When residents apply for home care, development assistance officers make an overall assessment based on a reasonable standard of living according to the Social Services Act - but the question has been about how a reasonable standard of living should be assessed during an ongoing pandemic, in this case covid-19.
Under normal societal conditions, it is a matter of course that home care services provided in another municipality are included in a reasonable standard of living. On the other hand, the question is what applies when social conditions are far from normal.
- The purpose of an appeal, and a trial permit is to get legal guidance to see how we should assess the next situation when it occurs, says Gabriela Arvidsson, head of authority home care administration in Halmstad.
"Good if the courts can put their foot down"In general, the Supreme Administrative Court grants obtaining leave to appeal according to Sweden's municipalities and county councils (SKR), but they think it would be good if Halmstad's case is tried.
- It is good if the courts can put their foot down so that the municipalities can get help in how to interpret the law, and the government has referred to the municipalities to do exactly as Halmstad does now, says Greger Bengtsson, coordinator for elderly care at SKR.
In the clip above, Gabriela Arvidsson, head of the Home Care Administration in Halmstad, talks about Halmstad municipality's appeal.