As early as April 2022, the Umeå municipality’s board for the elderly announced that a department with a Sami profile would open in a care home in the spring of 2023.
This after the municipality’s elderly care in 2021 sent out a survey to elderly people who identified themselves as Sami and 90 percent of those who responded thought it was important to have a unit with a Sami focus.
But the work has dragged on and no accommodation with Sami unity has yet been opened.
Now, however, it may finally be underway Sami Radio reports that in the spring of 2024, Umeå hopes that the Sami unit will be ready.
– We think that both the indoor and outdoor environment should have a Sami profile. There is a need to be happy to receive care for the elderly in Sami or at least in a Sami unit, says Anna Bergström, quality manager for the elderly care administration in Umeå Municipality.
However, the recruitment of staff has not started yet.
– We hope we get several applicants who can speak Sami, says Bergström.