”Man får lirka”. : En kvalitativ studie om hur omsorgspersonal förhåller sig till samtycke när de arbetar med personer med demens.

• Main Authors: Bengtsson, Isabelle, Blomberg, Louise
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA) 2018
• Subjects: carer; consent; dementia; elderly care; omsorgspersonal; samtycke; demens; äldreomsorg; Social Work; Socialt arbete
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74951

The aim of this study was to get an increased understanding regarding how carers relate to consent while working with people who has dementia. The study asks the following questions: How does the carers understand the concept of consent associated with giving care to people with dementia? What is considered by the carers in connection to consenting to caregiving by people with dementia? And lastly, how does consent mediate between carers and people with dementia? It had a hermeneutic and qualitative scientific approach. The data was collected through three focus groups with carers and then analyzed according to Jens Rennstam and David Wästerfors (2015) method of analysis. The theoretical analysis was performed with three different theoretical aspects called: Scope for action and relationship, Being a client and relational power. The authors of the theoretical aspects were Kerstin Svensson, Eva Johnsson and Leili Laanemets (2014), Roine Johansson (2007), Katarina Jacobsson, Joakim Thelander and David Wästerfors (2010) and also Mats Franzén (2010). The main conclusion of this study was that the carers used body language and had to phrase their questions well towards the people with dementia regarding if they consented to let them help or not. The relationship between carers and the people with dementia was vital - without it consent was very hard to reach.