Politics for those who worked – News

On Friday, Margareta Winberg, who investigates the Social Services Act, received an additional mission: She will also check whether the law should be supplemented by a special law for the elderly to guarantee the Equivalence and quality

The initiative for the new part of the investigation is the Minister of Children, Equality and Elders, Lena Hallengren (S), and in a interview with Sveriges Radio Ekot, she comments on the decision as follows:

– It should not cause seniors to worry about living in a municipality that does not invest in care to older people so that they can receive dignified care and dignified care

These are beautiful words and they can be repeated several times. And even though it may be helpful to keep the legislation as consistent and general as possible, it's hard to argue that the current situation, and perhaps especially the next, among older people will require taking new and specific position; Swedes are living longer and a growing proportion of the population will become older in the coming years.

It is a situation that it is not too early to react to brutal actions and harsh policies.

there is enough legislation to deal with the current situation and be ready for the future. In the field of care of the elderly as well as in many municipal activities, differences between countries are not mainly due to existing or political legislation or to the majority; It is a matter of municipalities, especially small municipalities, limited and limited financial resources.

Laws cost nothing – or at least very little – to write. However, to achieve the desired effect, it is also necessary that the officers and officials responsible for implementing them receive the resources they need to do their jobs – just like nurses, nurses and home who have to do the work. to obtain decent and attractive working conditions to work.

No matter how sketchily a wedding dress is nice – if you do not have enough aside for the end, it will finally be one more.

the first step towards a fair-care center across the country. The fact that the government is interested in the issue and shows signs of wanting to assume greater responsibility is good and good – but such an interest must accompany a willingness to prioritize and fund activities that municipalities can not support in the long term.

For a long time, the focus has been on work in Swedish politics. There has been talk of getting people out of the labor market, and improving the working conditions of those who work.

The example of bourgeois tax deductions that have left Sweden's seniors in the absurd situation where their pensions have been taxed far harder than workers' wages. This has been a good way for the sitting government to correct and, given the proportion of the population that is getting older, it is not a day too soon.

Sweden must not only have a policy for those who work. We must have a policy for those who have worked too. We all win – both those who are older today and those who will be here tomorrow.