Arbetsliv i hemtjänst : vårdbiträdenas vardagsarbete
(2002)School of Social Work
- Abstract
- Home service is a part of the elderly care activities and lately it had get more attention in research. Home service is a kind of public elderly care, where old people who can´t cope with thier commonplace life or personal care, get help in their ownhomes. The aim with this essay was to try to understand how the assistant nurses workingdays were and to show how homeservice had developed in Sweden. I have used attending observations as a method an my questions was; - What implies working as an assistant nurses? - How has the profession developed and changed though time? Working as an assistant nurses implied taking care of cleaning, washing, shopping, walks and deliver foodbaskets. The help was different from home to home depending on the... (More)
- Home service is a part of the elderly care activities and lately it had get more attention in research. Home service is a kind of public elderly care, where old people who can´t cope with thier commonplace life or personal care, get help in their ownhomes. The aim with this essay was to try to understand how the assistant nurses workingdays were and to show how homeservice had developed in Sweden. I have used attending observations as a method an my questions was; - What implies working as an assistant nurses? - How has the profession developed and changed though time? Working as an assistant nurses implied taking care of cleaning, washing, shopping, walks and deliver foodbaskets. The help was different from home to home depending on the person who lived there. The assistant nurses expressed that they give help but there was also an emotional work. Nursing had become a part of home service, because more people who needed nursing care chose to live att home. The cooperation with nurses had increased. (Less)
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- author
- Eskilsson, Jenny
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2002
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Social problems and welfare, national insurance, Sociala problem, social välfärd, socialförsäkring
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1359207
- date added to LUP
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2004-11-08 00:00:00
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abstract = {{Home service is a part of the elderly care activities and lately it had get more attention in research. Home service is a kind of public elderly care, where old people who can´t cope with thier commonplace life or personal care, get help in their ownhomes. The aim with this essay was to try to understand how the assistant nurses workingdays were and to show how homeservice had developed in Sweden. I have used attending observations as a method an my questions was; - What implies working as an assistant nurses? - How has the profession developed and changed though time? Working as an assistant nurses implied taking care of cleaning, washing, shopping, walks and deliver foodbaskets. The help was different from home to home depending on the person who lived there. The assistant nurses expressed that they give help but there was also an emotional work. Nursing had become a part of home service, because more people who needed nursing care chose to live att home. The cooperation with nurses had increased.}},
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note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Arbetsliv i hemtjänst : vårdbiträdenas vardagsarbete}},
year = {{2002}},
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