Elderly Healthcare Program

The election manifesto establishes that in one of the world's richest countries it must be possible to have a good life even as you age, that healthcare shall be equal and accessible regardless of where you live, and that the state must take greater responsibility for equal conditions. A comprehensive national ageing health programme is precisely such a state coordination instrument for equal preventive health. The counter-proposal's demands therefore align with the plan's direction.

• a good life even in old agedecisive»I ett av världens rikaste länder, Sverige, måste det gå att ha ett gott liv även som äldre.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“In one of the world's richest countries, Sweden, it must be possible to have a good life even as you grow old.”
• state responsibility for equal care»Lösningen är inte att förstatliga sjukvården men för att säkerställa en jämlik vård i Sverige måste staten ta ett större ansvar för att skapa lika förutsättningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The solution is not to nationalize healthcare but to ensure equal care in Sweden the state must take greater responsibility for creating equal conditions.”
• equal and accessible care»Sjukvården måste vara jämlik, jämställd och tillgänglig, oavsett var i landet du bor och oavsett vem du är.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Healthcare must be equal, equitable and accessible, regardless of where in the country you live and regardless of who you are.”
• investment in elderly care»Därför vill Vänsterpartiet satsa mer resurser på hälso- och sjukvården och äldreomsorgen, samt satsa på personalen så att vi samtidigt får bort personalbristen och stärker personalens villkor och arbetsmiljö.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Therefore the Left Party wants to invest more resources in healthcare and elderly care, and invest in staff so that we at the same time eliminate staff shortages and strengthen staff conditions and working environment.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto's commitment is that it shall be safe to grow old in Sweden and that a new elderly care act shall ensure equally good care throughout the country, while the party programme demands equal access to healthcare and care for all residents. The counter-proposal's requirement for a national elderly healthcare programme addresses precisely the lack of national coordination. The plan also wants to increase supervision to guarantee quality. The plan therefore supports the requirement.

• nationally equal elderly caredecisive»Vi vill ha en ny äldreomsorgslag som säkerställer att alla får en lika bra omsorg i hela landet och tillgång till sjuksköterskor dygnet runt.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want a new elderly care act that ensures everyone receives equally good care throughout the country and access to nurses round the clock.”
• equal care throughout the country»Alla invånare i hela landet ska ha likvärdig tillgång till skola, vård och omsorg.« (party programme ↗)“All residents throughout the country shall have equal access to school, healthcare and care.”
• safe old age»Det ska vara tryggt att åldras i Sverige.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It shall be safe to grow old in Sweden.”
• national quality assurance»Tillsynen av sjukvården ska växlas upp för att garantera kvaliteten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Supervision of healthcare shall be increased to guarantee quality.”

The party programme wants to see a national public health programme and asserts that a long-term investment in public health is just as important as healthcare. A national elder healthcare programme modelled on maternal and child health services is just such a coordinated health-promoting initiative. The election manifesto's promise of better care for the elderly points in the same direction, as does the requirement for elderly people's participation in fellowship and activities.

• national public health programmedecisive»Vi vill därför se ett nationellt folkhälsoprogram och stödja kommuner och landsting i deras hälsofrämjande arbete.« (party programme ↗)“We therefore want to see a national public health programme and support municipalities and county councils in their health-promoting work.”
• public health promotion before healthcare»Vi menar att en långsiktig satsning på folkhälsa med fokus på människors livsvillkor är lika viktig som sjukvården för att främja god hälsa.« (party programme ↗)“We believe that a long-term investment in public health with a focus on people's living conditions is just as important as healthcare for promoting good health.”
• better care for the elderly»förbättra vård och omsorg för äldre och stärka resurserna till hemsjukvården.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve care for the elderly and strengthen resources for home care.”
• elderly participation»Även som äldre ska man ha möjlighet att uppleva samvaro, gemenskap och kunna delta i fysiska och kulturella aktiviteter.« (party programme ↗)“Even as an elderly person, one should have the opportunity to experience fellowship, community and participate in physical and cultural activities.”

The party programme makes a preventive approach a prerequisite for sustainable welfare and good public health a cornerstone, and the plan wants everyone to be able to have a secure old age with high quality of life. A national elderly health programme, similar to maternal and child health services, is a means for prevention to produce results. The plan does not mention such a programme, which is why the position is derived.

• preventive health workdecisive»En förutsättning för en hållbar välfärd är ett förebyggande förhållningssätt.« (party programme ↗)“A prerequisite for sustainable welfare is a preventive approach.”
• public health as foundation»God folkhälsa är en grundsten i en hållbar välfärd.« (party programme ↗)“Good public health is a cornerstone of sustainable welfare.”
• secure old age»Alla ska kunna få en trygg ålderdom med hög livskvalitet och värdighet.« (party programme ↗)“Everyone shall be able to have a secure old age with high quality of life and dignity.”
• more preventive measures»Gör mer för att förebygga, motverka och rehabilitera stressrelaterad psykisk ohälsa.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Do more to prevent, counter and rehabilitate stress-related mental ill-health.”

