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Introduction: Knowledge of older person’s experiences of important values in home care service can facilitate the development and delivery of high-quality services supporting their well-being, dignity and participation in the care provided. To date, few studies have explored older person’s values and experiences of home care services.

Purpose: This study aimed to explore values that older person holds regarding home care services and their experiences of how these values manifest in home care service delivery.

Participants and Methods: The study has a qualitative exploratory design. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 older persons aged 74–90 who received home care service. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis.

Results: Two themes (each with sub-themes) of values relating to the experience of home care service from the perspective of the 16 older persons were identified: to be supported as an autonomous person and to be supported as a relational being. The participants experience that these two values were only partly manifested in the home care services they received. They also noted that their well-being was negatively affected when staff failed to implement these values. The fundamental values identified in study related to the older person feeling safe, being autonomous, maintaining control and independence, and having relationships. The values constitute help to guide practice from the perspective of older persons who receive home care services.

Conclusion: The identified values are primarily interpersonal-level values. However, such values are also of importance for homecare service organisations when promoting delivery of person-centred care. Taking such a position implies adopting a relation-oriented rather than a task-oriented approach in providing home care services for older persons.