Holistic care. Less supervision and control. Free choice for the elderly. These are the keywords from the long-awaited elderly care reform. The general idea is to share the responsibility with the private sector and provide the elderly with a choice between public and private services. Today, they can already make this choice for cleaning, laundry, and personal care services, with 41% opting for private companies in 2022. Moving forward, the elderly will be able to choose the services they prefer to spend their allowance on, such as reducing cleaning services and personal care in favor of more conversations while looking at old photos and drinking coffee.
- Holistic care: the elderly must be able to receive different types of care, depending on their needs.
- Less supervision and control: the 98 yearly inspections will be merged into one inspection per year.
- Local nursing homes: the municipalities will be allowed to establish private nursing homes, free of government regulation. Here, the elderly will be able to purchase extra services.
- Less regulation in elderly care: simplified annual quality reports, supervision, and dignity policies.
- An additional annual investment of one billion DKK will raise the quality of elderly care in Denmark by 2027.
