determine how the budget for available, if services and has been supports is private company, used; decrease / etc.)? choose of increase in the equipment and last five years adaptations to meet their needs? Yes, there are All ages, but PEVS is provided by the PEVS is released 73,636 persons direct typically Autonomous once a contract is receiving PEVS payments in people Community of residence presented at the (7.92% people all Spain but but it is funded by the Autonomous in SAAD) by the they are not and the Community. end of 2014 personal Autonomous Users choose (745.720 All types of budgets Community 50-50 services people). The disability and authorized by the number has Earmarked cash all grades of because they Autonomous increased every payment (Prestación dependency are not Community and year. Económica Vinculada PEVS can be used to individualised, Servicio, PEVS) can terminate the purchase services they are not agreement with are compatible in SAAD People who are flexible, and the contractor if (some CCAA, such as By the end of in waiting they do not they prefer Madrid allow it if there 2013, 72,029 for a public to another one. is a single provider for persons service (to purchase all services contracted). received PEVS have a place in services form It cannot be used to (7.62% people a residential different in SAAD which service or day providers as
private company, etc.)? determine how the budget for services and supports is used; choose of equipment and adaptations to meet their needs? available, if has been decrease / increase in the last five years Earmarked cash payment (Prestación Económica Vinculada Servicio, PEVS) Yes, there are direct payments in all Spain but they are not personal budgets because they are not individualised, they are not flexible, and they do not to purchase services form different providers as All ages, but typically people All types of disability and all grades of dependency People who are in waiting for a public service (to have a place in a residential service or day PEVS is provided by the Autonomous Community of residence but it is funded by the and the Autonomous Community 50-50 PEVS can be used to purchase services are compatible in SAAD (some CCAA, such as Madrid allow it if there is a single provider for all services contracted). It cannot be used to PEVS is released once a contract is presented at the Autonomous Community. Users choose services authorized by the Autonomous Community and can terminate the agreement with the contractor if they prefer another one. 73,636 persons receiving PEVS (7.92% people in SAAD) by the end of 2014 (745.720 people). The number has increased every year. By the end of 2013, 72,029 persons received PEVS (7.62% people in SAAD which