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Ethnically profiled nursing home care in Sweden – from culture to lifestyle: Äldreboenden med etnisk profil i Sverige–från kultur till livsstil
School of Social Work, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
School of Social Work, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Department of Social Work, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2018 (English)In: European Journal of Social Work, ISSN 1369-1457, E-ISSN 1468-2664, Vol. 21, no 2, p. 235-246Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The paper investigates presentations of ethnically profiled nursing homes in Sweden, and in particular what categories these nursing homes target and what problems they are suggested to solve. The findings relate to the construction of older immigrants and to shifting ideas on responsibilities of the Swedish welfare state. Data consisted of 68 articles from newspapers and journals between the period of 1995 and 2015 that were analysed using qualitative methods. Guided by a social constructionist approach focusing on claims-making, two comprehensive ‘problem frames’ were identified: the language and culture frame and the choice of lifestyle frame. The main finding of the paper was that, since about 2007, descriptions of ethnically profiled nursing homes have come to be included in a broader category of profiled nursing homes such as ‘all inclusive’ and ‘hotel-concept’, within a system that focuses on choice based on special needs, lifestyle and interest. The paper concludes that, although this way of framing ethnically profiled nursing homes works against the construction of older immigrants as a problematic category, there is a risk that the emphasis on choice of lifestyle conceals or justifies inequalities based on social class.

Abstract [sv]

I artikeln undersöks massmediala presentationer av etniskt profilerade äldreboenden i Sverige, med särskild fokus på vilka problem boendena anses lösa och hur deras målgrupp beskrivs. Studiens fynd diskuteras i relation till samhälleliga föreställningar om äldre invandrare och till skiftande föreställningar om den svenska välfärdsstatens ansvar. Data bestod av 68 artiklar från tidningar och tidskrifter under perioden 1995 till 2015 som analyserades kvalitativt. Genom användandet av en socialkonstruktionistisk ansats som fokuserar anspråksformulering identifierades två sammanhållna problemperspektiv: ‘språk och kulturperspektivet’ och ‘val av livsstilsperspektivet’. Ett huvudfynd var att sedan omkring 2007 har etniskt profilerade äldreboenden kommit att inkluderas i en bredare kategori av profilerade äldreboenden med namn som ‘all inclusive’ och ‘hotellkoncept’ inom ett system som fokuserar valfrihet baserad på särskilda behov, livsstilar och intressen. En slutsats är att den nya inramningen kan bidra till att tona ned föreställningar om äldre invandrare som en problemkategori, men det finns en risk att betoningen av val av livsstil döljer eller rättfärdigar social ojämlikhet som baseras på klasstillhörighet.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Routledge, 2018. Vol. 21, no 2, p. 235-246
Keywords [en]
choice, Eldercare, ethnicity, marketization, migration, social policy
Keywords [sv]
Eldercare, ethnicity, choice, migration, marketization, social policy
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Nursing Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-45874DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2017.1288087ISI: 000423748000007Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85011914812OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-45874DiVA, id: diva2:1350466
Available from: 2019-09-11 Created: 2019-09-11 Last updated: 2019-09-11Bibliographically approved

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