About
Heidi Gautun is a senior researcher at the department of Ageing Research and Housing Studies, Norwegian Social Research (NOVA). Her research interests include family care to older people, the intersection between (informal and formal) care services to the elderly and labor market inclusion, as well as integrated care, with a special focus on community care services.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Informal care Elderly care services Coordination hospitals and community care services Combining work and care for older parents
Research groups
Research projects
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Combining Work and Care for Older Parents (CoWorkCare)
In this research project the researchers aims to generate new knowledge on how senior employees' care obligations for their older parents affect their labour market participation.
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Crosscare-Old: A Cross Sectoral Approach to High Quality Healthcare Transitions for Older People
The project aims to increase the understanding of the role of cross-sectoral factors that constitute barriers for high quality care transitions for older people from hospital to municipal care.
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How Do We Provide Better, Safer and More Cost-Effective Pathways for Older People?
The project addresses how the spatial context in which people live during different stages of their lives shape their life prospects and socioeconomic outcomes.
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Social Inequalities in Ageing (SiA)
In this project researchers investigate what influences social inequalities in health, and how different organization of welfare institutions can affect social inequalities in ageing.
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State of Knowledge: The Resource Situation in Nursing Homes and Home Nursing
The project summarizes research and available data which illuminates the resource situation (staffing and competence) in nursing homes and home nursing.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Gautun, Heidi; Hartford Kvæl, Linda Aimee; Bratt, Christopher
(2022).
After Hospital: Should Older Care-Needing Patients Be Transferred to Their Homes or to an intermediate Care Institution?.
Healthcare
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Vol. 10.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3029752
Gautun, Heidi (2021). For få på jobb? Sykepleierbemanning i sykehjem og hjemmesykepleien. Søkelys på arbeidslivet .
Gautun, Heidi; Hellesø, Ragnhild; Veenstra, Marijke
(2021).
The association between hospital nurses’ perspectives on their information practices and quality of care transitions in older patients: A nation-wide cross-sectional study.
Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning
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Vol. 7.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/89977
Gautun, Heidi; Sørvoll, Jardar (2021). Hjemmetjenester eller institusjonsomsorg? Et forvaltningskommunalt dilemma i norsk eldreomsorg. Tidsskrift for velferdsforskning . Vol. 24.
Veenstra, Marijke; Gautun, Heidi (2020). Nurses' assessments of staffing adequacy in care services for older patients following hospital discharge. Journal of Advanced Nursing .
Gautun, Heidi; Bratt, Christopher; Billings, Jenny
(2020).
Nurses' experiences of transitions of older patients from hospitals to community care. A nation-wide survey in Norway.
9 p.
Health Science Reports
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Vol. 3.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2725797
Sørvoll, Jardar; Gautun, Heidi (2020). Brukermedvirkning i norsk eldreomsorg – følger kommunene opp statens styringssignaler?. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning . Vol. 6.
Bratt, Christopher; Gautun, Heidi (2018). Should I stay or should I go? Nurses’ wishes to leave nursing homes and home nursing. Nursing Management .
Gautun, Heidi (2018). Prioriteringer i pleie- og omsorgssektoren Diskrimineres eldre?. Tidsskrift for omsorgsforskning . Vol. 4.
Hellesø, Ragnhild; Gautun, Heidi
(2018).
Digitalized Discharge Planning between Hospitals and Municipal Health Care.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
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Vol. 250.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2579562
