logistics of care: Trust-reform and self-managing teams in municipal home care services

Journal of Social Policy, 2023
AbstractThe central idea in trust-reform is to improve service delivery by granting professional autonomy and acknowledging the experiential knowledge of professionals. In this article, we study trust-reform bottom-up from the perspective of frontline care workers.
Helle Cathrine Hansen, Cecilie Basberg Neumann   +1 more
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The influence of individual and municipality characteristics on allocation of long-term care services: a register-based cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Variation in service allocation between municipalities may arise as a result of prioritisation. Both individual and societal characteristics determine service allocation, but previous literature has often investigated these factors separately.
Lisa Victoria Burrell, Hanne Marie Rostad, Tore Wentzel-Larsen, Marianne Sundlisæter Skinner, Maren Kristine Raknes Sogstad   +4 more
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TalkingMats as a decision aid to promote involvement in choice and decision-making around home care services for older people with mild to moderate dementia – study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics, 2023
Background In Sweden, 72% of people with dementia live in ordinary housing. Of these, 50% receive home care services. Older people with dementia may benefit from developments in decision-making support which aim to facilitate their ability to communicate
Anna Dunér, Angela Bångsbo, Tina M. Olsson   +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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Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
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Nurses’ Willingness and Demand for Internet+Home Care Services and the Associated Factors in Municipal Hospitals in China: Cross-Sectional Survey

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023
Background Developing Internet+home care (IHC) services is a promising way to address the problems related to population aging, which is an important global issue. However, IHC services are in their infancy in China. Limited studies have investigated the willingness and demand of nurses in municipal hospitals to
Jinghui Zhang, Sha Peng, Jianmei Hou, Guiyuan Ma, Yanhui Liu, Yuhua Fan, Lingxia Luo, Zhengkun Shi   +7 more
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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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‘We just have to make it work’: a qualitative study on assistant nurses’ experiences of patient safety performance in home care services using forum play scenarios

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective Safety is essential to support independent living among the rising number of people with long-term healthcare and social care needs. Safety performance in home care leans heavily on the capacity of unlicensed staff to respond to problems and ...
Mirjam Ekstedt, Kristina Schildmeijer, Cecilia Fagerström, Sofia Backåberg, Linda Ljungholm   +4 more
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Intra-Organisational Trust and Home Care Services: A Study of the Process of Implementing Trust Based Practices in Municipal Eldercare in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 2021
This article contributes to the discussion concerning intra-organisational trust in home care services. The article is based on a study of organisational change and the implementation process for trust-based management in a Swedish municipality. Collection of material involved several organisational levels in the municipality’s home care service and ...
Magdalena Elmersjö, Elisabeth Sundin
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“Safety at Home”: Experiences From Testing of Video Communication Between Patients and Home Health Care Personnel

SAGE Open, 2017
The implementation of welfare technology in Norwegian municipals is a governmental priority, but there is little research on transfer of technological solutions into regular health care services.
Linda Rykkje, Gunhild H. B. Hjorth
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