AAG Queensland Presents:

The work environment for home care workers in Sweden


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This presentation shares results from a series of studies conducted within Swedish in-home care services before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through quantitative surveys, we examined the impact of high workload on health-related quality of life and analyzed how task distribution influences both workload and employee well-being. Additionally, we explored the specific environmental challenges home care workers face within recipients’ homes. To capture the managerial perspective, we conducted focus groups and interviews with in-home care managers, specifically highlighting the unique challenges encountered during the pandemic.

This presentation highlights how homecare tasks are distributed, offering a roadmap for managers to balance workloads more effectively to prevent exhaustion and shines a light on the specific risks of working in private homes, which are often less regulated than clinical settings. This session moves beyond acknowledging that home care is “hard work” and uses specific Swedish study results to show exactly where the pressure points are and how management can intervene.

Register for this event and:

• Gain data-driven insights from quantitative surveys that link specific task distributions to employee well-being, helping you identify which workload factors most significantly impact health-related quality of life.
  
  
• Understand the unique environmental and logistical hurdles faced by homecare staff within recipients’ homes, allowing for more informed risk assessments and better support for field-based employees.
  
  
• Learn directly from the experiences of in-home care managers who navigated the COVID-19 pandemic, gaining practical perspectives on how to maintain service quality and staff morale during large-scale healthcare crises.
  

Hear from our speaker:  

A/Prof Fredrik Norström
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Epidemiology and Global Health
Umeå University, Sweden
Fredrik Norström is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics within the Department of Epidemiology and Global Health at Umeå University, Sweden. He leads the WeWorC (Work Environment and Working conditions) research group, focusing on the intersection of professional life and health outcomes. As a Principal Investigator, Dr. Norström has secured significant funding for high-impact projects, including a health economic evaluation of home care staffing (Forte, 360,000 AUD) and a critical study on the pandemic's impact on home care services (AFA Försäkringar, 600,000 AUD). His research portfolio includes extensive survey and qualitative work examining how work environments, employment security, and task distribution affect health-related quality of life. An experienced mentor and editor, he has supervised over 30 graduate theses and serves as an Associate Editor for BMC Public Health. He has authored over 66 scientific publications, contributing significantly to the fields of statistical methodology and health economic modelling.

Session facilitated by:

Dr Ashlyn Sahay
Senior Lecturer (Teaching & Research)
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Sciences
CQUniversity
Dr Ashlyn Sahay is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Sciences and has over 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Ashlyn has established herself as a figure in the development of regional, rural and remote health systems with former roles as the Coordinator for Health Workforce Academy, and Coordinator, postgraduate research. In these roles, Ashlyn spearheaded efforts to enhance research capabilities for higher degree research candidates engaged in health workforce research, and fostered research excellence and collaborations between academia and industry to drive impactful research outcomes. Ashlyn currently leads a program of Writing Retreats for higher degree research candidates to keep their writing momentum going and successful completion.