Support Needs Among Older Tenants Living in Public Housing in Sweden : Perspectives of Janitors and Maintenance Staff
Yadav, Agata LU ; Kylberg, Marianne LU ; Granbom, Marianne LU
; Malmgren Fänge, Agneta
LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne
LU
(2023)
In Journal of Applied Gerontology
42(8).
p.1727-1737
- Abstract
Neighborhood support can improve aging in place for older adults, but research on the role of public housing staff in supporting older tenants is lacking. Twenty-nine participants (janitors, n = 11; maintenance staff, n = 18) collected data about critical situations among older tenants residing in apartments in Sweden. Modifying the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) and applying a mixed-methods design, quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed with descriptive statistics and thematic analysis, integrated through narrative. We found that older tenants asked staff for help with daily tasks. The staff identified CI management dilemmas in meeting older tenants' support needs while following the housing company's... (More)
Neighborhood support can improve aging in place for older adults, but research on the role of public housing staff in supporting older tenants is lacking. Twenty-nine participants (janitors, n = 11; maintenance staff, n = 18) collected data about critical situations among older tenants residing in apartments in Sweden. Modifying the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) and applying a mixed-methods design, quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed with descriptive statistics and thematic analysis, integrated through narrative. We found that older tenants asked staff for help with daily tasks. The staff identified CI management dilemmas in meeting older tenants' support needs while following the housing company's regulations, maintaining professional responsibilities, respecting individual work attitudes and preferences, and experienced a lack of competencies in some situations. Staff members were responsive to offering support in simple, practical, and emotional situations and in addressing matters they perceived as deficits in social and health services.
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- author
- Yadav, Agata
LU
; Kylberg, Marianne
LU
; Granbom, Marianne
LU
; Malmgren Fänge, Agneta
LU
and Iwarsson, Susanne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-04-25
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Ageing in place, corporate social responsibility, municipal housing company, Older adults
- in
- Journal of Applied Gerontology
- volume
- 42
- issue
- 8
- pages
- 1727 - 1737
- publisher
- SAGE Publications
- external identifiers
-
- scopus:85153712458
- pmid:37098132
- ISSN
- 1552-4523
- DOI
- 10.1177/07334648231169130
- project
- Socially sustainable housing policies for people ageing with disability: producing a knowledge base supporting participation and active citizenship
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- f529a955-8077-4c93-a70a-a90ec146cdc8
- date added to LUP
- 2023-05-03 13:23:04
- date last changed
- 2024-04-19 21:16:28
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