Ivo criticises Mörbylånga over delays in elderly care home placements

Mörbylånga municipality, the local authority responsible for, among other things, elderly care, has been criticised by Inspektionen för vård och omsorg (Ivo), a state supervisory authority. According to Barometern, elderly people have waited an unreasonably long time for a place in a special housing facility, and one person has had to wait for over 18 months after being granted a place.

Ivo is pursuing five cases in parallel in court and is demanding an ongoing fee of nearly 100,000 kronor a month, so far around 1.2 million kronor. Ivo believes the municipality has made money from the elderly people who are waiting. The municipal council's chairman (S) says that it is obviously not the intention. Barometern