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Eligibility criteria for cash assistance for older and disabled people in Hungary: a model for countries in passage from a planned to a market economy
- Authors:
- LANDAU Ruth, GUTTMAN David, TALYIGAS Katalin
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 28(2), April 1998, pp.233-246.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Discusses how the political and economic changes presently taking place in the Central and Eastern European countries are accompanied by profound social changes which impact hardest on the well-being of older and disabled people. Based on the experience of a Hungarian non-governmental social agency, a model for eligibility criteria for cash assistance for vulnerable peoples is suggested.
Private markets in health and welfare: an international perspective
- Editor:
- JOHNSON Norman
- Publisher:
- Berg
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 263p.,tables,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
Collection of papers examining the growing role of private markets in the provision and finance of health and social welfare services in the UK, Canada, France, Italy, Sweden, the United States, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia. Considers whether the principal beneficiaries have been the state, the consumers, or the commercial providers. Includes papers on domiciliary and residential services, housing, and a range of health services.
Quality of life for persons with disabilities: international perspectives and issues
- Editor:
- GOODE David
- Publisher:
- Brookline Books
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 218p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge, MA
Comparative study of the quality of life of people with learning difficulties. Includes papers on: quality of life in the Danish context; a six year study of a quality of life model; Australian legislation, service delivery and quality of life; overview of theory and practice in Germany; quality of life and unemployment among people with disabilities in Hungary; the National Quality of Life for Persons with Disabilities Project in the USA; the California quality of life project; towards an understanding of quality of life in people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities; quality of life and ageing; quality of life at school; training staff in quality of life issues; and the concept of quality of life and its current applications in the field of developmental disabilities.
Inform '92: meeting the information needs of disabled people in Europe; International Conference Centre, Birmingham 13 and 14 October 1992
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 159p.,list of orgs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: acceptable language in information provision; the National Disability Information Project; telephone information helplines; MENCAP's profound intellectual and multiple disabilities section; physical and attitudinal barriers to effective information provision; employment information for people with disabilities; the accessibility of public information in different European countries; the EC's Helios programme; Kent County Council and links between disabled people in Europe; methods of disseminating information; the Deaf Women's Health Project; the Asian People with Disabilities Alliance; information and visual impairment; advocacy and the law; the use and value of information technology; and travelling and tourism for all.