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Laitoksissa asuvien vanhusten aliravitsemus
2000
Revisiting the Nordic long-term care model for older people - still equal?
2022
With the extensive long-term care services for older people, the Nordic countries have been labelled ‘caring states’ as reported (Leira, Welfare state and working mothers: the Scandinavian experience, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1992). The emphasis on services and not cash benefits ensures the Nordics a central place in the public service model (Anttonen and Sipilä, J Eur Soc Policy 6:87–100, 1996). The main feature of this ideal model is public social care services, such as home care and residential care services, which can cover the need for personal and medical care, as well as assistance with household chores. These services are provided within a formally and professionally b…
Looking for the Easy Way Out : Demographic Panic and the Twists and Turns of Long-Term Care Policy in Finland
2019
This chapter aims to map the twists and turns in the development of long-term care policy in Finland since the start of the 1990s. The main argument of the chapter is that these changes have to a large part been motivated by what is called here ‘demographic panic’, that is, fear of consequences of population ageing to the public purse. Various policy changes have taken place during the last three decades. Since the late 1980s, Finnish long-term care policies have been made under the shadow of the ‘demographic time bomb’ discourse that argues that care expenditures are to rise exponentially if determined action is not taken to curb the expenditures. As a result, the focus of policy has been …
Electronic Health Records reshaping the socio-technical practices in Long-Term Care of older persons
2020
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) in Long-Term Care (LTC) of older persons are expected to improve resident-centered care by reducing ambiguities in information coordination between LTC workers and organisations. While there are research findings concerning such intended outcomes, we are interested in analysing what sort of other, possibly unanticipated outcomes the use of EHRs in LTC may produce. We argue that the scrutiny of EHRs in LTC requires an understanding of their implementation as socio-technical processes, whereby EHRs are perceived as performative artifacts of LTC rather than technological tools or passive objects. While EHRs have been extensively studied in health-care settings,…
Positive Turn in Elder-Care Workers' Views Toward Telecare Robots.
2022
AbstractRobots have been slowly but steadily introduced to welfare sectors. Our previous observations based on a large-scale survey study on Finnish elder-care workers in 2016 showed that while robots were perceived to be useful in certain telecare tasks, using robots may also prove to be incompatible with the care workers’ personal values. The current study presents the second wave of the survey data from 2020, with the same respondents (N = 190), and shows how these views have changed for the positive, including higher expectations of telecare robotization and decreased concerns over care robots’ compatibility with personal values. In a longitudinal analysis (Phase 1), the positive change…
Aging well in the community: Understanding the complexities of older people's dial-a-ride bus journeys
2021
Older peoples' independent living in their own homes and their ability to move around and maintain social relations in their communities have been acknowledged as important aims to support their well-being. In this article, we study Special Transport Services as a means to support older persons with ‘aging in place’ – that is, within their communities. From “go-alongs” (shared dial-a-ride bus journeys) and “sit-down interviews” (at participant's home or a café) with 12 older people living in a Finnish suburb, we explored their everyday dial-a-ride bus trips to the local mall. We used actor-network theory and the concept of motility to show how at first glance what appeared to be simple dial…
Exploring Associations of Housing, Relocation, and Active and Healthy Aging in Sweden : Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study
2021
Background: While housing and neighborhood features have the potential to impact opportunities for active aging, there is a lack of knowledge related to how older people reason regarding their housing situation and how housing and fulfillment of relocation are associated with active and healthy aging. Objective: The objectives of Prospective RELOC-AGE are to study housing choices and relocation and explore effects on active and healthy aging among men and women aged 55 years and older in Sweden considering relocation. Methods: The estimated sample (2800) will include people aged 55 years and older being listed for relocation at either of two housing companies: a local public housing company…
Omatoiminen arvostettu vanhuus Kangasniemen ja Ristiinan kuntien vanhuspoliittisissa ohjelmissa
1997
Asiakasturvallisuus vanhuspalveluissa
2022
Artikkelissa analysoidaan asiakasturvallisuuden määrittymistä vanhuspalveluita koskevissa politiikka-asiakirjoissa. Asiakasturvallisuutta lähestytään kysymyksenä yhteiskunnallisesta sekä asiakassuhteissa toteutuvasta luottamuksesta. Artikkelissa kysytään, miten asiakasturvallisuus määrittyy asiakirjoissa ja mitä se tarkoittaa luottamuksen näkökulmasta. Tulosten mukaan asiakasturvallisuuden sisältö ja merkitys suhteessa potilasturvallisuuden käsitteeseen on vanhuspalveluissa vasta jäsentymässä. Asiakasturvallisuus määrittyy asiakirjoissa etenkin palveluiden tarjoajien vastuuna turvallisuuskulttuurin kehittämisestä sekä pyrkimyksenä ikääntyneiden asumisen ja asuinympäristön kehittämiseen tekn…
Arviointi- ja kuntoutusyksiköiden asiakkaiden kokemuksia kotiutumistilanteesta
2013
Sairaalahoidosta voi olla ikääntyneelle henkilölle monenlaisia seurauksia. Näitä ovat esimerkiksi sosiaalisen tuen ja kognition heikkeneminen. Akuutin sairauden vuoksi sairaalahoidossa olleet vanhuspotilaat hyötyvät aktiivisesta kuntoutuksesta. Aktiivisen kuntoutuksen ansioista toimintakyky palautuu nopeammin ja laitoshoitoon siirtymisen riski vähenee. Panostamalla ikääntyneiden kotiutumistilanteisiin, vähennetään sekä käyntejä sairaalapäivystyksessä että akuuttisairaanhoidon tarvetta ja ehkäistään paluuta sairaalahoitoon. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää arviointi- ja kuntoutusyksiköstä kotiutuneiden asiakkaiden kokemuksia heidän kotiutumisestaan hoitojaksolta. Tutkimusaineist…