This article identifies two different perspectives used when

This study describes the current provision of daycare for elderly people in Sweden. Daycare offers an interesting and relatively unknown field for investigation. It is necessary to provide a comprehensive picture of the provision of daycare, i.e. number of daycare centres, personnel and economic resources. In spring 1995 a survey was carried out in a representative sample of 70 Swedish municipalities. A questionnaire was sent to all 376 identified daycare centres in the participating municipalities and 312 responded. The results show that daycare may be categorized into two main groups and five types, according to the aims, locations and activities offered at the centre. Converting the findings from the survey into national estimates, there are approximately 1500 daycare units serving about 45,000 pensioners on a regular basis, at an annual cost of 500 million SEK.

Although there are a great many epidemiological studies of psychiatric diseases and the outcomes of controlled rehabilitation programmes, there is a shortage of studies of routine psychiatric care. This study is a retrospective cohort study of the total number (n=138) of patients receiving inpatient care at a psychiatric rehabilitation clinic in Jönköping during 1984. The follow-up period is 15 years, 1984-98. The group had a considerable amount of inpatient care, but this decreased dramatically during the time of investigation. Positive indications were that there were no suicides during the last 5 years of the period and that the number of registered crimes showed a marked decrease from 1992. Negative indications were low levels of work and occupation and few social contacts.

I artikeln beskrivs ett annorlunda sätt att organisera rehabilitering av missbrukare i Sverige. Basta arbetskooperativ drivs helt och hållet utan anställda som har sin professionella hemvist i vård- och behandlingsssektorn. Istället utgörs kärnan i verksamheten av före detta missbrukare. I den speciella organisationsform som Basta arbetskooperativ utgör söker man kombinera produktion av varor och tjänster på marknadsmässiga villkor med ett målmedvetet och aktivt rehabiliteringsarbete. Detta skapar speciella förutsättningar i ett gränsland mellan marknad och stat.

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