Swedish Dementia Homecare Policy Enactment Study Interviews and Workshops

Swedish research from Sörmland county analyzes the challenges of implementing person-centered dementia policy in municipal homecare. The dataset includes 17 semi-structured interviews and two participatory workshops involving policymakers, managers, and frontline staff. It was authored by Andrea Nakakawa and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing barriers to policy implementation based on fragmented organizational structures and workforce instability described in the study.
• Studying the role of participatory design methods in policy translation based on the workshop data.
• Examining how documentation-heavy routines influence care practices based on the interview findings.
• Investigating knowledge gaps and feedback mechanisms in dementia homecare based on the thematic analysis.

Strengths

• Includes 17 semi-structured interviews and two participatory workshops (n = 14–18).
• Applies a policy enactment framework specifically to dementia homecare in Sweden.
• Incorporates Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) activities with people living with dementia and unpaid carers.

Limitations

• Dataset size is 673.9 KB, indicating a very limited textual scope.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Qualitative design combining semi-structured interviews and participatory workshops.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 04:27:30; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sörmland county, Sweden