hig.sePublications
System disruptions
We are currently experiencing disruptions on the search portals due to high traffic. We are working to resolve the issue, you may temporarily encounter an error message.
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • harvard-cite-them-right
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • sv-SE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • de-DE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Omsorgstagaren i fokus? Om delaktighet och självbestämmande på äldreboenden
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work, Criminology and Public Health Sciences, Social Work.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5221-3153
2025 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Description
Abstract [en]

The thesis concerns participation for people with dementia living in nursing homes. The work includes four studies. The first study is based on an analysis of 7 procurement documents (specifying the requirements of three municipalities for private actors who will operate). Procurement documents emphasize the requirement for staff to work for the resident's participation, while there is little in the documents about how staff should be supported. The second study is a scoping review, which showed that the involvement of residents with dementia in nursing homes was limited, and the attitudes of staff/managers to the care recipients' opportunities for participation were significant. The articles in the scooping review have been graded according to a ladder model of involvement to determine whether the person with dementia was involved in the research and their daily life. The third study contains six group interviews with staff. Staff were aware of their demands to work for the residents' participation, and they experienced moral distress when they could not live up to these demands. Staff sometimes act with moral agency according to their moral compass but against the institution's rules. This agency could be either active or passive. The fourth study contains individual interviews with 16 relatives. Furthermore, two co-researchers are also involved. Relatives highlighted the situations that did not favor the residents' participation, and these situations sometimes violated human rights (as we interpreted relatives' narratives). However, some relatives expressed that their loved ones could not participate. The residents were not seen as people with essential knowledge in the daily work at nursing homes; consequently, we can frame that as epistemic injustices. Furthermore, defining dementia as a disability could further strengthen the rights of people with dementia.

Abstract [sv]

