Prioritisation of Knowledge Needs Concerning Home Care for Older Adults

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Planned to be published: Quarter 4, 2026

Background

In the 2024 government appropriation directions, SBU was commissioned to produce knowledge summaries to improve elderly care (S20323/03257). The assignment is to be finalised by 1 December 2026.

During 2026, SBU plans to carry out a prioritisation of the need for new knowledge identified within the area of home care services for older adults. The prioritisation will be conducted using a method developed by the James Lind Alliance (for reference reading, see: https://www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/). The purpose is to identify the most urgent knowledge needs within this specific area.

The method is based on people with lived experience, relatives, and professionals within a designated area jointly agreeing on the most important knowledge gaps. The target group for the prioritisation primarily includes relevant authorities, researchers, and research funders, as well as home care service providers.

Objective

The aim of this project is to identify important needs for new knowledge within the field of home care, focusing specifically on older adults who receive home care services. The project is mainly directed at individuals who receive home care, their relatives, and professionals working in the field, in order to explore what knowledge needs they see based on their experiences.

The results of the project will be used by SBU and the National Board of Health and Welfare in their work to develop knowledge-based materials for the sector, and by researchers and research funders in their roles of producing new scientific knowledge.

More information about this project can be found here: https://www.sbu.se/jla_hemtjanst (in Swedish)

Project group

Experts

  • Ida Goliath, PhD, Associate professor, The Stockholm Gerontology Research Center and Karolinska Institutet
  • Elizabeth DiPaolo Sandberg, union chairman SKPF Pensionärerna

From the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen)

  • Emanuel Åhlfeldt, Researcher
  • Stefan Brené, Researcher

From SBU

  • Frida Fröberg, Project Manager, from 2026-03-01
  • Anna-My Stradell, Project Member
  • Göran Bertilsson, Head of Unit
  • Irene Edebert, Assistant Project Manager
  • Jenny Nell, Project Member
  • Marie Österberg, Project Manager, until 2026-03-01
  • Mikaela Lannergren, Project Administrator, from 2026-01-19
  • Sofia Carlsson, Project Administrator, until 2026-01-19
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