Abstract
AimThe study aims to describe the establishment of a culturally specific nursing home for Finnish‐speaking older persons in Sweden.DesignA descriptive qualitative study.MethodsA descriptive case study based on a review of 14 public documents and individual interviews with two experts in the area, analysed with qualitative content analysis.ResultsThis study found that shared language, preservation of customs and habits and collaboration between the representatives of the municipality, Finnish‐speaking migrant associations and staff at the nursing home influenced the development of the culturally specific nursing home for older Finnish‐speaking people intended to avoid loneliness, isolation and misunderstandings among older Finnish‐speaking. Collaboration between healthcare service for older persons and minority people resulted in an optimal culturally specific nursing home, simultaneously encountering the majority culture. Nursing and healthcare services need to be aware of positive effects of collaboration with stakeholders to achieve optimal culturally specific nursing homes.
Highlights
Worldwide there are growing multicultural and multilingual societies as a result of global migration
This study is a descriptive qualitative study based on a review of public documents and individual interviews from a case study of the establishment of a culturally specific nursing home in a migrant- dense area, to develop a deeper understanding of a real-life case and investigate what can be learnt about the phenomenon (Patton, 2015; Stake, 1995)
Older born abroad often live in ordinary nursing homes that is not adapted to the possibilities to be involved in the health care because of possibilities to communicate in the term of language (Chan & Kayser-Jones, 2005; Hadziabdic, Lundin, & Hjelm, 2015; National Board of Health and Welfare, 2015; Plejert, Jansson, & Yazdanpanah, 2014) lack of adjustment of cultural beliefs and customs (Chan & Kayser-Jones, 2005; National Board of Health and Welfare, 2015), lack of requests for older health care in the minority language, municipalities’ lack of knowledge about the law on national minorities and lack of information translated into minority languages targeted to the older and their families (National Board of Health and Welfare, 2015)
Summary
Worldwide there are growing multicultural and multilingual societies as a result of global migration. The increasing age of the older migrant population who do not speak the language of the host country makes it necessary for older healthcare services to meet the healthcare needs concerning the language and cultural barriers (National Board of Health and Welfare, 2007; The. A previous study (Hovde, Hallberg, & Edberg, 2008a) found that older immigrants have poorer health and that this is mainly related to socio-economic factors. A previous study (Hovde, Hallberg, & Edberg, 2008a) found that older immigrants have poorer health and that this is mainly related to socio-economic factors They often receive less health care than native Swedes (Hovde et al, 2008a) because they receive more informal help from their families, they have more behaviour perceived to be difficult to handle (Hovde, Hallberg, & Edberg, 2008b) and they need a more culturally adopted appropriate healthcare setting (Chan & Kayser-Jones, 2005; Heikkila & Ekman, 2003). Anglo-Indian residential care was viewed as supporting traditional Anglo-Indian customs through the way the homes were run, which allowed the residents to live the daily life of an Anglo-Indian in their old age
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