Comparative study of elderly care among the Nordic countries

这个研究项目有两个目的。其中之一是消除甚至在北欧国家（瑞典、丹麦、挪威和芬兰）之间老年人护理的差异。二是从文化、历史和政治的角度分析差异产生的原因，本研究揭示了北欧国家老年人护理的诸多共性和差异。例如，市场化和私有化的理念在这些国家已经确立。在瑞典的斯德哥尔摩，它发展得很快，而在挪威，它发展得很慢。这取决于政府的政策和他们的文化，因为护理服务确实是为了支持住在那里的老年人。

This research project had two purposes. One of them is to clear variation of elderly care even among the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland). Another is to analyze reasons of the variation with perspective of culture, history and politics.This research project makes it clear that many similarities and differences of elderly care in the Nordic countries. For example, idea of marketization and privatization has established in these countries. It goes rapidly in Stockholm in Sweden and it goes slowly in Norway. It depends on policy of the government and their culture, because it is true that care service is to support elderly who live there.