Home care (SoL)
Home care is granted by social services and consists of help and support to an individual in their own home or equivalent, so that the person can continue to live at home.
Home care is the term for a collection of services granted by social services according to Chapter 4, Article 1 of the Social Services Act (SoL). These may be:
- non-personal services, such as cleaning or shopping or
- personal care, such as hygiene or help at mealtimes.
Certain other types of service that do not entail significant contact with the eligible person (for example social care alarms, delivery of meals, collecting and delivering laundry, etc.) are not subject to authorisation.
Application for permit
Swedish regulations
Legal requirement for authorisation/licensing
- 7 kap. 1–2 §§ socialtjänstlagen (2001:453), SoL, Sveriges Riksdag
- 4 kap. 1, 3 §§ socialtjänstförordningen (2001:937), SoF, Sveriges Riksdag
- Prop. 2017/18:158 Ökade tillståndskrav och särskilda regler för upphandling inom välfärden, sid. 38–41
Lex Sarah
Management system for systematic quality work
Legal obligation to report concern for a child's welfare
Documentation
- Dokumentationsplikt 11 kap. 5, 6 §§ SoL, Sveriges Riksdag
- Socialstyrelsens föreskrifter och allmänna råd (SOSFS 2014:5). Dokumentation i verksamhet som bedrivs med stöd av SoL, LVU, LVM och LSS
- Socialstyrelsens handbok: Handläggning och dokumentation inom socialtjänsten
