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Informal Care of Dependent Elderly at Home — Some Swedish Experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2008

Lennarth Johansson
Lennarth Johansson
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Doctoral student at the Department of Social Medicine, University of Uppsala and research associate at Spri (The Swedish Planning and Rationalisation Institute for the Health and Social Services), Box 70487, S-10726, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abstract

This study is an attempt to explore the dynamics in a group of family caregivers in a small rural setting in Sweden. Thirty-nine caregivers giving extensive help to elderly family members, who were all on the verge of institutionalisation, were interviewed. The results showed that the motives of caring were usually based on feelings of reciprocity and that the perceived burden of care was related to the proximity of the carer to the person cared for. Despite the existence of a rather well-developed system of formal care, these resources were poorly coordinated with the informal provision of care.

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Research Article
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Ageing & Society , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , March 1991 , pp. 41 - 58
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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