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Samordning av aktiviteter på äldreboenden och hur dessa motverkar ofrivillig ensamhet bland äldre brukare: En kvalitativ intervjustudie om enhetschefers upplevelser kring ofrivillig ensamhet bland brukare på äldreboenden
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dept. of Social Work.
Jönköping University, School of Health and Welfare, HHJ, Dept. of Social Work.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Coordination of activities in nursing homes and how these counteract involuntary loneliness among elderly users : A qualitative interview study on unit managers’ experiences of involuntary loneliness among users in nursing homes (English)
Abstract [en]

Background: The aim with this study is to explore how elderly care homes in Sweden plan activities in order to counteract the feeling of perceived involuntary loneliness for its elderly service users. 

Method: The study is based on collected qualitative data that centers around eight semi-structured interviews with elderly care homes unit managers (SÄBO). 

The result: The interviewees perceived involuntary loneliness differently depending on the elderly individual's perspective and the acceptance of their new life process. The range of activities are aimed to activate and socialize the elderly and implicitly counteract involuntary loneliness. The interviewees hint that it is often a matter of profound loneliness rooted in life’s final phase, identified as existential loneliness – a feeling of being separated from other people and the universe itself.

Conclusion: The study indicates that there are multiple hues of loneliness such as feelings of existential loneliness, and the effects of the elderly’s changed life situation. The interviewees express a want for a counsellor for the elderly, with whom they can talk about life and death. 

Keywords: elderly, elderly homes, involuntary loneliness, activities, gerotranscendence, ageism, person-centered care.

Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur äldreboenden i Sverige samordnar aktiviteter för att motverka den upplevda ofrivilliga ensamheten bland de äldre brukarna. 

Metod: Studiens insamlade kvalitativa data baseras på åtta semi-strukturerade intervjuer med enhetschefer på särskilt boende (SÄBO). 

Resultatet: Intervjupersonerna uppfattade ofrivillig ensamhet olika beroende på den äldre individens perspektiv och acceptans av deras nya livsprocess. Aktivitetsutbudet syftar till att aktivera och socialisera de äldre och implicit motverka ofrivillig ensamhet. Intervjupersonerna antyder att det ofta handlar om djupgående ensamhet rotad i livets slutfas som identifieras som existentiell ensamhet – en känsla av att vara separerad från andra människor och själva universum. 

Slutsats: Undersökningen indikerar att det finns flera nyanser av ensamhet, så som känslor av existentiell ensamhet och effekterna av de äldres förändrade livssituation. Intervjupersonerna uttrycker en önskan om en äldre-kurator, med vilken de äldre kan prata med om livet och döden.

Nyckelord: äldre, särskilt boende, ofrivillig ensamhet, aktiviteter, gerotranscendens, ålderism, personcentrerad vård. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 39
Keywords [en]
elderly, elderly homes, involuntary loneliness, activities, gerotranscendence, ageism, person-centered care.
Keywords [sv]
äldre, särskilt boende, ofrivillig ensamhet, aktiviteter, gerotranscendens, ålderism, personcentrerad vård.
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-57259ISRN: JU-HHJ-SAA-1-20220302OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-57259DiVA, id: diva2:1671753
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HHJ, Social Work
Available from: 2022-06-20 Created: 2022-06-17 Last updated: 2025-10-13Bibliographically approved

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