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Influence in elderly and disability care
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Work.
2016 (English)In: 6th European Conference for Social Work Research. Reflective social work practices in contemporary societies:dialogues and new pathways between praxis and research: Book of Abstracts & Programme Book / [ed] Francisco Branco, Inês Amaro, Cristina Albuquerque, Maria Isabel Santos, Ana Oliveira and Inês Guerra, 2016, p. 321-321Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Care for elderly and care for persons with disabilities are two sectors in the welfare state, aiming to give support, care and service when needed. There are both similarities and differences between the two sectors, our interest is how the concept influence has been discussed and understood in this both sectors. Influence is regulated in the Swedish Social Service Act and in the act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments but is operationalized in different ways in care for elderly and care for persons with disabilities. It is for example much more concrete described for the care of persons with disabilities. In the care for elderly, influence is described in a more general way whit diffuse terminology.

The aim with the presentation is to discus differences and similarities in relation to influence and its consequences for the every day life. Laws, policies and previous research are discussed as is interviews with personnel working in respectively sector focusing on their descriptions of what they do at work. Our results show that personnel in the care for persons with disabilities include their clients in their work, influence is more visible for that group, and it is something obvious to consider at work in relation to participation and influence in ones own life. For the personnel in the care for elderly, influence is not as visible as a concept and when they talk about their work, they talk about routines and organisational needs. Our conclusions are that organisational guidelines as well as laws and policy decisions creates different opportunities to make influence for clients possible. 

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2016. p. 321-321
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-122424ISBN: 978-91-40-66828-8 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-122424DiVA, id: diva2:938729
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6th European Conference for Social Work Research, Lisbon, Portugal, March 30 - April 1, 2016
Available from: 2016-06-17 Created: 2016-06-17 Last updated: 2021-07-30Bibliographically approved

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