“The crisis ever closer to the care of the elderly”
“fine words in policy does not solve the problems.”
“Aftonbladet’s leader board is the independent social democrat.”
“the Elderly are perhaps not in crisis, but problems start really picked up.”
“About so would you be able to summarise yesterday’s op-ed in Aftonbladet. It is kommunalråden Tomas Mörtsell from Storuman and Stjernkvist from sweden together with the Swedish municipal workers ‘ Union chair Tobias Baudin describes one of the major challenges for the welfare system.”
“the Inspection of health and social care warns that many older people are already exposed to risks. The problem is, above all, it is all too often missing skilled and experienced staff.”
“the Deficiencies affect the relatives”
“the Deficiencies in the care of the elderly also affects the relatives. Tens of thousands of people are forced to go down in working hours or retire early to take care of a family member. The vast majority are women, and the results are often both poorer quality of life and a poorer life.”
“Also the staff has a stressful situation. The Swedish work environment authority is currently conducting a national project where the terms and conditions of the care of the elderly will be studied. The result is not encouraging. In almost all workplaces, the inspectors visited there were shortcomings. It is about the environment, but also about the poor organization, limited resources and high loads.”
“Many need to be recruited.”
“at the same time, we know that the country’s municipalities, and healthcare companies will need to recruit at least 10,000 new employees each year. It is a jätteutmaning for both the education system and employers. In addition, it will cost a lot of money.”
“All the politicians say that the care of the elderly is important. It is pure self-preservation. But to solve the challenges of caring for society’s elderly, it will not be enough with the pretty words. It will require lots of resources. Resources to places in the home for the elderly. Resources at reasonable wages for the staff and resources to provide families the support they have a right to demand.”
“Then it works not actually put tax cuts at the top of the political agenda.”