Profile of Explanatory information the users For each type of service, age Extent to which support is If data are Type of please provide a short (children, self-directed available, please description of: adults or For each type of service, specify number of based service the type and level (i.e. Yes/ older please provide information services operating Please provide 24 hour, daytime, No persons) about the extent to which in the country and the name of the weekends, etc.) of Please type of users control the support the number of type of service support the service indicate disability provided. Can individuals users in the national provides; if this (physical using the service: Please provide a full language and a location of the service type of disability, recruit and manage staff reference for this translation into (i.e. city, town, rural service providing support; data, including English areas); is determine the activities for information about who is eligible for the disability, which support is needed; the period covered Please indicate service in determine how the budget by the data. if the types of who is typically the your social for services and supports is Please indicate, if services provider and funder of country disability, used; data is available, if presented below services (i.e. national deaf or choose types of equipment there has been are given a government, local hard of and adaptations to meet decrease / increase different name government, hearing, their needs? in the last five years in your country municipality, NGO, blind) private company, etc.)? Personal Yes Service is available A worker in the In 2014, 4,100 assistance across the country. municipality persons used this Profile of (Personlig Service is available to carries out less users: assistans) persons that are an assessment to decide comprehensive adults in (typically included under the LSS on the entitlement of personal categories purchased which are: number of hours per week assistance according through 1. People with Once personal budgets are scheme (less to LSS (se earmarked cash congenital intellectual released, the individual than 20h per right allocations, the disabilities, autism or decides how the week) column) purpose of autism-like conditions, assistance is to be Persons using which is to pay 2. People acquiring, in organized. He or she may this support has
Type of service Please provide the name of the type of service in the national language and a translation into English Please indicate if the types of services presented below are given a different name in your country Yes/ No Please indicate if this type of service is in your country Profile of the users age (children, adults or older persons) type of disability (physical disability, disability, disability, deaf or hard of hearing, blind) Explanatory information For each type of service, please provide a short description of: the type and level (i.e. 24 hour, daytime, weekends, etc.) of support the service provides; location of the service (i.e. city, town, rural areas); who is eligible for the service who is typically the provider and funder of services (i.e. national government, local government, municipality, NGO, private company, etc.)? Extent to which support is self-directed For each type of service, please provide information about the extent to which users control the support provided. Can individuals using the service: recruit and manage staff providing support; determine the activities for which support is needed; determine how the budget for services and supports is used; choose types of equipment and adaptations to meet their needs? If data are available, please specify number of services operating in the country and the number of users Please provide a full reference for this data, including information about the period covered by the data. Please indicate, if data is available, if there has been decrease / increase in the last five years Personal assistance (Personlig assistans) (typically purchased through earmarked cash allocations, the purpose of which is to pay Yes Profile of users: adults in categories according to LSS (se right column) Service is available across the country. Service is available to persons that are included under the LSS which are: 1. People with congenital intellectual disabilities, autism or autism-like conditions, 2. People acquiring, in A social worker in the municipality carries out an assessment to decide on the entitlement of number of hours per week Once personal budgets are released, the individual decides how the assistance is to be organized. He or she may In 2014, 4,100 persons used this less comprehensive personal assistance scheme (less than 20h per week) Persons using this support has based