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This study aims to examine the views of care managers in eldercare, on the mental health of the elderly, and how the care managers work to promote this mental health among those they care for. Thus, the study has a salutogenic perspective in that it focuses on what leads to mental health, rather than mental illness. The study was conducted as a qualitative study and is based on eight semi-structured interviews, all held with care managers in eldercare. The results of the interviews were analyzed thematically and compared to earlier research and Aaron Antonovsky's theory of SOC (sense of coherence). It turns out that care managers within eldercare give a clear picture of what they think causes mental illness among those they care for, with concrete suggestions on how they would wish to work preventively to promote elderly mental health - results that align with the theory of SOC (sense of coherence). |
