Background information about dementia and home care services In
1993, the Federal State and the individual provinces made an
agreement to further develop common measures by 2010 with regard
to the provision of services for those in need of care. This was
to include home nursing, elderly care and home help. An interim
report dated 31.12.2002 revealed, however, that the provision of
mobile services was unevenly distributed. Nevertheless, by
December 2002, an additional 1,727 full-time care worker posts
had been created (compared to the period 1995 to 1997) within
Austria, excluding Vienna. In 2003, there were plans to create a
further 2,191 full-time posts by 2010 (Blaha, 2006). The main
providers of home care services are the Red Cross, Caritas,
social welfare organisations, relief organisations and
“Volkshilfe”. Legislation relating to the provision of home care
services There are two main pieces of legislation of relevance
to the provision of home care services. These are the Federal
Long-Term Care Allowance