Please indicate if the types your deaf or hard of of support the individuals using the this data, of services presented below country hearing, blind) service provides; service: including are given a different name location of the information about recruit and in your country service (i.e. city, the period manage staff town, rural covered by the providing support; areas); data. determine the who is eligible for activities for which Please indicate, if the service support is needed; data is available, who is typically determine how the if there has been the provider and budget for services decrease / funder of and supports is increase in the services (i.e. used; last five years national choose types of government, equipment and local adaptations to government, meet their needs? municipality, NGO, private company, etc.)? Direct payments / Yes The average age Personal Personal budgets The only available personal of personal budgets enable users to statistics covers budgets/individual budget users in comprise receive support the personal budget 2012 was 38.7 different types according to what budgets funded by years (in 2011 it and levels of is known as social welfare (cash payment enabling was 38.3). support employer’s model agencies. As service users to employ depending on [unofficial already stated this personal assistants or freely The latest data service user translation] is the case with choose using various service from 2010 needs and the the large majority providers) indicates This means of personal
Please indicate if the types of services presented below are given a different name in your country your country deaf or hard of hearing, blind) 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.)? 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? 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 Direct payments / personal budgets/individual budget (cash payment enabling service users to employ personal assistants or freely choose using various service providers) Yes The average age of personal budget users in 2012 was 38.7 years (in 2011 it was 38.3). The latest data from 2010 indicates Personal budgets comprise different types and levels of support depending on service user needs and the Personal budgets enable users to receive support according to what is known as employer’s model [unofficial translation] This means The only available statistics covers the personal budgets funded by social welfare agencies. As already stated this is the case with the large majority of personal
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