Moral Choices and Responsibilities
The Home-help Service at the Borderland of Care Management When Older People Consider Relocation to a Residential Home
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12902134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Söderberg (0000-0003-2083-2245, Lund University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 369-383 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17496535.2020.1776749 |
| OpenAlex | W3035689561 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 31 |
The aim of this article is to reveal how care workers in the home-help services handle the process when older people’s relocation to a residential home is under consideration. Since the care workers are engaged daily in defining care receivers’ needs and yet have no formal influence on care decisions in Sweden, the focus is on how they solve this dilemma. In this inductive study, the theoretical framework is based on occupational alliances, relationship-based practice, and discretion. Thirty-three care workers in home-help services are included in open semi-structured interviews. Prominent features in the findings are that the care workers take their stand at the borderland of care management, when they know or try to find out what is right. The conclusions drawn are that care workers find ways to informally influence the decision-making process, quite contrary to the idea of approaches referred to as purchaser/provider models. The implications for social work policy and practice are that a distinction between assessment and intervention may not benefit the field of eldercare and should therefore be regarded as an area in need of thorough reconsideration
Business · Care work · Dilemma · Discretion · Intervention (counseling · Political science · Process (computing · Public relations · Relocation · Service (business · Service provider · Sociology · Work (physics · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work · Marketing
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |