Through its Community Care Services Committee and Elderly Care Services Committee, Linköping municipality has overall responsibility for all care services for the inhabitants of Linköping. However this does not include medical care which is the responsibility of the county council, Landstinget i Östergötland.
In 2008 Your Choice Homecare was introduced.
The two Care Services Committees negotiate care services with municipal as well as private providers of homecare services. The municipality offers a variety of care services for the elderly.
Those who are 75 years or older and in need of homecare services can approach any of the approved homecare service providers within the municipality or talk to a municipal pilot for the elderly or make contact with a senior or elderly care home provider located within their own homecare area.
People over the age of 75 years have the right to purchase cleaning, washing and shopping assistance up to a maximum of 6 hours per month before the matter needs to be approved. Those who have not yet reached 75 can apply for homecare services through the Social Services. Having been awarded homecare services the individual is entitled to choose the service provider. Senior and elderly care homes have to provide minimum homecare services for those individuals who do not or cannot actively choose homecare services from a particular provider.
The municipality has procured minimum homecare services for the senior and elderly homecare providers as well as the provision of lunch and leisure time activities.
These services are provided by municipally-owned as well as independent companies. These services procured by the municipality involve about 10% of all homecare services with the major part of homecare services involving personal care and accommodation services. Your Choice Homecare means the municipality will not conduct procurement at regular intervals; each individual will retain the provider of their choice for as long as they want.