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Aging in Place - A mixed methods study protocol of how care providers in Sweden organise and adapt granted home care services to the preferences and needs of people living with dementia
Larsson AT, Olaison A, Hydén L, Antar M, Heijkants C, Lindberg J, Nordmark S, Wallroth V et al.. PloS one, 2026-04-30
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
The project Aging in Place applies a novel approach to investigate how social care services in Sweden are adapted to preferences and needs of older persons living at home with dementia (including their partners). The project covers the process that starts when a person is granted to receive services, which are communicated to a care provider – who should organize the services – and finally reach the receiving older person. This approach differs from previous research on elder care, which has focused either on the purchaser or the provider side of Swedish municipal elder care in the purchaser-provider model Sweden adopted since the mid-1990s. The project focuses on: 1) what specific social care services older persons living at home with dementia are granted; if a dementia diagnosis is needed for some services; and the differences between municipalities; 2) how care providers organize granted services and adapt them to people living with dementia; including differences between municipalities and care provider units; 3) how care recipients living with dementia (including co-habiting partners) experience and influence the receiving of services. The ambition is to generate both generalizable knowledge about social care services for people living with dementia in Sweden, including differences between municipalities and care providers, and in-depth, exploratory knowledge about how care providers organise services and how these services are received by care recipients. The project encompasses an innovative, and necessary, combination of methods and materials: register studies, web surveys, as well as observations and interviews. The project will provide important, elemental, knowledge on Swedish dementia- and eldercare. This knowledge is needed as a basis for further studies and as a contribution to discussions on how future social care can be developed to ensure people living with dementia, and their partners, equality, participation, and dignity in later life.
Key findings
- The project focuses on: 1) what specific social care services older persons living at home with dementia are granted; if a dementia diagnosis is needed for some services; and the differences between municipalities; 2) how care providers organize granted services and adapt them to people living with dementia; including differences between municipalities and care provider units; 3) how care recipients living with dementia (including co-habiting partners) experience and influence the receiving of services.
- The ambition is to generate both generalizable knowledge about social care services for people living with dementia in Sweden, including differences between municipalities and care providers, and in-depth, exploratory knowledge about how care providers organise services and how these services are received by care recipients.
- The project encompasses an innovative, and necessary, combination of methods and materials: register studies, web surveys, as well as observations and interviews.
- The project will provide important, elemental, knowledge on Swedish dementia- and eldercare.
- This knowledge is needed as a basis for further studies and as a contribution to discussions on how future social care can be developed to ensure people living with dementia, and their partners, equality, participation, and dignity in later life.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 41/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 24 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 41 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (PloS one) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 5 / 5 | 2026 — within 1 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 24 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 24 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 41 out of 100. |
| Total | 41 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Larsson, A. T., Olaison, A., Hydén, L., Antar, M., Heijkants, C., Lindberg, J., et al. (2026). Aging in Place - A mixed methods study protocol of how care providers in Sweden organise and adapt granted home care services to the preferences and needs of people living with dementia. PloS one. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.29.26352070
Vancouver
Larsson AT, Olaison A, Hydén L, Antar M, Heijkants C, Lindberg J, et al. Aging in Place - A mixed methods study protocol of how care providers in Sweden organise and adapt granted home care services to the preferences and needs of people living with dementia. PloS one. 2026. doi:10.64898/2026.04.29.26352070.
BibTeX
@article{larsson2026-64842876,
author = {Larsson, A. T. and Olaison, A. and Hydén, L. and Antar, M. and Heijkants, C. and Lindberg, J. and Nordmark, S. and Wallroth, V. and others},
title = {{Aging in Place - A mixed methods study protocol of how care providers in Sweden organise and adapt granted home care services to the preferences and needs of people living with dementia}},
journal = {PloS one},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.64898/2026.04.29.26352070},
url = {https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.04.29.26352070}
}
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