Ingemar Kåreholt
Biographic Data
| ID | 386928 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ingemar Kåreholt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ingemar |
| FAMILY NAME | Kåreholt |
| SIGNATURE | KÅREHOLT I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jönköping University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8617-0355 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 104 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Child welfare social workers’ working conditions
The study investigated the relationship between how child welfare social workers (n = 309) assessed their first-line managers’ leadership and how they perceived their working conditions. A cross-sectional survey, based on the QPS Nordic questionnaire, was conducted in Stockholm County, Sweden. The analyses focused on the extent to which social workers assessed the leadership of their first-line managers to be empowering, supportive, and fair, and…
The specialization/collaboration paradox
Existing research highlights the trend of organizing social services into specialized units, addressing specific areas such as child welfare. Further specialization within child welfare extends to target groups (youth vs child) and work task dimensions. The literature remains inconclusive about whether specialization enhances or hinders social work practice. Potential drawbacks of specialization, like gaps between services and a lack of a holisti…
Midlife financial stress and cognitive and physical impairments in older age
How Do Child Welfare Social Workers Assess the Leadership of Their First-line Managers? A 15-Year Perspective
The study aimed to investigate how child welfare social workers assessed the leadership of their first-line managers over a period of fifteen years and to examine whether the assessments have changed over time. More specifically, the analysis focused on the extent to which social workers perceive the leadership of their first-line managers to be empowering, supportive and fair. Data were collected in the years 2003 (n = 293), 2014 (n = 300) and 2…
Immigration and access to dementia diagnostics and treatment
Compared to Swedish-born people, foreign-born people were less likely to receive dementia diagnostic tests.•Being born in Africa or Europe was associated with lower chance of receiving cholinesterase inhibitors.•Asian-born people had higher chance of receiving cholinesterase inhibitors, but were less likely to receive memantine.•Disparities existed in dementia diagnostics and treatment between Swedish-born and foreign-born people, but were not co…
Social work in an assembly line? The development of specialisation in child welfare and further internal division of work between 2003 and 2018
Organisational specialisation characterises present social work in Sweden as internationally. Specialisation is often expected to lead to higher professional expertise. This study provides an overview of the development of specialisation and workforce characteristics in child welfare based on survey data collected in 2003, 2014 and 2018. The aim was to describe the development of specialisation and discuss the conditions for professional expertis…
Lower Demands but Less Meaningful Work? Changes in Work Situation and Health among Social Workers in a 15-Year Perspective
The study aimed to investigate how working conditions, intention to leave and self-rated health among Swedish social workers in child welfare have developed over the course of fifteen years. In 2003 (n = 309), 2014 (n = 313) and 2018 (n = 305), the same questionnaire was distributed to social workers who were working with the same tasks in the same geographical areas. The results show that the social workers in 2018 overall rate their working con…
Factors in the psychosocial work environment of staff are associated with satisfaction with care among older persons receiving home care services
Older persons in Sweden are increasingly encouraged to continue living at home and, if necessary, be supported by home care services (HCS). Studies have examined whether the work environment of staff has an impact on the experiences and well-being of older persons in residential care facilities, but few have examined such associations in HCS. This study examined associations between home care staff's perceptions of their psychosocial work environ…
Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age
In response to the rising financial pressure on old-age pension systems in industrialised economies, many European countries plan to increase the eligibility age for retirement pensions. We used data from Sweden to examine whether (and if so, how) retirement after age 65 – the eligibility age for basic pension – compared to retiring earlier affects older adults’ (between ages 70 and 85) cognitive functioning. Using a propensity score matching (PS…
Psychosocial working conditions across working life may predict late-life physical function
Promoting a healthier workplace by reducing chronic stress and inducing intellectual stimulation, control, and personal growth may contribute to better late-life physical function
Linking financial hardship throughout the life-course with psychological distress in old age
Different indicators of socioeconomic status and their relative importance as determinants of health in old age
Our results indicate overlapping properties between socioeconomic status indicators in relation to late-life health. However, income is associated to late-life health independently of all other variables. Moreover, income did not perform substantially worse than the composite SES-index in capturing health variation. Thus, if the primary objective of including an indicator of socioeconomic status is to adjust the model for socioeconomic difference…
