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– We know that in general it has been difficult to fill the places where people have died, and it is the same in municipal activities as in private ones, it has been difficult to fill empty beds, and that is the effect of not wanting to transfer their elderly To the accommodation.
In a survey on the number of vacancies in nursing homes in 14 of the 20 largest municipalities in the country, almost all show a clear increase in the proportion of vacancies already in September before the second pandemic wave, compared to September 2019 Only Umeå then declared that there had been no clear change.
The difference is clearer in Stockholm where vacancies have almost quadrupled, from 2-3 percent to 8 percent of the total 6,600 housing spaces. At the same time, there was an excessive mortality rate in the country’s homes, between March and the end of September last year, 13 percent more died compared to an average for the corresponding period 2016-2019, in some cases they have been closed entire rooms. . When people die and there are no new residents, there are consequences.
– Empty spaces are in all businesses. This is one of the reasons why there are more vacancies, both because people do not want to move and because the needs have decreased. This surplus requires a different form of planning and you may have to temporarily close a department and wait for needs to increase. Although it is a historic loss that no one could have predicted, says Hanna Markkula, who is a strategist for the elders administration in the city of Stockholm.
Malmö and Gothenburg are also difficult affected, where the number of vacant positions has tripled. And that trend has continued during the second wave of the pandemic, which has hit Malmö hard, which in December had 200 vacant SÄBO seats, 13 percent of the total number of seats.
The reason why the number of vacant places has increased is believed to be the wide spread of infection in nursing homes that has led to both admissions when there has been an infection in a nursing home, so it has not been allowed that no one moves, and that the elderly have refused to receive accommodation. And it is not known how the development will be in the future.
– If this is true, then we have to think about how many houses we need in the future and review our plans, or is it just a coincidence now during the pandemic, it is something that we will see how I think now, so this gives completely new perspectives, says Tina Isaksson , director of the municipal nursing and care homes in Gothenburg.
