- Tytuł:
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Privatizing the care for elderly: public and private home care services in the West Gothenburg Region, 2013
Prywatyzacja opieki nad ludźmi starszymi: publiczne i prywatne usługi opiekuńcze w miejscu zamieszkania w regionie Zachodni Goeteborg 2013 roku - Autorzy:
- Sobis, Iwona
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/413296.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2013-12-31
- Wydawca:
- Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
- Tematy:
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home care for elderly
public home care service
private home
care for seniors
care for elderly
seniors
NPM
elderly delegation reform
dom starości
seniorzy
opieka nad starszymi
opieka nad seniorami - Opis:
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This paper is a reaction to a number of critical articles in Gothenburg’s
media about privatized care services for elderly, which were published in the
last year. Home services for elderly are seldom studied separately. Nonetheless
they deserve researchers’ attention since the Swedish authority perceive home
services as the best solution for older people according to Ädelreform of 1992,
secured by the Social Service Act of 1980: 620 (Socialtjänstlag 1980: 620),
19§ and 20§ and its following adjustments that did not changed the first law
in this regard (e.g., Socialtjänstlag 1997: 313; 1998: 384), and since especially
knowledge about differences between public and private agencies providing
home care services for the elderly is severely lacking (Öppna jämförelser:
vård och omsorg om äldre, 2012). Hence, in this paper I ask: What have the
public and private home care providers in common? What differences can be
observed in their understanding of home care services for elderly and working
methods? What lessons can be learned from the implementation of the state
delegation of home care services for elderly to the municipal authorities?
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. The additional aim is to
make politicians conscious about this development. The theoretical model of
delegation and decentralization by Cristiano Castelfranchi and Rino Falcone
(1998) and the Resource Dependency Theory by Pfeffer and Salancik (1978)
constitute the theoretical reference frame. The study is based on an analysis
of state regulation, policy documents and semi-structured interviews with
the chief responsible for public and private home care services for elderly at
the municipal level.
This study reveals that the delegation of care for elderly to the
municipalities faced some serious problems not be solved until 2013 and
surprisingly that these problems are especially seen where the recipients of
such care don’t have a choice on their service provider.
The lesson drawn from the research is that if politicians or other authorities
take away the right from people to make their own decisions about their own
lives this inevitably results in dissatisfaction and subsequent reforms.
Celem artykułu jest porównanie i ocena publicznych i prywatnych domowych usług opiekuńczych dla ludzi starszych w regionie Goeteborg w Szwecji po przekazaniu przez władze centralne odpowiedzialności za te usługi na poziom samorządowy. Artykuł oparty jest na analizie legislacji, dokumentów urzędowych oraz wywiadów z kierownikami instytucji samorządowych odpowiedzialnymi za usługi opiekuńcze dla ludzi starszych w miejscu zamieszkania. - Źródło:
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Przegląd Socjologiczny; 2013, 62, 2; 151 - 180
0033-2356 - Pojawia się w:
- Przegląd Socjologiczny
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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