Work Stressors in Late Midlife and Physical Functioning in Old Age
Work stressors in late midlife are important predictors of physical functioning in older adults. However, women and men seem to be vulnerable to different work stressors
Midlife Work-Related Stress Increases Dementia Risk in Later Life
Midlife work-related stress increases the risk for MCI, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease in later life. The association was not seen after the extended follow-up possibly reflecting selective survival/participation, heterogeneity in dementia among the oldest old, and a critical time window for the effects of midlife stress
Are Occupational Complexity and Socioeconomic Position Related to Psychological Distress 20 Years Later
With social gradient not easily amenable to modification, efforts to increase engagement at work may offer a viable option to attenuate the influence of work environment on psychological distress later in life
Rapid decrease in length of stay in institutional care for older people in Sweden between 2006 and 2012
There is limited knowledge about older people's length of stay (time until death) in institutional care and how it has changed over time. The aim of this study was to analyse changes in the length of stay for older people in institutional care between 2006 and 2012. All persons 65+ living in Kungsholmen (an urban area of Stockholm), who moved to an institution between 2006 and 2012, were included (N = 1103). The data source was the care system pa…
Alcohol abstinence, non-hazardous use and hazardous use a decade after alcohol-related hospitalization
Following alcohol-related hospitalization, abstinence increased, and there was no evidence of regression towards the mean, i.e., towards non-hazardous use. Abstinence was also more widespread among previously hospitalized persons of older ages. With advancing age, changing hazardous alcohol habits among previously hospitalized appears to yield a trend towards promotion of abstinence
Associations between work-related stress in late midlife, educational attainment, and serious health problems in old age
The results underscore the importance of work-related stress for long-term health. Modification to work environment to reduce work stress (e.g., providing opportunities for self-direction/monitoring levels of psychological job demands) may serve as a springboard for the development of preventive strategies to improve public health both before and after retirement
The Role of Midlife Occupational Complexity and Leisure Activity in Late-Life Cognition
Results are discussed in terms of using work complexity to compensate for lack of leisure activity as well as in terms of promoting leisure engagement to compensate for long-term cognitive disadvantage imposed by working in less challenging occupations
Education-related differences in physical performance after age 60
Higher education was associated with better lower extremity performance in people aged 60 to 80, but not in advanced age (80+ years). Our results indicate that higher education is associated with better grip strength among female manual workers and with better balance and walking speed among female and male non-manual workers, respectively
Women experiencing severe violence in all social groups suffer long-term negative economic consequences
This study examined long-term socio-economic patterns among women aged 18–64 who suffered violence leading to inpatient care. Using data from Swedish national registers for 1992–2005, 6,085 such cases were compared to a random population sample of 55,016 women. Women exposed to violence had less paid work, lower income and a higher risk of claiming means-tested income support. Exposure to violence resulted in long-term negative economic consequen…
The Association Between Mid-Life Socioeconomic Position and Health After Retirement—Exploring the Role of Working Conditions
Improving physical working conditions may be important for reducing the influence of socioeconomic position on health after retirement
Education and Poststroke Separation Among Couples With Mutual Children
The objective of this study based on Swedish registers is to examine the influence of socioeconomic position on poststroke divorce and separation using education as a marker. People aged 18 to 64 who suffered a first stroke between 1992 and 2005 were included if they were married or cohabiting and had mutual children. The material included 42,026 first stroke cases and 424,281 nonexposed persons, both populations divided into three different educ…
Income and education as predictors of return to working life among younger stroke patients
The study demonstrates that education and income were independent predictors of returning to work among stroke patients during the first post-stroke years. Taking the relative risk of return to work among those in the higher socioeconomic positions as the benchmark, there may be considerable room for improvement among patients in lower socioeconomic strata
Recurring alcohol-related care between 1998 and 2007 among people treated for an alcohol-related disorder in 1997
While middle-aged males with alcohol dependence were in a revolving door, young female inpatients with intoxication diagnosis returned to a comparably lower degree
Complexity of Primary Lifetime Occupation and Cognition in Advanced Old Age
Complexity of primary lifetime occupation may be reflected in cognitive functioning even in advanced old age. This effect may be independent of education or occupational status
Rapid decrease in length of stay in institutional care for older people in Sweden between 2006 and 2012
