Table 2 Categorization of professional providers of supportive actions, according to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED)*
ISCED LEVEL: At or above ISCED level | General health care training | Specialized health care training | Specialized training in dementia |
|---|---|---|---|
7: Master’s or equivalent, vocational | Psychologist (psychol), provides counseling and help to people with psychological problems | GP, physician who treats patients within a district for all types of diseases | MD geriatrics (MD-ger), geriatrician or psycho-geriatrician specialized in geriatrics |
MD psychiatry1 (MD-psych)/Old Age Psychiatrist, specialized in psychiatry | |||
Social worker (SW), provides staff management for residential care or home help service | MD neurology1 (MD-neuro), specialized in neurology | ||
MD-internal medicine, specialized in internal medicine | |||
Physiotherapist, provides rehabilitation to identify and improve, e.g., disabled movement and function | |||
6: Bachelor’s or equivalent, vocational | Social worker, provides staff management for residential care or home help service | Community psychiatric registered nurse, (RN-comm-psych), supports older people at home and in nursing/residential homes. Specialized in psychiatry. | RN specialized in dementia (RN dem), has an overall responsibility for dementia care in an area/municipality. Provides counseling, supervision, and assessments, and mediates contacts. Education at advanced level: Care of the elderly (1 year Master), District nurse (1 year Master), Psychiatric care (1 year Master). |
Home help officer, carries out needs assessment prior to decision about home services and care | |||
Registered nurse (RN), provides care and service including help with PADLs, medical treatments, and managing the nursing care team | |||
Case manager, professional (nurse or social worker) function that may include finding and outreach, comprehensive assessment and care planning, coordination of service, service provision, monitoring, and evaluation, and, in addition, meeting special needs | |||
Occupational therapist (OT), provides rehabilitation to achieve optimum level of functional ability. This may include adaptation of the home and providing aids and equipment to assist with managing everyday activities. | |||
Physiotherapist2, provides rehabilitation to identify and improve, e.g., disabled movement and function. | |||
Case manager, see “Specialized health care training” | |||
5: Short-cycle tertiary education, vocational | Registered nurses, not Bachelor’s level | State examined nurses specialized in dementia care | |
(SEN dem), not Bachelor’s level | |||
State examined nurse (SEN), not Bachelor’s level | |||
Occupational therapist, Bachelor’s level, provides rehabilitation to achieve optimum level of functional ability. This may include adaptation of the home and providing aids and equipment to assist in managing everyday activities. | |||
4: Post-secondary non-tertiary, vocational | Licensed practical nurse (LPN)/auxiliary nurse (Aux-N), provides care and service including help with IADLs and PADLs, and, in addition, minor medical treatment. Health care trained at secondary school level. | ||
3: Upper secondary, vocational | Nurse aid/assistant nurse (Ass-N), provides care and service including help with IADLs and PADLs. Health care trained for <6 months (OECD 2005). | ||
Support worker (Supp-work), home carer, psychological supporter, or home trainer paid at enhanced nursing assistant/home carer rate. Social care/nursing trained at secondary level or trained on the job. | |||
<3 | Social worker assistant (SW-ass), performs some similar tasks as the social worker. Not trained, or trained on the job |