In August, the investigator Barbro Westerholm was commissioned by the government on how to introduce permanent care contact in the home care service.
On Friday, the inquiry was presented, which proposes that it be introduced in both private and public home care services.
Eight out of ten care recipients already have a contact who is responsible for coordinating the care efforts of individual elderly people.
But these roles have arisen on the basis of the municipalities' own initiatives and are not regulated by law.
Creating equality across the country is therefore an argument for permanent care contact, says Barbro Westerholm, who today sees great differences.
- It is so frighteningly different across the country and we have to deal with that, she says.
The bill: 1.3 billion per year
This means that the elderly who have home care services must be offered a permanent care contact that must ensure that the needs for continuity, security and individualized care and coordination.
In order to shoulder the role of care contact, the professional title of assistant nurse is required, according to the investigation, which also claims that an additional 2,500 new ones are therefore needed.
The bill is estimated to land at approximately 1.3 billion per year over a five-year period.
- We feel inside the heart and in the brain that this will pay off.
But counting kronor and ören I feel is almost unethical to do when it comes to quality of life issues, says Barbro Westerholm.
The proposal is proposed to enter into force on 1 January 2022.