How Denmark treats handicapped people

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How Denmark treats handicapped people
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How Denmark treats handicapped people

• HELPER SYSTEM
• PENSION
• ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES
• ACCOMMODATION
• HELPING DEVICES
• MEANS OF TRANSPORT
• REHABILITATION
• OTHER

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HELPER SYSTEM

• My name is Jens Dalsgaard-Jensen. I am 69 years
  old and have been married to Lilly for 43 years.
  We have three children and five grandchildren.

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HELPER SYSTEM

• I have been diagnosed with ALS in nine years, but
  my ALS was slowly advanced. By the date of
  diagnosis the doctor set life expectancy at three
  years, but they were wrong in my case, which has
  meant that I have taking care of myself with the
  help from Lilly, as well as family and friends,
  but now my needs have increased, and I therefore
  seek the public sector for additional help in
  daily life.

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HELPER SYSTEM

• The day I was diagnosed by with ALS Lilly and I
  went into a restaurant and got something good to
  eat and we talked about the diagnosis and agreed
  that now we have lived well for 60 years and that
  it was important to get most of the time together
  we had left. I was not sick, I just had ALS. We
  still have a wonderful life together with family
  and friends and we now plan for a further nine
  years.

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HELPER SYSTEM

• The Danish public sector shall provide full
  financial assistance for the disabled to cover
  any need for assistance both in and outside the
  home. It appears clear to Arne and Jens and I
  would not have been able to participate here if
  we didnt have paid helpers. Transportation to
  treatment, doctor visits, etc. you can get paid
  by the public sector.

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HELPER SYSTEM

• Both Jens and Arne going a week to Poland and I
  two weeks in rehabilitation sanatorium and get
  the cost of helpers covered. Both Jenss got
  their wives as assistants, who will then have a
  free holiday in Poland.

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PENSION

• Early retirement pension in Denmark applies to
  persons between 18 and 65.
• As of 01-01-2010
• Retirement Pension Yearly - Single 26 056 (DKK
  195,420)
• Retirement Pension Monthly - Single 2 171
  (DKK 16,285)
• If you are single, you may have additional income
  of up to 8 867 (DKK 66 500) per year (2010),
  without affecting your retirement pension.
• Your retirement will be reduced with 4 (DKK 30)
  down for every 13 (DKK 100) your total income
  is higher than 8 867 (DKK 66 500) (2010).
• You are not eligible for early retirement pension
  if your overall revenues are higher than 95,720
  ( 717,900) (2010

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PENSION

• Retirement Pension Yearly - Married 22 147
  (DKK 166,104)
• Retirement Pension Monthly - Married 1 798
  (DKK 13 842)
• Is your partner not retired, the public sector
  shall ignore the first 22 147 (DKK 166 104)
  (2010), your partner earns. Then you can have a
  total additional income of up to 14 067 (DKK
  105 500) per year (2010) before it affects your
  pension.
• Your retirement will be reduced by 4 (DKK 30)
  for every 13 (DKK 100) your total income is
  higher than 14 067 (DKK 105 500) (2010).
• This should be enough to live a good life
  assuming your wife has a good income and you will
  recover additional expenses related to his
  disability.

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PENSION

• State pension start from 65 years
• Rates as of 01-01-2010
• Pension for single basic rate per month 727
  (DKK 5 448)
• Pension for single extra rate per month with
  income
• below 8 133 (DKK 61 300 / year) 755 (DKK 5
  658)
• Maximum income per month 1 482 (DKK 11 106)
• Pension for married basic rate per month 727
  (DKK 5 448)
• Pension for married extra rate per month with
  income
• below 16 400 (DKK 123 000 / year)
  365 (DKK 2 735)
• Maximum income per month 1 092 (DKK 8 183)

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PENSION

• Here are the financial difficulties quite
  different. After 65 years stop any additional
  financial support, so you only have this pension
  available. The saying is that when you reach the
  age of 65 the public sector will announce you
  healed. There is not the same need of assistance,
  which is nice. One must of course hope the
  disabled person has a good private pension in
  addition.

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ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES

• In Denmark additional costs is covered for adults
  aged 18-65 years.
• The purpose to grant cover of additional
  expenses
• Its purpose is to contribute to a person with
  permanently impaired physical or mental function
  and his family can live a normal life like other
  non-disabled people with same age and same life
  situation.
• Additional cost allowance to ensure that a person
  with permanently impaired physically or mentally
  disability to recover the additional costs
  required as a prerequisite for everyday work.
• The aim of grants for additional expenses
  generally is to enable the recipient to organize
  how his or her needs best can be met.
• Additional cost allowance must also ensure that
  persons with permanent disabilities which make a
  special effort to maintain a link to the labor
  market can remain on the job market.