The plan wants preventive health efforts to be conducted knowledge-based, that elderly care contributes to breaking involuntary loneliness and that national coordination of care is strengthened. A national elderly-health care programme is a means of translating existing knowledge into equivalent efforts. The plan also asserts elderly people's right to self-determination, which sets the framework for how such a programme shall be designed.

• knowledge-based public healthdecisive»Folkhälsoarbetet och de förebyggande hälsoinsatserna ska vila på kunskap och respekt för« (party programme ↗)“Public-health work and preventive health efforts shall be based on knowledge and respect for”
• counter involuntary loneliness»Äldreomsorgen ska bidra till att bryta ofrivillig ensamhet.« (party programme ↗)“Elderly care shall contribute to breaking involuntary loneliness.”
• elderly self-determination»Äldres rätt till självbestämmande ska hävdas och alla tendenser till åldersfördomar bekämpas.« (party programme ↗)“Elderly people's right to self-determination shall be asserted and all tendencies to ageism combated.”
• regular doctor contact»Du ska ha rätt till en fast läkare på din vårdcentral som har tid för – och som lär känna – just dig.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“You shall have the right to a regular doctor at your health centre who has time for – and who gets to know – you.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto wishes to break elderly people's involuntary loneliness through elderly talks in all municipalities and community-promoting measures, and advocates national coordination of healthcare rather than 21 different providers. The party also wants a coherent child and youth healthcare, that is precisely the programme form the counter-proposal wishes to mirror for the elderly. A national elderly healthcare programme that corrects deficient coordination thus lies in line with the plan.

• nationally equal elderly measuresdecisive»Bryt äldres ofrivilliga ensamhet och isolering genom äldresamtal i alla kommuner, gemenskapsfrämjande insatser i omsorgen samt digitala hjälpmedel.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Break elderly people's involuntary loneliness and isolation through elderly talks in all municipalities, community-promoting measures in care and digital aids.”
• national coordination of healthcare»Avskaffa regionernas ansvar för sjukvården. Låt staten ta över ansvaret för vården med en gemensam organisation i stället för 21 olika. Det ger en högkvalitativ, effektiv och jämlik vård på lika villkor till hela befolkningen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Abolish the regions' responsibility for healthcare. Let the state take over responsibility for healthcare with one common organization instead of 21 different. This gives high-quality, efficient and equitable healthcare on equal terms to the entire population.”
• coherent healthcare programmes»Kraftigt stärkt elevhälsa med en sammanhållen barn- och ungdomshälsovård och föräldrastödsprogram som erbjuds alla föräldrar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Significantly strengthened student health with a coherent child and youth healthcare and parental support programmes offered to all parents.”
• dignified aging»Alla medborgare ska kunna åldras med värdighet.« (party programme ↗)“All citizens shall be able to age with dignity.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants the patient-responsible doctor contact to be the hub in elderly healthcare and that medical competence and continuity are strengthened, and it uses national solutions when coordination fails, for example a national care mediation service. A unified national elderly healthcare programme is such coordination of already known knowledge. The requirement is therefore aligned with the plan's direction, even though the programme as such is not mentioned.

• doctor contact as hubdecisive»Se till att den patientansvariga läkarkontakten ska utgöra navet i äldres sjukvård« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Ensure that the patient-responsible doctor contact forms the hub in elderly healthcare”
• medical competence and continuity»Den medicinska kompetensen och kontinuiteten måste stärkas inom äldreomsorgen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Medical competence and continuity must be strengthened in elderly care.”
• national coordination in healthcare»Inrätta en nationell vårdförmedling som ska hjälpa patienter med lång väntetid att få vård i en annan del av landet där det finns ledig kapacitet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish a national care mediation service to help patients with long waiting times to receive care in another part of the country where there is spare capacity”
• systematic work for elderly health»Verka för ett systematiskt måltidslyft inom äldrevården och äldreomsorgen« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for a systematic improvement of meals in elderly care and elderly services”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan wants to raise the knowledge level and prioritization of elderly health, introduce elderly check-ups to detect disease states early and establish fast-track programmes for elderly patients, and uses national strategies as a tool in the health area. The counter-proposal's demand for a national elderly healthcare programme corresponding to maternal and child health is in line with this. The plan therefore supports the demand.

• preventive elderly check-upsdecisive»Äldresamtal skulle exempelvis ge både samhället och närstående möjlighet att upptäcka begynnande eller pågående sjukdomstillstånd i tid.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Elderly check-ups would for example give both society and next of kin the opportunity to detect incipient or ongoing disease states in good time.”
• prioritize elderly health»Satsa på att höja kunskapsnivån och prioriteringen gällande psykisk ohälsa bland äldre« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Invest in raising knowledge level and prioritization regarding mental ill-health among the elderly.”
• tailored care for the elderly»Inrätta snabbspår för äldre patienter för att minska belastningen på akuten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Establish fast-track programmes for elderly patients to reduce the burden on emergency services.”
• national programmes as tools»Ta fram en nationell strategi för det fortsatta arbetet med psykisk hälsa« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Draw up a national strategy for continued work on mental health.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.