Table 1 Home care in Sweden: A joint responsibility between municipality and county council
From: Patients in 24-hour home care striving for control and safety
Authority | Responsibility | Care providers |
|---|---|---|
Local municipality | Home care | Health care assistants |
Home health care/ social services | based on patient needs | Primary caregivers |
Managed by supervisors in the municipality | ||
May perform care procedures delegated by health care professionals | ||
County council | Primary care & specialist care | Health care professionals |
Primary care centre & hospital settings | based on patient needs | (i.e. physicians, nurses, physiotherapists) authorized by county council |