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What is good elderly care in Japan and Sweden?
A study on how managers of residential care facilities describe care arrangements
Håkan Jönson, Lund University
Haruko Watanabe, Hiroshima International University
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Objectives
To investigate perceptions of good care among managers of residential elderly care in Japan and Sweden (using a comparative approach).
To analyze the use of cultural references as accounts for care arrangements.
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Method
The study was based on 16 semi structured interviews with managers of residential care in Japan and Sweden.
Sample: Care facilities of similar kind.
Design/strategy: We interviewed in each others’ countries – as cultural strangers.
Interviews were translated into English (transcribed).
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Findings I
Japanese managers expressed more doubts than their Swedish peers about the possibilities of providing good care.
The way managers described policies and goals differed.
A self-help approach relating to the activity paradigm was prominent when Swedish managers described good care but absent in our Japanese interviews.
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Findings II
References to cultural differences appeared as accounts but mostly in combination with references to age and generational belonging.
The design of the study elicited answers relating to a common understanding about a specific teach and learn relation between Sweden and Japan as welfare societies.