by private organizations. Mobile Yes, across Adults with These services are available The kind of service used In 2013, Dienste the country. intellectual and across the country in all is determined by the kind 136,410 psychosocial and regions. In-home services and level of care needs. persons In-home physical are carried out through This is assessed by received mobile (home disabilities, who visits; there is no long term experts (qualified nurses) care services in help, are able to live support or attendance. The in cooperation with the Austria home independently but district authority service users. The staff of help). care need punctual the service providers is service) In Upper support. is responsible for the obligated to inform the Austria in administration of these service users about all (home 2013, 1,374 services and they are services provided and to help persons with funded by the provinces and discuss these services consists disabilities the municipalities. In-home with the users. of received mobile services are usually care services provided by independent with and 1,462 were charitable associations, such earmarked for as the Caritas or the tasks, these services. Hilfswerk. such as This is a rate of The contribution of the shopping, 48.4% receivers is graded cleaning, fulfilment of according to their income cooking, demand. (care-allowance and etc. personal budget included). Service is available to all persons with disabilities, services including carers and children include
by private organizations. Mobile Dienste In-home (home help, home care service) (home help consists of with tasks, such as shopping, cleaning, cooking, etc. services include Yes, across the country. Adults with intellectual and psychosocial and physical disabilities, who are able to live independently but need punctual support. These services are available across the country in all regions. In-home services are carried out through visits; there is no long term support or attendance. The district authority is responsible for the administration of these services and they are funded by the provinces and the municipalities. In-home services are usually provided by independent charitable associations, such as the Caritas or the Hilfswerk. The contribution of the receivers is graded according to their income (care-allowance and personal budget included). Service is available to all persons with disabilities, including carers and children The kind of service used is determined by the kind and level of care needs. This is assessed by experts (qualified nurses) in cooperation with the service users. The staff of the service providers is obligated to inform the service users about all services provided and to discuss these services with the users. In 2013, 136,410 persons received mobile care services in Austria help). In Upper Austria in 2013, 1,374 persons with disabilities received mobile care services and 1,462 were earmarked for these services. This is a rate of 48.4% fulfilment of demand.
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