Comment regarding home care in Linköping Municipality
Linköping Municipality has today communicated that they are making a claim against Attendo to repay approximately SEK 10 million for care services performed during the period August 2024 to February 2025. The care services have been fully performed for people with large and increasing care needs. Attendo has begun a review of the claim, but does not share the municipality's view of the repayment obligation. Furthermore, Attendo interprets the agreement differently than Linköping Municipality does.
In Linköping, Attendo works according to a model where the individual's needs determine how long the interventions will take. The social worker decides which interventions will be provided, and the provider schedules these in consultation with the customer. Compensation has been paid for the time actually performed, which has been reported monthly to Linköping Municipality.
Attendo is the leading care company in the Nordic region that develops cost-effective and modern working methods and helps public clients solve complex individual-based care needs.
"We regret the development in Linköping, which is taking place against a backdrop of increasingly challenging conditions within home care. The municipality writes that the residents of Linköping have the right to safe and legally secure elderly care, and that is exactly what we have done based on our close assessment of the needs of the care recipients. We meet the care recipients every day. In order to manage the care, we as a society need to do more for more people with fewer resources. This requires cooperation and dialogue," says Stina Holmlund Kelly, Segment Manager for Home Care, Attendo Scandinavia.
Attendo AB (publ)
For further information, please contact:
Josefine Uppling, Communication Director, Attendo
Phone: +46 76 114 54 21 | email: [email protected]
Attendo - the leading care company in the Nordics | For almost 40 years, seeing, supporting and strengthening people with care needs has been the starting point of everything Attendo does. In addition to care for older people, Attendo provides care for people with disabilities and social care for individuals and families. Attendo has close to 35,000 employees and is locally anchored with around 800 facilities in 300 municipalities in Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Every day Attendo’s employees has thousands of encounters with customers. In all these encounters, we manifest Attendo’s shared values of care, commitment and competence.