“Who is it that does not take care of our elderly?”
“Debater: the Home never showed up – the son found his mother in the helpless condition.”
“This is an opinion piece. It is the writer who stands for the views that are put forward in the text, not Against.”
“the DEBATE. One April night, there was a elderly woman to the emergency room after her son and daughter-in-law found her in a onämnbart condition. “
“the Woman has since a long time back an illness that involves chronic pain and is medicated heavily for these. Since her husband passed away about ten years ago, a woman home help. In the beginning there was only speech of the little bit of cleaning, but with the time the woman was in need of increasing support and has several years back the daily supervision then she is exhibiting dementia-like symptoms and are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with everyday life. “
“the Son calling his mother daily and visit her a couple three times a month. One evening she answered not, but then this happens occasionally, and she oversees awaiting the son to the day after. “
“Very true, she replies the day after, but only after a dozen or so signals are distributed on two attempts. When she answers, she lets disoriented and find it difficult to breathe, whereupon his son promptly takes herself to the home and finds his mother in a pitiful state. “
“On the kitchen table is a small flip chart where hemtjänstpersonalen note of their visit. Where is first name, the date and the time. The last visit was over two hours before the son finds his mother in a total helpless condition. “
“an Ambulance will be called and revenge ask for the cover from the home, which apparently is normal, but such is not to be found. “
“In the various envelopes from the municipal social services are there to read about users, the service and freedom of choice. A survey has been sent out in which the patient must answer if the home is to your satisfaction. “
“at the same time filled social media with populist moves from the right and the right. ”Who takes care of our old?” skriks it. “
“the Question should instead be worded ”who does not take care of our old?”. “
“On the blädderblocket in the old woman’s kitchen are the names of some who take care of the old and the rings are not majoritetssvenskt. It is easy in this case to lay the blame on those who failed to show up and burst into routines and of course, this must be reviewed, but this type of stories are too frequent for it to be reasonable to lay the blame on individuals or individual entities procedures. This is a system error. “
“This is what happens in a system where patients are made to service users in a fantasy world where old people who need help with food, hygiene and medicines are expected to act as consumers of a service. “
“The older woman in the story is not a user able to select the service. She is a patient in need of treatment. “
“Because she conveniently considered too healthy for nursing home (assuming that the assessment is done by the same actors in whose interest it is to as many people as possible instead offered home care services) remains the home help, a home care, which is characterized by high staff turnover and often precarious employment conditions. “
“instead of the home engaged in its core business, its devices also compete in the municipal contracts. Sometimes should the freedom of choice act, to avoid the choice, especially when one is not in a position to make them. “
“So back to the question of who it is that does not take care of our elderly? It is the hemtjänstanställda with the minimum wage and insecure timanställning or is it those who advocate the users ‘freedom of choice and the privatization of a responsibility that is funded with taxpayers’ money? “
“it Is an employee who is under tight schedule in a exposed the work of the father around from user to user, or is it healthcare companies, which firms its business in order to win the procurement? “
“All those who are trying to escape the Swedish tax system or through the tax redistributes resources from these elderly to their glassed-in verandas or the weekly cleaning – they take care of our old?”
“of Course, the current hemtjänstanordnaren be held accountable, so also the municipality in question, but instead of writing yet another populist speeches that pits vulnerable groups against one another, it would be interesting to get an answer to the question in the title – who is it really who don’t take care of our old?”
“nMaria Fredriksson, daughter-in-law and taxpayers”
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