Omsorgsarbete i förändring: En kvalitativ studie om vilken inverkan Covid-19 har haft på hemtjänstens omsorgsarbete
(2021) SOPA63 20202School of Social Work
- Abstract
- During the Covid-19 pandemic, care for the elderly has attracted major attention, leading to
changes in the way home care service is being carried out. In accordance with the Public
Health Agency guidelines, this has resulted in distance measures and in the use of extensive
protective equipment when dealing with the elderly. The aim of this study was to investigate
how these protective measures have affected the conditions under which home care staff are
able go perform relevant care work. Through a qualitative, semi-structured interview study,
my goal was to investigate if the new guidelines were important for the home care staff.
experience of performing relevant care work and, if so, what had changed. The results were
... (More) - During the Covid-19 pandemic, care for the elderly has attracted major attention, leading to
changes in the way home care service is being carried out. In accordance with the Public
Health Agency guidelines, this has resulted in distance measures and in the use of extensive
protective equipment when dealing with the elderly. The aim of this study was to investigate
how these protective measures have affected the conditions under which home care staff are
able go perform relevant care work. Through a qualitative, semi-structured interview study,
my goal was to investigate if the new guidelines were important for the home care staff.
experience of performing relevant care work and, if so, what had changed. The results were
interpreted and analyzed with the help of humanistic personality psychology and human needs
theory.
The results show that the home care staff being interviewed did experience changes due to the
new restrictions, and that they perceived their efforts to be insufficient due to the protective
equipment. However, the study also showed that in contrast to perceived obstacles, there is a
continued perceived reward in the work with the elderly and in the care responsibility of the
home care staff. (Less)
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- author
- Fahlén, Sofie LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20202
- year
- 2021
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Home care, Covid-19, behavior and personality theory, care work
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9042352
- date added to LUP
- 2021-03-24 09:55:18
- date last changed
- 2021-03-24 09:55:18
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abstract = {{During the Covid-19 pandemic, care for the elderly has attracted major attention, leading to
changes in the way home care service is being carried out. In accordance with the Public
Health Agency guidelines, this has resulted in distance measures and in the use of extensive
protective equipment when dealing with the elderly. The aim of this study was to investigate
how these protective measures have affected the conditions under which home care staff are
able go perform relevant care work. Through a qualitative, semi-structured interview study,
my goal was to investigate if the new guidelines were important for the home care staff.
experience of performing relevant care work and, if so, what had changed. The results were
interpreted and analyzed with the help of humanistic personality psychology and human needs
theory.
The results show that the home care staff being interviewed did experience changes due to the
new restrictions, and that they perceived their efforts to be insufficient due to the protective
equipment. However, the study also showed that in contrast to perceived obstacles, there is a
continued perceived reward in the work with the elderly and in the care responsibility of the
home care staff.}},
author = {{Fahlén, Sofie}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Omsorgsarbete i förändring: En kvalitativ studie om vilken inverkan Covid-19 har haft på hemtjänstens omsorgsarbete}},
year = {{2021}},
}