Oddvar Førland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4244842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oddvar Førland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oddvar |
| FAMILY NAME | Førland |
| SIGNATURE | FØRLAND O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4677-0548 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Supported Decision-Making for People with Intellectual Disabilities
This article examines the understandings and experiences of municipal frontline employees regarding supported decision-making for individuals with intellectual disabilities. It analyses experience-sharing dialogues and focus group interviews with staff members working in group homes and day-care services in Norway. The data were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. The findings suggest that authentic supported decision-making may be co…
Variable and Vague Implementation
The national guide ‘Good Health and Care Services for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ was launched in 2021, the first of its kind in Norway. This study aimed to explore municipalities’ awareness, understanding, and use of this guide. Focus group interviews were conducted with unit managers, first-line managers, and frontline employees. A total of 39 people from 13 municipalities participated. Findings indicate weak and unsystematic implem…
Intended, Unintended, Unanticipated? Consequences of Social Distancing Measures for Nursing Home Residents During the Covid-19 Pandemic
During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian health authorities introduced social distancing measures in nursing homes. The aim was to protect vulnerable residents from contracting the potentially deadly infection. Drawing on individual interviews with nursing home managers and physicians, and focus groups with nursing staff, we explore and describe consequences the social distancing measures had on nursing home residents' health and w…
Contested care
In Norway and elsewhere, care provision for frail elderly populations faces pressure from austerity measures and neoliberal governance. Public long-term care services are continually reconfigured through new policy measures (for example, ‘ageing in place’) and emphasis on ‘principles for prioritisation’. This study utilises ethnographic approaches to provide new insights into the prevailing contestation and devaluation of care work. Care work is …
Does context matter? Voluntary work in long-term care
Introduction: Increased voluntary work in long-term care (LTC) is encouraged in white papers in Norway as well as in many other western states. This is due to the growth in the number of service recipients and a subsequent economic burden for the state. Voluntary work in nursing homes and home care services take place in different spatial contexts, but little attention has been paid to how the different contexts may potentially influence the poss…
Driving forces for home-based reablement; a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences
As a result of the ageing population worldwide, there has been a growing international interest in a new intervention termed ‘reablement’. Reablement is an early and time-limited home-based intervention with emphasis on intensive, goal-oriented and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for older adults in need of rehabilitation or at risk of functional decline. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe how older adults experienced participatio…
Universell moralitet og samfunnsskapt etikk? Bakgrunn for og kontroverser i Zygmunt Baumans moralsosiologi
Universal morality and socially constructed ethics? Background and controversies in Zygmunt Bauman s sociology of morality This article discusses the background and some of the controversy surrounding Zygmunt Bauman s sociology of morality. In much of his extensive writing, ethics has been a recurrent theme – he has contributed significantly to putting ethical issues on the sociological agenda. Bauman is highly critical of what he calls the canon…
Driving forces for home-based reablement; a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences
As a result of the ageing population worldwide, there has been a growing international interest in a new intervention termed ‘reablement’. Reablement is an early and time-limited home-based intervention with emphasis on intensive, goal-oriented and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for older adults in need of rehabilitation or at risk of functional decline. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe how older adults experienced participatio…
Contested care
In Norway and elsewhere, care provision for frail elderly populations faces pressure from austerity measures and neoliberal governance. Public long-term care services are continually reconfigured through new policy measures (for example, ‘ageing in place’) and emphasis on ‘principles for prioritisation’. This study utilises ethnographic approaches to provide new insights into the prevailing contestation and devaluation of care work. Care work is …
Universell moralitet og samfunnsskapt etikk? Bakgrunn for og kontroverser i Zygmunt Baumans moralsosiologi
Universal morality and socially constructed ethics? Background and controversies in Zygmunt Bauman s sociology of morality This article discusses the background and some of the controversy surrounding Zygmunt Bauman s sociology of morality. In much of his extensive writing, ethics has been a recurrent theme – he has contributed significantly to putting ethical issues on the sociological agenda. Bauman is highly critical of what he calls the canon…
Driving forces for home-based reablement; a qualitative study of older adults’ experiences
As a result of the ageing population worldwide, there has been a growing international interest in a new intervention termed ‘reablement’. Reablement is an early and time-limited home-based intervention with emphasis on intensive, goal-oriented and interdisciplinary rehabilitation for older adults in need of rehabilitation or at risk of functional decline. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe how older adults experienced participatio…
Does context matter? Voluntary work in long-term care
Introduction: Increased voluntary work in long-term care (LTC) is encouraged in white papers in Norway as well as in many other western states. This is due to the growth in the number of service recipients and a subsequent economic burden for the state. Voluntary work in nursing homes and home care services take place in different spatial contexts, but little attention has been paid to how the different contexts may potentially influence the poss…
Intended, Unintended, Unanticipated? Consequences of Social Distancing Measures for Nursing Home Residents During the Covid-19 Pandemic
During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Norwegian health authorities introduced social distancing measures in nursing homes. The aim was to protect vulnerable residents from contracting the potentially deadly infection. Drawing on individual interviews with nursing home managers and physicians, and focus groups with nursing staff, we explore and describe consequences the social distancing measures had on nursing home residents' health and w…
Contested care
In Norway and elsewhere, care provision for frail elderly populations faces pressure from austerity measures and neoliberal governance. Public long-term care services are continually reconfigured through new policy measures (for example, ‘ageing in place’) and emphasis on ‘principles for prioritisation’. This study utilises ethnographic approaches to provide new insights into the prevailing contestation and devaluation of care work. Care work is …
Supported Decision-Making for People with Intellectual Disabilities
This article examines the understandings and experiences of municipal frontline employees regarding supported decision-making for individuals with intellectual disabilities. It analyses experience-sharing dialogues and focus group interviews with staff members working in group homes and day-care services in Norway. The data were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. The findings suggest that authentic supported decision-making may be co…
Variable and Vague Implementation
The national guide ‘Good Health and Care Services for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities’ was launched in 2021, the first of its kind in Norway. This study aimed to explore municipalities’ awareness, understanding, and use of this guide. Focus group interviews were conducted with unit managers, first-line managers, and frontline employees. A total of 39 people from 13 municipalities participated. Findings indicate weak and unsystematic implem…
Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Healthcare innovation and challenges (2 works) · Intellectual disability (2 works) · Norwegian (2 works) · Nursing homes (2 works) · Political science (2 works)