There is limited knowledge about older people's length of stay (time until death) in institutional care and how it has changed over time. The aim of this study was to analyse changes in the length of stay for older people in institutional care between 2006 and 2012. All persons 65+ living in Kungsholmen (an urban area of Stockholm), who moved to an institution between 2006 and 2012, were included (N = 1103). The data source was the care system pa…
The effect of point of reference on the association between self-rated health and mortality
The Role of Midlife Occupational Complexity and Leisure Activity in Late-Life Cognition
Results are discussed in terms of using work complexity to compensate for lack of leisure activity as well as in terms of promoting leisure engagement to compensate for long-term cognitive disadvantage imposed by working in less challenging occupations
According to need? Predicting the amount of municipal home help allocated to elderly recipients in an urban area of Sweden
Given the cutbacks which have been carried out in the Swedish welfare state despite the unchanged official policy of allocation of home help services according to needs, it is essential to evaluate the factors which guide the allocation of home help today. Whereas numerous studies have identified factors which predict entry into the home help system, the present paper concentrates on predictors of the amount of home help amongst those allocated a…
Indicators of Job Strain at Midlife and Cognitive Functioning in Advanced Old Age
Job control at midlife, by itself and in combination with job demands, may influence cognitive functioning later above and beyond demographic variables and other occupational characteristics
The Precariously Housed and the Risk of Homelessness
This study is intended as a contribution to the ongoing US and European debate on housing inequality and homelessness. We do this by focusing on the problems faced by the 'precariously housed', or people repeatedly threatened with eviction, in the advanced welfare state of Sweden. Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of individuals repeatedly threatened with eviction in Sweden in the period 1982-86. Using proportional hazard regressions, w…
Predictors of Physical Function among the Oldest Old
This study has measured physical function in a nationally representative sample of persons aged 77 to 98 (N = 508) in 1992. Three measures of function are used: activities of daily living (ADL), an index of mobility, and performance tests. These are used as outcomes and analyzed in relation to variables gathered in a survey in 1968. Variables from 1968 include education, mobility, smoking, and an index of circulation problems. All four variables …
Linking financial hardship throughout the life-course with psychological distress in old age
Lower Demands but Less Meaningful Work? Changes in Work Situation and Health among Social Workers in a 15-Year Perspective
The study aimed to investigate how working conditions, intention to leave and self-rated health among Swedish social workers in child welfare have developed over the course of fifteen years. In 2003 (n = 309), 2014 (n = 313) and 2018 (n = 305), the same questionnaire was distributed to social workers who were working with the same tasks in the same geographical areas. The results show that the social workers in 2018 overall rate their working con…
How Do Child Welfare Social Workers Assess the Leadership of Their First-line Managers? A 15-Year Perspective
The study aimed to investigate how child welfare social workers assessed the leadership of their first-line managers over a period of fifteen years and to examine whether the assessments have changed over time. More specifically, the analysis focused on the extent to which social workers perceive the leadership of their first-line managers to be empowering, supportive and fair. Data were collected in the years 2003 (n = 293), 2014 (n = 300) and 2…
Social work in an assembly line? The development of specialisation in child welfare and further internal division of work between 2003 and 2018
Organisational specialisation characterises present social work in Sweden as internationally. Specialisation is often expected to lead to higher professional expertise. This study provides an overview of the development of specialisation and workforce characteristics in child welfare based on survey data collected in 2003, 2014 and 2018. The aim was to describe the development of specialisation and discuss the conditions for professional expertis…
Work Stressors in Late Midlife and Physical Functioning in Old Age
Work stressors in late midlife are important predictors of physical functioning in older adults. However, women and men seem to be vulnerable to different work stressors
The Effect of the Duration of Follow-Up in Mortality Analysis
Of the presented mechanisms affecting predictive strength, results suggest the importance of the instability of predictors over time. Especially in old populations, predictors that can change rapidly (e.g., health) are strongest for the short term, revealing a lower average mortality risk for longer follow-ups. Rather stable variables (e.g., gender or social contacts) are not affected by the length of follow-up. When average risk is studied over …
The relationship between heart problems and mortality in different social classes
Factors in the psychosocial work environment of staff are associated with satisfaction with care among older persons receiving home care services
Older persons in Sweden are increasingly encouraged to continue living at home and, if necessary, be supported by home care services (HCS). Studies have examined whether the work environment of staff has an impact on the experiences and well-being of older persons in residential care facilities, but few have examined such associations in HCS. This study examined associations between home care staff's perceptions of their psychosocial work environ…
