Browsing HVL Open by Author "Ågotnes, Gudmund"
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Ageing in Space: Remaking Community for Older Adults
Ågotnes, Gudmund; Charlesworth, Sara; Macdonald, Martha (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this paper, we explore the needs of older adults for social interaction by investigating how local and everyday communities are produced by service organisations and experienced by their patrons. We approach the social ... -
From volunteer work to informal care by stealth: a ‘new voluntarism’ in social democratic health and welfare services for older adults
Ågotnes, Gudmund; Moholt, Jill-Marit; Blix, Bodil Hansen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In the context of current and expected demographic changes, the issues of which services the welfare state should offer and, ultimately, the very function of the welfare state are currently debated in Norway. The political ... -
An international mapping of medical care in nursing homes
Ågotnes, Gudmund; McGregor, Margaret; Lexchin, Joel; Doupe, Malcolm; Müller, Beatrice; Harrington, Charlene (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Nursing home (NH) residents are increasingly in need of timely and frequent medical care, presupposing not only available but perhaps also continual medical care provision in NHs. The provision of this medical care is ... -
Kollektiv mobilisering, sosiale bevegelser og den norske velferdsstaten: Medhjelper eller motstander av «det offentlige»?
Ågotnes, Gudmund; Barua, Padmaja (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)This chapter discusses understandings of collective communities in relation to the current welfare system in Norway. Initially, the theoretical basis within ‘Social Movements Theory’, hereinafter referred to as SMT, is ... -
Migration and health: exploring healthy ageing of immigrants in European societies
Jacobsen, Frode Fadnes; Glasdam, Stinne; Schopman, Limke; Sodemann, Morten; van den Muijsenbergh, Maria; Ågotnes, Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Aim: The aim is to identify important factors for immigrants’ health and well-being and for their use (or non-use) of primary health care (PHC) and other non-specialised services, and for possible ways that PHC can support ... -
Perspectives on Migrant Care Workers in the Long-Term Care Sector: Identity Politics and Othering
Ågotnes, Gudmund; Storm, Palle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Nursing homes for older seniors are considered an integral part of the Nordic welfare regimes, with a comparatively large proportion of employed native-born women. This is partly under change. An ageing population in ... -
Spenningsfeltet mellom standardisering, variasjon og prioritering i norske sykehjem
Isaksen, Jørn; Ågotnes, Gudmund; Fagertun, Anette (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Etablering av tjenestestandarder har til hensikt å regulere, endre og forbedre fagutøveres arbeid, noe som skal føre til at tjenestene får jevnere og bedre kvalitet. Standarder i den norske helse- og omsorgssektoren er ... -
Technology as ‘time saver’ and the ‘saviour’ of older adult care: Analysing doxical representations in Norwegian healthcare policies
Brandser Alvsåker, Yngvild; Ågotnes, Gudmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this paper we analyse the political articulation and understanding of ‘technology-supported care’ for older adults in central Norwegian public policy documents. In these documents, technology is increasingly presented ... -
The Institutional Practice: On nursing homes and hospitalizations
Ågotnes, Gudmund (Book, 2017) -
Tilnærminger til kollektiv mobilisering innen samfunnsarbeid, sosialt entreprenørskap og folkehelsearbeid
Larsen, Anne Karin; Ågotnes, Gudmund; Agdal, Rita (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2022)The COVID-19-pandemic and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals represent societal challenges that require novel solutions, not only from national governments, supranational organisations, local communities and ...