Ett aktivt val?
En studie om äldre personers boende och vilka mekanismer som styr deras val av boende
ålderdomshemäldreboendeBoendeäldreomsorgCare and help to handicappedHandikappadeVård och rehabiliteringSocial Sciences
The objective of this study was to explore the mechanisms controlling elderly people's choice of staying in there own home.The main questions were: What makes some people move to retirement homes while some people stay in their own home? What is the emotional relation to housing for people in general and elderly people in particular? How does the assessment of aid and application of the law affect elderly people's possibility to choose their way of living? What mechanisms during the twentieth century have controlled the society's way of looking on elderly people's housing? What future scenarios can we expect concerning elderly people's housing?Our method consisted of a literature study combined with qualitative interviews.The authors found a complex picture concerning elderly people's relationship to their housing and the will, wishes and possibilities to move to a retirement home or stay in their own home. One factor that affects elderly people's will to move is a deteriorated health. Another is the increased need of a safe living and access to personnel at all time. Also the assessment of aid and application of the law affect elderly people's possibility to stay at home or to move to a retirement home. Factors as fulfilled safety, strong needs of an own identity, the subjective meaning of an own home and the possibility to make own choices enabled people to stay in their own homes.