Sunday, August 17, 2014

Carers stabbed by users – Swedish Dagbladet

Carers stabbed by users – Swedish Dagbladet

A man has arrested on probable cause suspected of murder.

– The man who was murdered was working there. He was stabbed and died as a result of the injuries, said Richard Andersson, station officer at Södertörn Police.

It was midday on Saturday that police were alerted to the address in Tullingebergsvägen, south of Stockholm. The man was taken by ambulance, but his life could not be saved.

Anne Lundqvist is the care manager in Botkyrka.

– This is a terrible tragedy and nothing we could predict or expect. We are now targeting our efforts to support the people involved: families, patients and staff.

The patient lived on a supported accommodation for six people with disabilities who are eligible under the LSS Act about support and services for certain disabled.

– There was absolutely no threat to what we know today. In this case, we had taken action. But we will investigate this internally to see if we have done what is important for us to do, says Anne Lundkvist.

When it is known that there are risks to using management alarms, for example, personal alarm, or in severe cases emergency to the police. When there are known risks are not alone carers home users.

– Of course, the best protection is to have skilled personnel. Preventing violence is the most important. That’s why we continually educate and provide employees basic training.

Anne Lundkvist has are not aware of what training the deceased man had.

– He was timvikarie and had been there a long time in the municipality. The man was experienced and good at his job, says Anne Lundkvist.

She does not want to say that threats and violence is a huge problem, but that it exists. Anne Lundkvist has worked as a social worker for 30 years in various municipalities and watched it grow.

– When it occurs, it is often linked to the user to have several problems. may have a disability, do not have a job, have psychiatric problematic. Then there’s always more difficult to coordinate relief efforts. It may also be that the community support looks different today. Previously, we had more inpatient.

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