Ingela Edkvist's study has the title "Between
relationship and kinship. Stories of relatives of mentally impaired
persons - Anhörig 300" (the text is in Swedish). The study
was performed within the frames of the Swedish project "Anhörig
300". In december 1998 the Swedish parliament voted a special
stimulation grant of 100 million Swedish crowns for three years
(1999-2001) for the local authorities to make contributions, in
cooperation with the relatives and volunteer organisations, directed
at relatives and close friends of old or mentally disabled individuals,
or individuals who have been ill for a long time. The funding is
intended to speed up the development of different forms of support
for relatives who nurse a family member. The aim of the work is
supposed to help accomplish a lasting quality increase in the support
offered by local authorities to relatives and other close acquaintances.
One of the commissions for The National Swedish Social Welfare Board
is to evaluate the project, which is expected to be finally accounted
for by June 30, 2002.
After the local authorities have distributed
the grant between the various target groups, only a reduced part
will have been spent on measures intended for relatives of mentally
impaired people.
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