Avhandlingen handlar om delaktighet för personer som lever med demenssjukdomar och bor på särskilt boende (SÄBO). Det empiriska underlaget är insamlat i tre kommuner i Mellansverige. Hälften av empirin kommer från kommunalt och hälften från privat drivna boenden. Arbetet består av fyra delstudier där den första bygger på analyser av 7 upphandlingsdokument (20–40 sidor) vilka specificerar de krav som kommunerna ställer på privata aktörer som ska driva SÄBO. Studien visade att policydokument framhåller krav på att personalen ska arbeta för den boendes delaktighet i det dagliga livet på SÄBO. Dokumenten säger dock inte mycket om hur personalen ska stödjas i detta arbete. Studie 2 är en litteraturstudie i form av en scoping review där forskningen på området belyses. Studien visade att delaktigheten för de boende med demenssjukdom på SÄBO var begränsad, och att personalens/chefers attityder till omsorgstagarnas möjligheter till delaktighet var betydelsefullt. De inkluderade artiklarna har graderats utifrån en delaktighetsmodell med flera olika nivåer, för att ge en bild av hur artiklarna beskrev att personer med demenssjukdom var involverade i forskningen och i sina dagliga liv på boendet. Studie 3 består av sex gruppintervjuer med personal (24 personer). Studien handlar om hur personalen upplever situationer som kan tolkas som moralisk stress och därmed även personalens behov av att agera med moraliskt aktörskap. Personalen var medvetna om de höga kraven på dem att arbeta för de boendes delaktighet, men vissa upplevde moralisk stress då de inte kunde leva upp till dessa krav. Personalen agerade ibland med moraliskt aktörskap och handlade efter sin egen moraliska kompass, men mot institutionens regler. Aktörskapet kunde vara antingen aktivt eller passivt. Studie 4 består av enskilda intervjuer med 16 anhöriga. I denna studie involverades två medforskare för att stärka omsorgstagarens perspektiv. Vissa anhöriga belyste situationer som inte gynnade den boendes delaktighet och vi tolkade dessa situationer som att de kunde bryta mot mänskliga rättigheter. Emellertid menade vissa anhöriga att deras närstående inte var kapabla att vara delaktiga. Sammantaget ger de fyra delstudierna en bild av att personer som lever med demenssjukdom på SÄBO är utsatta för orättvisor som påverkar deras möjligheter till att vara delaktiga i det dagliga livet på boendet. Omsorgstagaren ses ibland inte som en relevant kunskapsbärare, vilket påverkar möjligheten till självbestämmande och kan tolkas som en form av epistemisk orättvisa. Personalen har också begränsade möjligheter att resonera med varandra kring sina erfarenheter på SÄBO, vilket i förlängningen påverkar omsorgstagarna. Det är personalen tillsammans med omsorgstagarna och de anhöriga som ska skapa delaktighet i vardagen för de boende på SÄBO i enlighet med vad policydokumenten stipulerar. Att definiera demenssjukdom som en funktionsnedsättning skulle kunna stärka gruppens rättigheter ytterligare och förflytta perspektivet från att personalen ska ha omsorg om den boende till att den boende ska ha rättigheter.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Gävle: Gävle University Press , 2025. , p. 135
Series
Doctoral thesis ; 55
Keywords [en]
participation, self-determination, empowerment, dementia, nursing homes, disability, epistemic injustice, moral distress, moral agency, human rights
Keywords [sv]
delaktighet, självbestämmande, empowerment, demenssjukdom, särskilt boende, funktionshinderperspektiv, epistemisk orättvisa, moralisk stress, mänskliga rättigheter
National Category
Social Work
Research subject
Health-Promoting Work
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-45799ISBN: 978-91-89593-52-7 (print)ISBN: 978-91-89593-53-4 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-45799DiVA, id: diva2:1904668
Public defence
2025-02-07, Krusenstjernasalen, Kungsbäcksvägen 47, Gävle, 10:00 (Swedish)
Opponent
Supervisors
Available from: 2025-01-16 Created: 2024-10-10 Last updated: 2025-01-16
List of papers
1. Prerequisites for empowerment: a study of procurement documents for the provision of care in Swedish nursing homes
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Prerequisites for empowerment: a study of procurement documents for the provision of care in Swedish nursing homes
2023 (English)In: European Journal of Social Work, ISSN 1369-1457, E-ISSN 1468-2664, Vol. 26, no 5, p. 853-868Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Public sector reforms have expanded the number of subcontracted nursing homes in Europe. In Sweden, municipalities contract out nursing homes to various providers through procurement documents, while simultaneously striving for equality in care. This has placed increasing demands on caregivers, in hope of improving care recipients' empowerment and well-being. Consequently, this study has two aims: first, to investigate the prerequisites for empowering care recipients and caregivers in Swedish nursing homes, as expressed in procurement documents; second, to compare procurement documents between municipalities, to determine whether they are (dis)similar based on the objective of care equality. In total, we collected 7 procurement documents, with attachments, from three Swedish municipalities, from 2015 to 2020. Deductive content analysis, based on empowerment theory regarding care recipients and caregivers, was used to analyse the documents. The results indicated an emphasis on empowering the care recipients. The procurement documents placed multiple demands on the caregivers but barely touched on staff empowerment. The municipalities differed in how the providers competed to win the procurement. The result highlights a problematic aspect of the marketisation of nursing homes, namely combining the objective of equality with competition between providers.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2023
Keywords
Long-term care, outsourcing, policy practice, social work and health care, tender documents
National Category
Social Work
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-39962 (URN)10.1080/13691457.2022.2115017 (DOI)000853186000001 ()2-s2.0-85138426355 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2022-09-22 Created: 2022-09-22 Last updated: 2024-12-05Bibliographically approved
2. People With Dementia as Active Agents in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review
Open this publication in new window or tab >>People With Dementia as Active Agents in Nursing Homes: A Scoping Review
2023 (English)In: SAGE Open, E-ISSN 2158-2440, Vol. 13, no 2Article, review/survey (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

