Morgondagens äldre : En kvalitativ studie om en ny heterogen generation äldre som mottagare av äldreomsorg

Sammanfattning: The purpose of the study is to describe and analyze how different professions in elderly care perceive the need for change and how they respond to challenges the elderly care is facing with an increasing heterogeneous generation of elderly in need of care. Further the study wants to describe and analyze differences between the professions perception of needs for change. Through this the study can contribute to increase knowledge in the area of an increasing heterogeneous generation of elderly people and its response to the needs of care. The empirical material has been collected through five semi-structured qualitative interviews where different employee positions in elderly care have been represented. One focus group has also been conducted. The empirical material from these interviews has thereafter been analyzed through the concept of salutogenic approach, forty talists and the third age. The result and conclusions shows that there are similar opinions about the importance of the quality of healthcare in the elderly care. The different employes work with the specific needs of the elderly in different ways and have overall similar goals. The results and conclusions confirm how communication lacks differently in the cooperation with each other. The employes believe that their interaction and cooperation with each other is important for the prospective work with future elderly care.