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2020–2022·Municipalities and regions (residential care homes in particular)

Shortcomings in the medical care of older people during the pandemic

Settled/established
What happened
IVO reviewed the medical care of older people with covid-19 in residential care homes. A majority of the patients reviewed did not receive an individual medical assessment by a physician.
Who reviewed
The Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO)
Criticism
IVO found that a majority of the patients reviewed had not received an individual assessment by a physician, that documentation was deficient and that end-of-life conversations were often missing or held without the patient or their relatives.
Outcome
New requirements for medical assessment and documentation in regions and municipalities. Part of the background to later decisions on increased physician presence in residential care homes.
Agency's own reply
SKR and the municipalities concerned have stated that procedures for medical assessment and end-of-life conversations have been strengthened, and that healthcare staffing in residential care homes has been reviewed.

Sources

Primary sourceIVO 2020 — Nationell tillsyn av medicinsk vård och behandling vid särskilda boenden (2020-11-24)

Updated 2026-07-08

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