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ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES

• The main rules
• The local authority provides assistance to cover
  the documented necessary additional expenses at
  the daily life of people between 18 and 65 years
  with permanently impaired physical or mental
  disability when the additional cost is a
  consequence of reduced functional capacity and
  can not be covered under other legislation or
  other provisions of law on social services.
• With permanent disability means a prolonged
  illness, the consequences for the individual is
  the intrusive nature of everyday life which means
  that there must be deployed with significant
  remedial measures.

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ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES

• TABLE Monthly Rates as per Social Services Law
  100.
• Estimated add. Expenses Additional allowance
• 500 1 749 DKK 200 (DKK 1 500)
• 1 750 2 249 DKK 267 (DKK 2 000)
• 2 250 2 749 DKK 333 (DKK 2 500)
• 2 750 3 249 DKK 400 (DKK 3 000)
• 3 250 3 749 DKK 467 (DKK 3 500)
• Etc.. Etc.

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ACCOMMODATION

• Danish public sector are required to the extent
  the disabled person has a need that cover the
  economic cost of changes at home, so the disabled
  can freely move in the rooms, toilet and bath,
  kitchen, living room, hall, room, entrance and
  approach to the home after the cheapest
  appropriate improvements.

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ACCOMMODATION

• In many situations, people living in inaccessible
  housing as for example in blocks of flats without
  lift or dwellings with doorways through which
  wheelchairs can not pass or you can not get out
  on too small a toilet. Nor is it practical to be
  supplied with a wheelchair when you can not come
  down from the 3rd floor of the property and use
  it
• If housing is not suitable for alterations for
  disabled people's movements, the municipality
  shall help to find and pay both relocation and
  eventual more expensive housing.

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HELPING DEVICES

• For disabled people are helping devices as
  ceiling lift, manual lift, wheelchair, electric
  wheelchair, eating utensils provided by the
  public sector after the disabled person's current
  needs. In addition, you get assigned personal
  custom devices. I have been awarded the coating
  bag for legs and jacket for winter use as a tool.
• My experience is to contact the public sector in
  good time of the devices, since the release and
  delivery can take a long time so that you can not
  come into the situation to be supplied with
  wheelchair when the funeral is conducted.

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TRANSPORT

• Danish public sector supports the disability car,
  but this doesnt mean that the car is free. There
  will always be a user charge. By appropriation
  provided support for the cheapest suitable car as
  an interest free loan of up to 21 333 (DKK 160
  000) incl. delivery cost, though not higher than
  to the car's purchase price.
• The car must be registered in the disabled own
  name, whether or not it's another to drive the
  car

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TRANSPORT

• If the applicant has an income below 25 467
  (DKK 191 000), half of the loan is to be repaid.
  If income exceed 25 467 (DKK 191,000),
  increases the portion of the loan to be repaid
  with 20 of the additional income.
• The loan is repayable over six years, equivalent
  to 72 months. The portion of the loan not be
  repaid is deducted by 1/72 per month.
• An exemption from the green owner tax (formerly
  ACT) in cars with white license plates and road
  tax on cars with yellow license plates.

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TRANSPORT

• Disabilities needed devices mounted in disability
  car is purely public sector costs.
• We have municipalities with waiting times over 18
  months to disability cars. I got my current car 5
  years ago. My application was sent to the
  municipality on the 1st June and got it approved
  on 1st July, after which the county approved the
  application 1st August. The car was purchased and
  prepared for the 28th August, as it should bring
  me and my helpers to Poland on rehabilitation
  sanatorium the same day.

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REHABILITATION

• There is free help for physical therapy two times
  per week paid by the public sector for the
  disabled. Furthermore rehabilitation to the
  extent the public sector and physicians in
  association deems appropriate. All alternative
  treatments is the disabled own expense.

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REHABILITATION

• However, I have personally been able to obtain
  warm water swimming in six years paid by the
  public sector. Since the public sector cut me
  this opportunity, I have the last 2 years
  participated in warm water swimming through
  membership of the Danish Handicap Sports
  Association.
• Jens gets as an example his fitness training paid.

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REHABILITATION

• I have previously applied the municipality for
  accompaniment for physiotherapy, where the
  municipality responded that it was better to
  physiotherapist came to me at home, which meant
  that the county and not the municipality would
  cover the cost.

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OTHER

• In Denmark are medical and hospital services free
  of charge to all residents and provides subsidies
  for medicines. When disabled got breathing
  problems respirator is provided for.