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The specialisation of needs-assessment in Swedish municipal care for older people: the diffusion of a new organisational model

Specialiserad biståndshandläggning inom den kommunala äldreomsorgen i Sverige – spridningen av en ny organisationsmodell

Pages 415-429 | Published online: 11 Dec 2008
 

Abstract

The 1990s were characterised by strong pressure for organisational reform at the municipality level in the Swedish welfare provision. In social care services for older people, care management reform was one of the many proposals circulating. Within a short time span, a large number of municipalities had implemented this new model and this paper reports and analyses the process of change. A key finding was that the success of the new organisational model was ascribed to new problem-solving functions and a lack of internal (professional) resistance.

Under 1990-talet var trycket starkt på att organisatoriskt reformera kommunernas tillhandahållande av välfärd. Inom äldreomsorgen var en specialisering av biståndshandläggningen ett av många konkreta reformförslag som cirkulerade. På relativt kort tid kom ett stort antal kommuner att implementera den nya organisationsmodellen och denna artikel beskriver och analyserar förändringsprocessen. En nyckel för att förstå succén för den nya organisationsmodellen är att den över tiden tillskrevs alltfler problemlösande funktioner och frånvaron av internt (professionellt) motstånd.

Acknowledgements

This paper is drawn from research funded by the Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research (2004-1781). I am grateful for comments from Professor Jan Petersson and the two anonymous reviewers.

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