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.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-109842 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Sjöholm, Kelly, Medin, Linnea |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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