welfare agencies. Family support / Respite Yes Both family The purpose of The type and the None of the care services are for family support amount of service related statistics children and services is to relies on the differentiates (provides supports to carers young people with enable needs of concrete specifically the in their caring role and allows disabilities and parents/carers families/persons recipients of them to have a break, may their families or of disabled in need of care. family support be formal or informal, and carers. children to have services. The may be provided in the home People who have a break and take replacement care or out of the home) Replacement care continuously part in leisure was introduced in is for people been cared for in and cultural 2015 so there is whose regular the minimum activities. At the no data available. (family) carers period of 6 Familienentlastende same time the are temporarily months are Dienste / service supports not available due eligible for Familienunterstützende autonomy of to illness or other replacement Dienste children outside reasons. care. (family disburdening of their homes. These services services /family support The service can The are not limited to services) last from families/persons any particular several hours to in need of care type of disability. Ersatzpflege/ several days in themselves Verhinderungspflege/ continuation. largely decide Vertretungspflege about the The purpose of (substitute care/ helpers, place of replacement replacement care) support as well as care is to enable continuity of
welfare agencies. Family support / Respite care (provides supports to carers in their caring role and allows them to have a break, may be formal or informal, and may be provided in the home or out of the home) Familienentlastende Dienste / Familienunterstützende Dienste (family disburdening services /family support services) Ersatzpflege/ Verhinderungspflege/ Vertretungspflege (substitute care/ replacement care) Yes Both family services are for children and young people with disabilities and their families or carers. Replacement care is for people whose regular (family) carers are temporarily not available due to illness or other reasons. These services are not limited to any particular type of disability. The purpose of family support services is to enable parents/carers of disabled children to have a break and take part in leisure and cultural activities. At the same time the service supports autonomy of children outside of their homes. The service can last from several hours to several days in continuation. The purpose of replacement care is to enable continuity of The type and the amount of service relies on the needs of concrete families/persons in need of care. People who have continuously been cared for in the minimum period of 6 months are eligible for replacement care. The families/persons in need of care themselves largely decide about the helpers, place of support as well as None of the related statistics differentiates specifically the recipients of family support services. The replacement care was introduced in 2015 so there is no data available.
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