Do cognitively stimulating activities affect the association between retirement timing and cognitive functioning in old age
In response to the rising financial pressure on old-age pension systems in industrialised economies, many European countries plan to increase the eligibility age for retirement pensions. We used data from Sweden to examine whether (and if so, how) retirement after age 65 – the eligibility age for basic pension – compared to retiring earlier affects older adults’ (between ages 70 and 85) cognitive functioning. Using a propensity score matching (PS…
Midlife Work-Related Stress Increases Dementia Risk in Later Life
Midlife work-related stress increases the risk for MCI, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease in later life. The association was not seen after the extended follow-up possibly reflecting selective survival/participation, heterogeneity in dementia among the oldest old, and a critical time window for the effects of midlife stress
Are Occupational Complexity and Socioeconomic Position Related to Psychological Distress 20 Years Later
With social gradient not easily amenable to modification, efforts to increase engagement at work may offer a viable option to attenuate the influence of work environment on psychological distress later in life
The Association Between Mid-Life Socioeconomic Position and Health After Retirement—Exploring the Role of Working Conditions
Improving physical working conditions may be important for reducing the influence of socioeconomic position on health after retirement
The Precariously Housed and the Risk of Homelessness
This study is intended as a contribution to the ongoing US and European debate on housing inequality and homelessness. We do this by focusing on the problems faced by the 'precariously housed', or people repeatedly threatened with eviction, in the advanced welfare state of Sweden. Our empirical analysis is based on a sample of individuals repeatedly threatened with eviction in Sweden in the period 1982-86. Using proportional hazard regressions, w…
Predictors of Physical Function among the Oldest Old
This study has measured physical function in a nationally representative sample of persons aged 77 to 98 (N = 508) in 1992. Three measures of function are used: activities of daily living (ADL), an index of mobility, and performance tests. These are used as outcomes and analyzed in relation to variables gathered in a survey in 1968. Variables from 1968 include education, mobility, smoking, and an index of circulation problems. All four variables …
The relationship between heart problems and mortality in different social classes
The effect of point of reference on the association between self-rated health and mortality
The Effect of the Duration of Follow-Up in Mortality Analysis
Of the presented mechanisms affecting predictive strength, results suggest the importance of the instability of predictors over time. Especially in old populations, predictors that can change rapidly (e.g., health) are strongest for the short term, revealing a lower average mortality risk for longer follow-ups. Rather stable variables (e.g., gender or social contacts) are not affected by the length of follow-up. When average risk is studied over …
According to need? Predicting the amount of municipal home help allocated to elderly recipients in an urban area of Sweden
Given the cutbacks which have been carried out in the Swedish welfare state despite the unchanged official policy of allocation of home help services according to needs, it is essential to evaluate the factors which guide the allocation of home help today. Whereas numerous studies have identified factors which predict entry into the home help system, the present paper concentrates on predictors of the amount of home help amongst those allocated a…
Complexity of Primary Lifetime Occupation and Cognition in Advanced Old Age
Complexity of primary lifetime occupation may be reflected in cognitive functioning even in advanced old age. This effect may be independent of education or occupational status
After work
After Work. The long-term effects of work environment on the association between adult socioeconomic position and ill health among the elderlyThe aim of this study is to analyse the long-term effects of work environment on the association between adult socioeconomic position (SEP) and six ill health outcomes among the elderly.Data was drawn from the longitudinal Level of Living and the SWEOLD-surveys. The individuals are followed from 1968 to 199…
Education and Poststroke Separation Among Couples With Mutual Children
The objective of this study based on Swedish registers is to examine the influence of socioeconomic position on poststroke divorce and separation using education as a marker. People aged 18 to 64 who suffered a first stroke between 1992 and 2005 were included if they were married or cohabiting and had mutual children. The material included 42,026 first stroke cases and 424,281 nonexposed persons, both populations divided into three different educ…
Income and education as predictors of return to working life among younger stroke patients
The study demonstrates that education and income were independent predictors of returning to work among stroke patients during the first post-stroke years. Taking the relative risk of return to work among those in the higher socioeconomic positions as the benchmark, there may be considerable room for improvement among patients in lower socioeconomic strata
