continuous care needs of at least 65 hours per month. Yes, it is Different types of Personal assistance in the Personal assistance is In 2013, implemented personal assistance working space is within self-directed regarding 136,410 in the whole are available for federal competence. There providing support, persons country at different target is a guideline by the Federal determination of activities received mobile provincial groups (students, Ministry of Labour, Social for which support is care services Personal level. The employees, the Affairs and Consumer needed, how the budget (including rules on elderly). The Protection. Personal for services and supports personal personal general target assistance in all other is used, choice of types of assistance). (typically assistance group are persons aspects of life (education, equipment and (Austria, differ from with all kinds of mobility, leisure time) is in adaptations to meet the Federal Ministry through province to disability, living in the competence of the needs. The staff and for Labour, province. their own provinces. These services replacement staff is Social Affairs cash household and are available across the provided in some cases and Consumer receiving no other country. and recruited by the Protection the community based individuals using the (2014), purpose General eligibility criteria services (exception services in other cases. of which are: main legal residence in being mobile 2013, is to pay the province of application, In the Provinces of nursing care) available at: for any Austrian/EU/EEA citizenship, Vienna, Burgenland and a certain degree of care Lower Austria, there needed) needs (usually demanding additionally exists an at least 180 monthly hours employer-model of of care and an extraordinary personal assistance. Here, care effort) independent the service user recruits from the type of disability, the staff and decides on living in the own household their earnings
continuous care needs of at least 65 hours per month. Personal (typically through cash the purpose of which is to pay for any needed) Yes, it is implemented in the whole country at provincial level. The rules on personal assistance differ from province to province. Different types of personal assistance are available for different target groups (students, employees, the elderly). The general target group are persons with all kinds of disability, living in their own household and receiving no other community based services (exception being mobile nursing care) Personal assistance in the working space is within federal competence. There is a guideline by the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection. Personal assistance in all other aspects of life (education, mobility, leisure time) is in the competence of the provinces. These services are available across the country. General eligibility criteria are: main legal residence in the province of application, Austrian/EU/EEA citizenship, a certain degree of care needs (usually demanding at least 180 monthly hours of care and an extraordinary care effort) independent from the type of disability, living in the own household Personal assistance is self-directed regarding providing support, determination of activities for which support is needed, how the budget for services and supports is used, choice of types of equipment and adaptations to meet the needs. The staff and replacement staff is provided in some cases and recruited by the individuals using the services in other cases. In the Provinces of Vienna, Burgenland and Lower Austria, there additionally exists an employer-model of personal assistance. Here, the service user recruits the staff and decides on their earnings In 2013, 136,410 persons received mobile care services (including personal assistance). (Austria, Federal Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection (2014), 2013, available at:
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