People with dementia (PWD) are fragile and need aid and care in their daily lives. This scoping review explores the extent to which PWD can be involved in society and their daily lives. Publications were selected according to PRISMA guidelines. We graded the level of participation/involvement in daily life and research using a five-level participation model developed by Shier. A higher grade means a greater ambition to involve PWD in decisions. Of the 11 included studies, three reached level three according to Shier’s model. The studies describe ways of and potentials for participation, capabilities of PWD, caregivers’ opportunities to foster involvement, and cooperation between PWD caregivers and relatives. Caregivers and managers must have the attitude that PWD can be involved in decisions and caregivers need opportunities to actively promote such involvement. Shier’s model can be a tool with which organizations strive to involve PWD. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
SAGE, 2023
Keywords
dementia; human rights; nursing home; participation; political sociology; social sciences; social work; sociology
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42458 (URN)10.1177/21582440231180585 (DOI)001005246400001 ()2-s2.0-85161719369 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2023-06-26 Created: 2023-06-26 Last updated: 2024-12-05Bibliographically approved
3. Moral Distress and Moral Agency: Staff Experience of Supporting Self-Determination for People with Dementia
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Moral Distress and Moral Agency: Staff Experience of Supporting Self-Determination for People with Dementia
2024 (English)In: Social Sciences, E-ISSN 2076-0760, Vol. 13, no 5, article id 237Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

People living in nursing homes have the right to self-determination, and difficulty in accommodating this right can create moral distress in staff. This study aimed to explore experiences of situations of moral distress and to identify nursing home staffs’ needs to act with moral agency. Six group interviews were conducted with nursing home staff. Content analysis of the interview responses showed that moral distress can be rooted in both concrete situations with residents and factors related to the work environment and policy requirements. Personnel can address moral distress through both active and passive means. Staff acted to address moral distress mainly in situations with residents and sometimes in relation to co-workers, but they did not try to influence the policy level. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2024
Keywords
dementia; moral agency; moral distress; nursing homes; resident autonomy; self-determination; staff experiences; working conditions
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-44330 (URN)10.3390/socsci13050237 (DOI)001231610500001 ()2-s2.0-85193968053 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-06-03 Created: 2024-06-03 Last updated: 2024-12-16Bibliographically approved
4. Human Rights and the Ways Relatives Interpret Participation for People with Dementia in Nursing Homes
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Human Rights and the Ways Relatives Interpret Participation for People with Dementia in Nursing Homes
2024 (English)In: Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, E-ISSN 2365-1792, Vol. 9, p. 595-605Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The exercise of self-determination is a human right; however, for people with dementia (PWD), progressive physical and cognitive impairment negatively affects their decision-making processes. For PWD, it is often relatives who make such decisions. This qualitative study included interviews with sixteen relatives of PWD who live in nursing homes. Research questions are as follows: How do relatives understand the participation of PWD who live in nursing homes? How do co-researchers understand participation and the role of relatives? A co-researcher was consulted when the questions were designed. During the interviews with relatives, photos were used to stimulate discussion. Critical situations in nursing homes were discussed with relatives and later interpreted together with a co-researcher. The findings included an understanding of how relatives played a key role in PWD; however, relatives were concerned that PWD were unable to take part in decisions. In addition, relatives named ways that nursing homes opposed human rights, and the co-researchers also highlighted situations that conflicted with human rights. Classifying dementia as a disability at the policy level could strengthen the rights issues of PWD. The key findings of the study are essential for social workers arranging for placement of PWD in nursing homes. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer, 2024
Keywords
Autonomy; Dementia; Disability; Human rights; Residential care
National Category
Health Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-45392 (URN)10.1007/s41134-024-00322-2 (DOI)001294322500001 ()2-s2.0-85201629371 (Scopus ID)
Available from: 2024-09-02 Created: 2024-09-02 Last updated: 2025-01-07Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(874 kB)98 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 874 kBChecksum SHA-512
df285055d373a33119908445d1217ce75bea681c17e8bb4d4105fe66052d2f7f71cf62508cb1bfaa8de7df2711919dbaf570111db5a1c114e829329f0f21bc0c
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Authority records

Ingard, Cecilia

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Ingard, Cecilia
By organisation
Social Work
Social Work

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 98 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

isbn
urn-nbn

Altmetric score

isbn
urn-nbn
Total: 439 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • harvard-cite-them-right
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • sv-SE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • de-DE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf