The Social Democrats are making several new election promises aimed at the elderly. The party wants all elderly people to have a permanent doctor and wants minute-by-minute management within home care services to be stopped.
Swedish politicsA person was found dead in his apartment in Karlshamn after not having had contact with home care services for a month. Now the municipality is reporting the incident, P4 Blekinge reports.
SwedenTwo people who received home care died in their homes shortly after being discharged from the hospital. Neither received help during the night, and now the city of Landskrona is reporting the events to Sarah.
SwedenFollowing reports of abuse in elderly care, the government wants older people to be able to choose the gender of their caregivers and to opt out of having care staff.
Swedish politicsThe SD proposes voluntary camera surveillance during home care visits as a way to address abuse in elderly care.
SwedenThe Court of Appeal sentenced a 92-year-old man to forensic psychiatric care after he murdered his 94-year-old partner.
CrimeA man employed in home care in Örebro humiliated and filmed elderly people. He has now been sentenced to prison, Expressen reports.
CrimeThe number of sexual assaults in home care is increasing. The Sweden Democrats therefore want to establish a disaster investigation commission. Those who commit the crimes should be blacklisted, says SD's legal policy spokesperson, Henrik Vinge.
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