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Course syllabus - Social Care in Social Work

Scope

7.5 credits

Course code

SAA097

Valid from

Autumn semester 2024

Education level

First cycle

Progressive Specialisation

G1F (First cycle, has less than 60 credits in first-cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Main area(s)

Social Work

School

School of Health, Care and Social Welfare

Ratified

2023-12-12

Literature lists

Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.

    • Ratified date: 2025-05-23
    • Latest update: 2025-06-24

    Books

    Goodley, D.,

    Disability studies: an interdisciplinary introduction

    Sage,

    Hanna Egard, ; Kristofer Hansson, ; David Wästerfors, ; Egard, Hanna

    Accessibility Denied. Understanding Inaccessibility and Everyday Resistance to Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities

    LIBRIS-ID: ft13pjqjc0g2g81b

    URL: Tillgänglig för användare inom Mälardalens högskola

    Routledge,

    Szatur-Jaworska, B. (2020). The life course perspective in social gerontology. In M. Luszczynska (Ed.), Researching ageing: Methodological challenges and their empirical background (pp. 124-133). Routledge

    Articles

    Engvall, K,

    I´m too old to think five years ahead. Parent carers of adult children with intellectual disabilities in Sweden

    ALTER, European Journal of Disability Research, 11(3). 155-167,

    H. Österholm, J, ; Taghizadeh Larsson, A. & Olaison, A.,

    Handling the Dilemma of Self-Determination and Dementia: A Study of Case Managers Discursive Strategies in Assessment Meetings

    Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 58(6), 613-636,

    Jegermalm, M. & Torgé, C. J.,

    Three caregiver profiles: who are the, what do they do, and who are their co-carers?

    URL: Link

    European Journal of Social Work, 114,

    Järkestig Berggren, U.,

    Building on users' knowledge as a basis for professional expertise? An example from Swedish social care services

    URL: Link

    European Journal of Social Work, 2015, 18:5, 718-730, DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2014.934662,

    Jönsson, H., & Harnett, T,

    Introducing an Equal Rights Framework for Older Persons in Residential Care

    The Gerontologist, 56(5), 800-806,

    Kittay, F. E,

    The ethics of care, dependence, and disability

    Ratio Juris 24(1), 49-58,

    Laceulle, H.,

    Virtuous aging and existential vulnerability

    URL: Link

    Journal of Ageing Studies, 43, 18,

    Neves, B. B., Sanders, A. & Kokanovic, R.,

    It's the worst bloody feeling in the world: Experiences of loneliness and social isolation among older people living in care homes

    URL: Link

    Journal of Ageing Studies 49, 74-84,

    Ohlin, E., & Dunér, A.,

    A matter of love and labour? Parents working as personal assistants for their adult disabled children

    URL: Link

    Nordic Social Work Research, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 1, 3852, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2156857X.2015.1099116,

    Olaison, A,

    Processing older persons as clients in elderly care: A study of the micro-processes of care management practice

    Social Work in Health Care, 56(2), 78-98,

    Svanelöv, E.,

    An observation study of power practices and participation in group homes for people with intellectual disability

    Disability & Society, 35(9), 14191440.,

    Val Williams, Beth Tarleton, Pauline Heslop, ; Sue Porter, Bernd Sass, Stanley Blue, ; Wendy Merchant & Victoria Mason-Angelow,

    Understanding disabling barriers: a fruitful partnership between Disability Studies and social practices?

    URL: Link

    Disability & Society, 33(2), 157-174,,

    Act concerning support and services for persons with certain functional impairments.

    SFS 1993:387. Stockholm, Sweden: National Board of Health and Welfare,

    Reference Literature

    Ceci, Christine; Kristín Björnsdóttir, ; Purkis, Mary Ellen

    Perspectives on care at home for older people

    ISBN: 9780415895903

    LIBRIS-ID: 12298840

    London, Routledge, xiii, 193 s.

    Fukushima, N., Adami, J., & Palme, M,

    The Long-Term Care System for the Elderly in Sweden

    ENEPRI Research Reports,

    Leahy, A.,

    Too many false dichotomies? Investigating the division between ageing and disability in social care services in Ireland: A study with statutory and non-statutory organisations

    URL: Link

    Journal of Ageing Studies, 44, 3444,

    Nelson-Becker, H., Ai, A. L., Hopp, F. B., ; McCormic, T. R., Schlueter, J. O., & Camp, J. K,

    Spirituality and Religion in End-of-Life Care Ethics: The Challenge of Interfaith and Cross-Generational

    British Journal of Social Work, 45, 104119,

    Schalk, Samantha Dawn

    Bodyminds reimagined: (dis)ability, race, and gender in black women's speculative fiction

    ISBN: 9780822370888

    LIBRIS-ID: 22683132

    Durham, Duke University Press, x, 180 pages

    Svanelöv, E., Enarsson, P, ; Flygare Wallén, E. & Stier, J,

    Understandings of participation in daily activity services among people with intellectual disabilities: a pedagogical sociocultural perspective

    Journal of Intellectual Disabilities 23(2), 203-2015,

    Torgé, Cristina Joy

    Ageing and caring as couples with disabilities

    ISBN: 9789175194103

    LIBRIS-ID: 15975106

    URL: Link

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    Linköping, Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies : NISAL (National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life, vii, 82 s.

    Wærness, K. (2010).,

    On the rationality of caring. In Y. Saito, R. A. Auestad & K. Wærness (Eds.), Meeting the challenges of elder care Japan and Norway (pp.1-20).

    Kyoto University Press & Transpacific press,

    Swedish disability policy. Services and care for people with functional impairments

    Stockholm, Sweden: The National Board of Health and Welfare, 2009,

Grade

Three-grade scale