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- Bergman, Ann-Sofie, Docent i socialt arbete, 1963-, et al.
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Persons with certain functional impairments apply for parenting support : a study of personal assistance assessments in Sweden
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Ingår i: Nordic Social Work Research. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 2156-857X .- 2156-8588. ; 12:1, s. 46-58
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, personal assistance is one form of support for persons with certain functional impairment. The aim of personal assistance is to give compensatory support to individuals so that they can enjoy the right to live a life like anyone else. This article explores what kind of support parents who have functional impairments and apply for personal assistance may need when they have underage children. The article is focused on the following: What support needs in parenting are expressed in personal assistance applications and by whom? How are the expressed needs in parenting met by the intervention personal assistance, i.e. how do the decisions correspond with the expressed needs? The article is based on qualitative and quantitative document-analyses of 100 randomly selected applications for the right to personal assistance submitted to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency by applicants who were parents with children 0–17 years of age, during the years 2014–2017. The central concepts resulting from the analyses of the empirical material were support and care. The results show that in many cases the children were invisible in the material studied. In several investigations, there was no information at all about the applicant’s children. Many applications for assistance were refused. Few parents received assistance in their parenting role. In the documents, we found the following themes in statements about needs for support related to the role as a parent: practical support, care and supervision, support with communication, emotional support and safety, and support to be involved in the children’s lives.
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- Giertz, Lottie, 1954-, et al.
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Family caregivers and decision-making for older people with dementia
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. - : Taylor & Francis Group. - 0964-9069 .- 1469-9621. ; 41:3, s. 321-338
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article addresses the dilemmas concerning legislation, individual autonomy and the reality of everyday life for people coping with dementia. We describe and analyse decision-making in relation to older people with dementia in Sweden, within the area of social work regulated by the Social Services Act and the Parental Act. Swedish legislation is based on the individual's autonomy and capacity to consent to services without anyone having legal authority to decide on behalf of the individual. Based on data from interviews with family caregivers living at home, decision-making through family caregivers is discussed and formal guardianship is also considered. Swedish legislation leaves individuals with dementia and family caregivers in a vacuum between self-determination and full autonomy with the ideal of citizenship emphasised and recognised in the Social Services Act on the one hand, and on the other, a strong need for support in everyday life and with decision-making.
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- Melin Emilsson, Ulla, et al.
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Demens : det normala på äldreboende?
- 2007
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Ingår i: Normer och normalitet i socialt arbete. - Lund : Studentlitteratur. - 9789144022192 ; , s. 275-287
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- Melin Emilsson, Ulla
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Gammal och dement i Europa
- 2006
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Ingår i: Forskning o Resultat - med stöd av FAS. - FAS - Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap. - 1651-8578. ; :2
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