Piteå newspaper has previously told about MS-sick Camilla’s struggle for assistance at home. The summer at a short-term residence for the elderly in Piteå is not something Camilla looks forward to:
– It feels like the devil to move to a nursing home at the age of 51.
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Have lived in a nursing home before
Piteå municipality believes that it will not succeed in getting the staffing together during the summer. Something that Camilla Öhlund does not consider to be reasonable:
– This is the second time I have been forced to live in a nursing home. I want to be out and live as normal a life as possible, my illness is believed.
– This further deteriorates her quality of life, but what is the alternative? The municipality cannot provide the assistance hours Camilla is entitled to, says her mother Christina Öhlund.
“Extremely boring”
Lena Enqvist, head of care at Piteå municipality does not want to comment on the individual case but says:
– It is of course extremely sad, but that is the staffing situation we are in. Our intention is that they should be as good as possible for each individual.
Affects more
Are there more affected this summer due to the staff shortage?
– There are a number of people who either have personal assistance or home care where we had to find alternative solutions. However, we can never force anyone.
In the clip below, the managers explain why there is a lack of personal assistants in Piteå municipality.
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Here, those in charge at Piteå municipality explain why they are not successful in recruiting personal assistants. From left: Annika Risberg, unit manager at the staffing unit and Lena Enqvist, care manager, Photo: Linnéa Lindmark/SVT