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The role of community staff in care home placement in Sweden
Author(s) -
SANDBERG J.,
NOLAN M. R.,
LUNDH U.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2002.00619.x
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , nursing , psychology , medicine , public relations , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence
• The role of community staff in placing a relative in a care home is a relatively unexplored area of practice. • Interviews with a variety of community staff in Sweden suggest that they play a significant role in helping family carers, particularly spouses, research the decision about the need for placement. • This role can include recognition that placement is required (seeing the need), initiating and sustaining discussions about placement (sowing the seed and nurturing the seed) and legitimating the decision. • However, once the decision has been made relatively little attention is given to the emotional consequences of the move and attention is focused largely on instrumental aspects. • Despite showing sensitivity in the decision‐making phase, community staff could do more to help carers deal with the guilt they experience and to initiate contact with the care home.