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“It’s about Living Like Everyone Else”: Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care

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  • Ulrika Börjesson

    (Department of Social Work, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden / Research and Local Development, Region Jönköping County, Sweden / Jönköping Municipality, Sweden)

  • Mikael Skillmark

    (Department of Social Work, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden)

  • Pia H. Bülow

    (Department of Social Work, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden / Department of Social Work, University of the Free State, South Africa)

  • Per Bülow

    (Department of Social Work, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden / Psychiatric Clinic, Ryhov County Hospital in Jönköping, Sweden)

  • Mattias Vejklint

    (Psychiatry, Substances Abuse and Disabilities, Research and Local Development, Region Jönköping County, Sweden)

  • Monika Wilińska

    (Department of Social Work, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Sweden)

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.

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  • Ulrika Börjesson & Mikael Skillmark & Pia H. Bülow & Per Bülow & Mattias Vejklint & Monika Wilińska, 2021. "“It’s about Living Like Everyone Else”: Dichotomies of Housing Support in Swedish Mental Health Care," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(3), pages 276-285.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:9:y:2021:i:3:p:276-285
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    1. Christina Berg Johansen & Susanne Boch Waldorff, 2017. "What are institutional logics – and where is the perspective taking us?," Chapters, in: Georg Krücken & Carmelo Mazza & Renate E. Meyer & Peter Walgenbach (ed.), New Themes in Institutional Analysis, chapter 3, pages 51-76, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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    2. Kirsi Juhila & Cecilia Hansen Löfstrand & Johanna Ranta, 2021. "Home‐ and Community‐Based Work at the Margins of Welfare: Balancing between Disciplinary, Participatory and Caring Approaches," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 9(3), pages 175-178.

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