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. 2021 Sep;40(9):1020-1028.
doi: 10.1177/0733464820917568. Epub 2020 May 18.

"In August, I Counted 24 Different Names": Swedish Older Adults' Experiences of Home Care

Marie Ernsth Bravell  1 , Maria Bennich  2 , Carola Walfridsson  3
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"In August, I Counted 24 Different Names": Swedish Older Adults' Experiences of Home Care

Marie Ernsth Bravell et al. J Appl Gerontol. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

In Sweden, many older adults receive care in their own homes. However, their perceptions of the experience of receiving home care has not been sufficiently examined. This study aimed to explore older adults' experiences of receiving care and services in their homes and their perceptions of the care that they had received. In-depth interviews were conducted with 29 older adults. There were individual differences in their level of participation, but they mostly perceived their participation in the planning and provision of home care to be limited. Furthermore, their needs (and wishes), especially those that pertained to different aspects of time, were not always gratified. Organizational factors and care providers' lack of competence and high levels of time pressure influenced their perceptions of care. It is important to consider the perspectives of older care recipients when developing home care.

Keywords: care coordination; community; decision making.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Illustration of the three categories (a) participation to limited extent, (b) unmet home care needs, and (c) organizational factors and competence, that emerged from the analysis of the participants’ experiences of home care.
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