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Table 1 Overview of the four case organizations participating in the study

From: A framework for participatory work environment interventions in home care – success factors and some challenges

 

Municipality

Home care organization

Intervention work group

Case 1

Small, rural town with approx. 15,000 inhabitants

The home care organization consists of six geographically distributed units

The intervention work group consisted of seven people in total, including their first-line manager. There was one person from each of the six home care units, two women and four men

Case 2

Small, rural town with approx. 15,000 inhabitants

The home care organization is organized in three geographically distributed day units plus one night unit serving the whole municipality

The intervention work group consisted of eight people including their first-line manager. There were four people from the day units, one person from the night unit and two care coordinators (coordinating the care for all units). One person was a man and the rest were women

Case 3

Small city with approx. 50,000 inhabitants

The home care organization consists of seven geographically distributed units. One specific unit, with 50 employees, participated in the study

The intervention work group consisted of eight people from the day and evening shifts of the unit and their first-line manager. All of them were women

Case 4

Large city with approx. 350,000 inhabitants

The home care organization in the entire city employs several thousands of people and is organized in geographically distributed units. The participating unit included about 35 employees, scheduled for daytime, evening and weekend shifts

The intervention work group consisted of seven people, including their first-line manager. All of them were women