"It's about Living Like Everyone Else": Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care.

Autor/inn/en	Börjesson, Ulrika; Skillmark, Mikael; Bülow, Pia H.; Bülow, Per; Vejklint, Mattias; Wilinska, Monika
Titel	"It's about Living Like Everyone Else": Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care.
Quelle	In: Social Inclusion, 9 (2021) 3, S. 276-285 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2183-2803
DOI	10.17645/si.v9i3.4314
Schlagwörter	Psychische Krankheit; Wohnen; Schweden; Gesundheitspolitik; Wohnen; Gesundheitspolitik; Wohnsituation; Schweden
Abstract	The deinstitutionalization of psychiatric care has not only altered the living conditions for people with severe mental illness but has also greatly affected social services staff. In the Mental Health Act launched by the Swedish government in 1995, a new kind of service called 'housing support' and a new occupational group, 'housing support workers', was introduced. However, housing support does not currently operate under any specific guidelines regarding the content of the service. This study explores housing support at local level in various municipalities of one Swedish county. The data is based on discussion with three focus groups: care managers, managers for home and community-based support, and housing supporter workers. The perspective of institutional logics as a specific set of frames that creates a standard for what should or could be done, or alternately what cannot be questioned, is applied to analyze the constructed meaning of housing support. The meaning of housing support is constructed through three dichotomies: process and product, independence and dependence, and flexibility and structure. These dichotomies can be understood as dilemmas inherent in the work and organizing of housing support. With no clear guidelines, the levels of organizational and professional discretion create a space for local flexibility but may also contribute to tremendous differences in defining and implementing housing support. We discuss the potential consequences for housing support users implied by the identified discrepancies.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2022/3