...Martin Kroczek; Julia Petersen; Marcel Reiner; Ulrike Rösler; Jochen Späth Purpose Inspired by the Buurtzorg model, this study aimed to examine how the characteristics of self-organizing nursing teams and conventional job attributes affect job attractiveness and work-related strain in home care...

... was selected based on where the case organizations were located. Care of older people Person-centered care Home care Integrated care Co-creation Modularity Proactive care Health care provision changes with time, and in the past, the primary focus has been on treating acute and episodic...

... on institutional logics should further examine the role of interpersonal relationships in facilitating the “spread” of logics between macro-, meso-, and micro-level influences on inter-organizational change. Government policy Implementation Hospital management Integration Organizational theory Home care...

...Ellen Kuhlmann; Viola Burau; Mia Vabø Purpose This paper seeks to draw attention to the historical and institutional context of Norwegian home care and to the way in which care agencies have been pressed to reconcile competing demands caused by conflicting policy aims and administrative values...

...Paul R. Drake; Bethan M. Davies Purpose This paper aims to help public sector managers that are formulating strategies for outsourcing home care from the independent sector. Design/methodology/approach A review was performed of relevant literature on the outsourcing of home care and its...

...Gerald Wistow A changing boundary between hospital and home‐care services over two decades has taken place enabling people to live in their own homes wherever possible, enabling “choice of independence”. Against this background, five principal issues are raised regarding how hospital services have...