The purpose of our work is to investigate how public administrators relate to individuals' self- determination and, if so, how it manifests in the working process. We would also like to investigate the different factors that could influence the self- determination of the elderly. To get answers to our purpose we have come up with the following research questions: What knowledge do the public administrators have about the core values? How will the self- determination of the elderly express itself in the working process? How much space is assigned to the self- determination of the elderly in the working process? What are the guidelines and routines in the public sector regarding the working process and do these affect the elderlies influence and participation?Our investigation builds on a qualitative platform where we have presupposed the perspective of the participants and targeted the public administrators perceptive and experience regarding self- determination in the working process. The method we have used is semi-structured interviews with where we have interviewed six accommodation public servants employed within Malmö Stad. We have then, based on our collected material, chosen relevant theories to analyse our empiric material. We have chosen the theoretical concept of limitation and the salutogenic perspective. The investigation reveals that the public servants have two ways to view core values and self- determination. Other conclusions we have discovered is that accommodation public servants have different approaches regarding the limitations of their work process. We have also identified conclusions that capture how the guidelines and routines in the public sector are followed and in what way this may affect the participation and influence of the elderly, Next of kin reveals itself as a restricting factor for the self- determination of the elderly in certain situations. We have noticed that a salutogene perspective stands out in the public servants work process as they adapt the self- determination by the individuals understanding and abilities.Keywords: Aid, autonomy, kin, public administrators, participation, working process, influence, national value base, self-determination, retirement home, elderly.

2011 skrevs den nationella värdegrunden i socialtjänstlagen. Med denna bestämmelse skulle det bli tydligare med de etiska normer och värden som skulle ligga till grund för vård-och omsorgen i Sverige. Värdegrundens innehåll handlar om att Sveriges äldreomsorg skall inriktas så att den äldre får leva ett värdigt liv och känna välbefinnande. Den nationella värdegrunden har nu varit aktiv i åtta år och frågan är om omvårdnadsarbetet genomsyras av dess innehåll gentemot brukaren? Syftet med studien var att undersöka om brukaren anser att beviljade insatser samt dess utförande genomsyras av den nationella värdegrunden. Analysen av framarbetat material har gjorts med kvalitativ innehållsanalys med grund i semistrukturerade intervjuer. I analysen framträdde tre huvudkategorier; välbefinnande, bemötande och självbestämmande. Med efterföljande nio underkategorier; trygghet, god vård, engagerad personal, attityd, kompentens, lyhörd, delaktighet, individanpassning och kontroll. Utifrån dessa kategorier påvisades att graden av delaktighet och självbestämmande hos brukarna varierade. Resultatet visar på att brukaren helst vill välja vilka av omvårdnadspersonalen som skall utföra insatserna. I diskussionen förs fram att respondenterna upplever att de inte alltid är delaktiga i hur och när insatser utförs.

The purpose of this study is to examine how employees in Swedish elderly care, more specific night patrols, describe their care work based on the national value base. A qualitative ap-proach has been used as a method in this study, with semi-structured interviews as a base. To gather empirical material, seven people who are assistant nurses and care assistants, working in Swedish elderly care as night patrols, were interviewed. The theoretical point of departure has been professional ethics, proximity ethics, Martin Buber´s I-and-Thou-theory. The theo-ry has been helpful whilst analysing the empirical material. The national value-based work describes how caregivers perceive when a I-Thou-relationship is achieved. In such relation-ship the caregiver and the elderly are in a subject-subject-relationship. In a opposite relation-ship the caregiver and the elderly are in a subject-object-relationship with a distance between them. In such relationship the caregivers don´t feel they have done a value based work. The results shows that a certain objectification must be done in order for the working process to function. This is also accepted by the employees, as long as there is still a certain balance be-tween the subject-subject relationship and the subject-object relationship. The results also shows that the experience of creating meaningfulness for the elderly seems to be weaker than the creation of security.