First report from INVI's "temperature measurement" of the elderly care reform

In connection with the adoption of the elderly care reform in 2024—the most comprehensive reform of elderly care in Denmark in many years – the parties behind the agreement decided that the implementation of the reform should be followed by so-called “feedback loops”, which ensure that stronger links are forged between political intentions and practice in elderly care. The parties to the agreement also decided that the regular reports should focus on the three core values of the reform: self-determination, trust, and interaction.

The INVI think tank was given the practical task of monitoring the rollout of the reform through three semi-annual measurements in the elderly care reform's "practice panel." The panel consists of around 1,000 practitioners and users in the elderly care sector – civil servants, social and health care assistants and aides, nurses, unskilled workers, managers, elderly people, relatives, and civil society actors.

The measurements are not classic evaluations – or management data – that examine effects or causal relationships. Instead, they provide insight into how the approximately 1,000 practitioners and users experience the reform in practice, on an ongoing basis as it is implemented.

This publication is the first report in a series that the ministry calls "temperature measurements" because they provide an indication of how implementation is progressing and whether there are any areas where action needs to be taken.

Read the report here.

Read INVI's news about the first report here.

Read more about INVI's project with the Ministry of Senior Citizens here.

Read the full report here.