Health Promotion for Elderly Homecare Recipients in Norway

Featuring findings from three sub-studies exploring health-promoting practices for older recipients of municipal homecare services in Norway. Sub-study III includes assessments of 40 home-dwelling elderly individuals conducted by interdisciplinary teams at two time points. The research employs narrative interviews with elderly recipients, their spouses, and adult children, alongside observational data.

Use Cases

• Analyze interview narratives from elderly recipients to identify factors they consider important for promoting 'more good days at home'.
• Compare caregiving and coping strategies described by male and female spouses of elderly homecare recipients.
• Evaluate the feasibility and outcomes of systematic interdisciplinary health assessments conducted on 40 home-dwelling elderly individuals.
• Examine the role of formal and informal support, as described in interviews, for the safety and coping of elderly individuals.

Strengths

• Includes longitudinal data from 40 elderly individuals assessed at two time points five months apart.
• Employs a multi-perspective approach with data from elderly recipients, spouses, and adult children.
• Focuses on a specific and policy-relevant demographic: older recipients of municipal homecare services.

Limitations

• The sample size for the structured assessment in sub-study III is limited to 40 individuals.
• Data is specific to the Norwegian municipal healthcare context, which may limit generalizability.
• The core data consists primarily of qualitative narratives, requiring thematic analysis for quantitative use.

Provenance

Source

DataverseNO Harvested Dataverse

Collection Method

Narrative interviews, observations, and structured interdisciplinary health assessments.

Freshness

Dataset metadata was last updated in February 2026.

Geography

Norway