Elderly Care

Of the City of Kalmar’s 61,000 inhabitants, about 7,300 people are over the age of 65, and the number of elderly residents is expected to go on increasing. The Care Administration is responsible for services for the elderly and for those who are disabled or mentally challenged. Transportation for old people, home help, special housing and accommodation, activities under the Special Support Act, daily activities programmes and rehabilitation are among the services made available by the Care Administration.

Services for the elderly   

Special accommodation
For people who for one reason or another are unable to continue living in their own homes, the municipality offers accommodation in special care facilities. Here, individuals rent their own home and furnish it as they wish. Health-care personnel are available round the clock. These flats are often grouped around shared premises and are known collectively as group accommodation. Special care facilities today comprise what were previously known as old-people’s homes and nursing homes.

Help in private homes
The home-help services offer assistance in personal care and everyday chores that the individual can no longer carry out himself or herself. They organise evening and night-time patrols, meals-on-wheels services, and can install an emergency medical alarm if required. In addition, short-term accommodation/exchange care schemes can be arranged to relieve relatives and to help with individual rehabilitation.

Transportation services for elderly
For those unable to use public transport, the municipal transportation services for the elderly and disabled offer transportation by car or taxi, or, if necessary, by a special vehicle.

Activation
Social services centres serve as meeting-places affording social stimulation and enjoyment for visitors, who can take part in a range of different activities. For example, you can pop in for lunch, participate in study circles or cultural programmes, go on excursions or take the opportunity of getting some exercise.
Daytime support is also available for the senile. The purpose is twofold: to provide stimulus for the aged and to relieve relatives of some of the burden of caring for them.
 

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Skeppsbrogatan 55 Box 848
391 28 Kalmar
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