Between principles and pragmatism - primary healthcare and social services professionals' experiences and perceptions of self-care for older adults with home care: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the experiences of healthcare and social services professionals and their perceptions of using Certificate for self-care with support (CSS) for preventive self-care for older adults with home care, including the CSS process and collaborations between primary healthcare and social services.

Design

An inductive qualitative study including seven focus group interviews analyzed with reflexive thematic analysis.

Setting and subjects

The study was conducted in the Stockholm Region 2022/23. In total, 23 informants were recruited from four key partners involved in the CSS process: professionals from primary care rehabilitation and primary healthcare, social services officers, and home care staff.

Result

The analyses resulted in five interconnected

SUBMITTER: Dohrn IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834817 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature