Home service costs: The Swedish experience

Dementia and Depressive Symptoms as Predictors of Home Help Utilization Among the Oldest Old

“…One Swedish study showed that cognitively impaired persons received less home help than persons of good mental health (Svensson, Edebalk, & Persson, 1991), whereas another Swedish study found no association between dementia and receipt of home help (Lagergren, 1994).…”

“…Shifting the focus from community samples to samples of home help recipients, a British study found that home care provision to persons with dementia could be explained in terms of activity limitations, whereas there was no association between depression and the number of hours of home care per week (Banerjee & MacDonald, 1996). One Swedish study showed that cognitively impaired persons received less home help than persons of good mental health (Svensson, Edebalk, & Persson, 1991), whereas another Swedish study found no association between dementia and receipt of home help (Lagergren, 1994).…”

Use of the Swedish Microcomputer Alarm System in Care for the Elderly and Disabled: Policy and Practice

“…The mean annual costs per recipient varied from SEK 1,985 to SEK 8,215. Another study that examined staff costs for 180 recipients' use of the alarm system in three municipalities in southern Sweden estimated the mean annual costs per recipient at SEK 20,000 (15). The discrepancy between these two results is due primarily to the more detailed costing approach used in our study.…”