of Helsinki each participant and individual and Tampere. merged into a service personal budget. The solutions were employees of developed disability services in also without the participating actual municipalities personal discussed the size budgets. and use of the budget with the clients based on their personal plans. Finnish legislation in its current form does not enable giving the personal budget in the control of the client in a way that the client would independently, supported, or through a third party purchase the needed services. Therefore, the participating municipalities arranged or purchased the requested services for the clients. Personal assistance Yes - All age - Service is provided for - Assistance is -In 2013, (typically purchased groups tasks that the persons provided for daily 15217 and in through earmarked - Seriously would perform by routines, work and 2014 17356 cash allocations, the disabled themselves but are not able studies to the extent persons were purpose of which is to persons who to, due to disability or that is necessarily receiving
of Helsinki and Tampere. each participant and merged into a personal budget. The employees of disability services in the participating municipalities discussed the size and use of the budget with the clients based on their personal plans. Finnish legislation in its current form does not enable giving the personal budget in the control of the client in a way that the client would independently, supported, or through a third party purchase the needed services. Therefore, the participating municipalities arranged or purchased the requested services for the clients. individual service solutions were developed also without actual personal budgets. Personal assistance (typically purchased through earmarked cash allocations, the purpose of which is to Yes - All age groups - Seriously disabled persons who - Service is provided for tasks that the persons would perform by themselves but are not able to, due to disability or - Assistance is provided for daily routines, work and studies to the extent that is necessarily -In 2013, 15217 and in 2014 17356 persons were receiving
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