Safiren’s five children face losing their specialist home
Five children with severe disabilities face losing their home at Safiren in Vallentuna on 20 November, after a dispute over how staff criminal-record checks were kept.
Region Stockholm is preparing another appeal against the closure, Dagens Nyheter reports. The home provides residential care for children with extensive medical needs.
According to the newspaper, staff checks were carried out without criminal records being found, but the documents were not retained. LSS homes must keep them for two years, unlike the region’s general practice of destroying them after checking.
The care inspectorate IVO first prohibited the operation in 2025. An appeal delayed the closure, but the administrative court backed IVO on 23 October. The region is now preparing to challenge that judgment in the administrative court of appeal.
Disability organisation FUB’s chairman Anders Lago urges the region to resist closing the home. He does not establish a legal exemption that would allow it to do so.
DN says IVO has not agreed to its renewed interview request. The reporting establishes neither replacement accommodation for the five children nor a successful appeal.
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