Undersköterskor och vårdbiträde inom äldreomsorgen arbetar med att skapa trygga och meningsfulla förhållande för äldre människor som är i behov av omsorg. Framtida utmaningar kommer att ställa höga krav på omsorgspersonal, därför är syftet med detta arbete att undersöka omsorgspersonalens upplevelser om sin egen psykosocial arbetsmiljö för att kunna öka kunskapen om vad som kan bidra till att den blir hållbar över tid. Detta är en kvantitativ studie med en deduktiv ansats. Data samlades med hjälp av enkätundersökningar från fem enheter som bedriver äldreomsorg inom 2 olika kommuner. Datainsamlingen resulterade i 155 enkäter och en svarsfrekvens på 77,5%. Resultatet visade att de anställda upplever en dålig psykosocial arbetsmiljö som beror på riskfaktorer som höga krav, låg kontroll och bristande socialt stöd som i sin tur leder till sjukfrånvaro. En dålig psykosocial arbetsmiljö kan ha negativa konsekvenser på individ och samhällsnivå, därför kvävs det vidare forskning om hur man kan bidra till ett mer hållbart arbetsliv för medarbetare inom äldreomsorg. / Assistant nurses and care assistants in elderly care work to create a safe and meaningful life for elderly people who are in need of care. Future challenges will place high demands on care staff, therefore the purpose of this work is to examine the care staff's perceptions of their own psychosocial work environment in order to increase knowledge about what can contribute to its sustainability over time. This is a quantitative study with a deductive approach. Data were collected with the help of surveys from five units that provide elderly care in 2 different municipalities. The data collection resulted in 155 surveys and a response rate of 77,5%. The results showed that the employees experience a poor psychosocial work environment that is due to risk factors such as high demands, low control and lack of social support, which in turn leads to sick leave. A poor psychosocial work environment can have negative consequences for the individual and at societal level, therefore further research on how to contribute to a more sustainable working life for employees in elderly care is stifled.

This examine illustrates the section heads' and caregiving staffs' perceptions of the influence of New Public Management (NPM) in public retirement homes in Malmö. A central theme is to investigate if the main features of New Public Management are noticeable and if that's the case, are the consequences an advantage or disadvantage? The main features of New Public Management in this examine are: decentralization, competition, internal market, cost- conscious, management by objectives with a focus on results and costumer focus.To reach answers to the questions above, a quantitative and a qualitative approach has been chosen. The study is based on 41 questionnaires with enrolled nurses/nurse's assistants and four semi-structured interviews with section heads of retirement homes. Four different retirement homes have been participated in this study. To understand the material, two different theories have been chosen; the new- institutional theory and the organization- political theory. These theories are clearly influenced by each other in that term that they are illustrating different perspectives of the phenomena Management bureaucracy. Further, this phenomenon can also be related to New Public Management.The material shows the section heads' of the retirement homes and the caregiving staffs' experience if the main features of New Public Management are implemented in the organization and secondly, which advantages and disadvantages those have occurred. The professionals have different opinions regarding if NPM are noticeable and if the consequences are an advantage or disadvantage. The reached conclusion in this examine is however that New Public Management is visible in the retirement homes of the public sector in Malmö and this is mainly seen as an advantage.

The purpose of the study is to describe and analyze how different professions in elderly care perceive the need for change and how they respond to challenges the elderly care is facing with an increasing heterogeneous generation of elderly in need of care. Further the study wants to describe and analyze differences between the professions perception of needs for change. Through this the study can contribute to increase knowledge in the area of an increasing heterogeneous generation of elderly people and its response to the needs of care. The empirical material has been collected through five semi-structured qualitative interviews where different employee positions in elderly care have been represented. One focus group has also been conducted. The empirical material from these interviews has thereafter been analyzed through the concept of salutogenic approach, forty talists and the third age. The result and conclusions shows that there are similar opinions about the importance of the quality of healthcare in the elderly care. The different employes work with the specific needs of the elderly in different ways and have overall similar goals. The results and conclusions confirm how communication lacks differently in the cooperation with each other. The employes believe that their interaction and cooperation with each other is important for the prospective work with future elderly care.