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Rätt till jämlik äldreomsorg : En kvalitativ studie av omvårdnadspersonal och enhetschefers upplevelser av att bemöta och hantera språkbarriärer / Right to equal elderly care : A qualitative study of nursing staff and unit managers experiences of responding to and managing language barriers

The aim of this study was to examine and increase the understanding for how the nursing staff and unit managers in the municipality “Emmaboda” experience language barriers impact on their work and their opportunity to give equal care to the elder who do not master the Swedish language. Through the choice of qualitative method eight semi structured interviews have been held, two of these interviews were held with unit managers and six of these were held with nursing staff. The result has been analyzed on the basis of the qualitative analysis method, previous research and the concepts of inclusion and exclusion. The results show that the majority of the respondents experience that they can not give equal care to the elders regardless of which language the elders speak. The nursing staff experience also shows that the resources the municipality has in place is not enough to manage language barriers in elderly care. The result also shows that elders who do not manage the Swedish language are at risk of being affected by exclusion. Through Emmabodamodellen’s unique work, the municipality can in some ways promote the needs of the individual at the center and also promote inclusion. Our conclusion is that the right to equal care remains but it will take further more research to investigate which resources is needed to make it possible for the nursing staff to offer equal care, contribute to inclusion and counteract exclusion.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-109842
Date January 2022
CreatorsSjöholm, Kelly, Medin, Linnea
PublisherLinnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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