Recurring alcohol-related care between 1998 and 2007 among people treated for an alcohol-related disorder in 1997
While middle-aged males with alcohol dependence were in a revolving door, young female inpatients with intoxication diagnosis returned to a comparably lower degree
Indicators of Job Strain at Midlife and Cognitive Functioning in Advanced Old Age
Job control at midlife, by itself and in combination with job demands, may influence cognitive functioning later above and beyond demographic variables and other occupational characteristics
Education-related differences in physical performance after age 60
Higher education was associated with better lower extremity performance in people aged 60 to 80, but not in advanced age (80+ years). Our results indicate that higher education is associated with better grip strength among female manual workers and with better balance and walking speed among female and male non-manual workers, respectively
Women experiencing severe violence in all social groups suffer long-term negative economic consequences
This study examined long-term socio-economic patterns among women aged 18–64 who suffered violence leading to inpatient care. Using data from Swedish national registers for 1992–2005, 6,085 such cases were compared to a random population sample of 55,016 women. Women exposed to violence had less paid work, lower income and a higher risk of claiming means-tested income support. Exposure to violence resulted in long-term negative economic consequen…
The Association Between Mid-Life Socioeconomic Position and Health After Retirement—Exploring the Role of Working Conditions
Improving physical working conditions may be important for reducing the influence of socioeconomic position on health after retirement
Alcohol abstinence, non-hazardous use and hazardous use a decade after alcohol-related hospitalization
Following alcohol-related hospitalization, abstinence increased, and there was no evidence of regression towards the mean, i.e., towards non-hazardous use. Abstinence was also more widespread among previously hospitalized persons of older ages. With advancing age, changing hazardous alcohol habits among previously hospitalized appears to yield a trend towards promotion of abstinence
Associations between work-related stress in late midlife, educational attainment, and serious health problems in old age
The results underscore the importance of work-related stress for long-term health. Modification to work environment to reduce work stress (e.g., providing opportunities for self-direction/monitoring levels of psychological job demands) may serve as a springboard for the development of preventive strategies to improve public health both before and after retirement
The Role of Midlife Occupational Complexity and Leisure Activity in Late-Life Cognition
Results are discussed in terms of using work complexity to compensate for lack of leisure activity as well as in terms of promoting leisure engagement to compensate for long-term cognitive disadvantage imposed by working in less challenging occupations
Are Occupational Complexity and Socioeconomic Position Related to Psychological Distress 20 Years Later
With social gradient not easily amenable to modification, efforts to increase engagement at work may offer a viable option to attenuate the influence of work environment on psychological distress later in life
Rapid decrease in length of stay in institutional care for older people in Sweden between 2006 and 2012
There is limited knowledge about older people's length of stay (time until death) in institutional care and how it has changed over time. The aim of this study was to analyse changes in the length of stay for older people in institutional care between 2006 and 2012. All persons 65+ living in Kungsholmen (an urban area of Stockholm), who moved to an institution between 2006 and 2012, were included (N = 1103). The data source was the care system pa…
Work Stressors in Late Midlife and Physical Functioning in Old Age
Work stressors in late midlife are important predictors of physical functioning in older adults. However, women and men seem to be vulnerable to different work stressors
Midlife Work-Related Stress Increases Dementia Risk in Later Life
Midlife work-related stress increases the risk for MCI, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease in later life. The association was not seen after the extended follow-up possibly reflecting selective survival/participation, heterogeneity in dementia among the oldest old, and a critical time window for the effects of midlife stress
Different indicators of socioeconomic status and their relative importance as determinants of health in old age
Our results indicate overlapping properties between socioeconomic status indicators in relation to late-life health. However, income is associated to late-life health independently of all other variables. Moreover, income did not perform substantially worse than the composite SES-index in capturing health variation. Thus, if the primary objective of including an indicator of socioeconomic status is to adjust the model for socioeconomic difference…
Linking financial hardship throughout the life-course with psychological distress in old age
Psychosocial working conditions across working life may predict late-life physical function
Promoting a healthier workplace by reducing chronic stress and inducing intellectual stimulation, control, and personal growth may contribute to better late-life physical function
Medicine (26 works) · Gerontology (22 works) · Psychology (21 works) · Demography (17 works) · Demography (16 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (15 works) · Population (13 works) · Psychiatry (13 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (11 works)