Sökning: "Disability policy"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 89 avhandlingar innehållade orden Disability policy.

  1. 1. Enabling disability rights in practise : Understanding how the governance of state-funded personal assistance is fulfilling the Swedish LSS Act

    Författare :Heléne von Granitz; Ulrika Winblad; Karin Sonnander; Ieva Reine; Urban Markström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Activities of daily living; disability policy; LSS Act; governance; ICF; participation in society; personal assistance; policy refinement; policy tool; public policy; social security; Sweden; UNCRPD; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Sammanfattning : Personal assistance (PA) is stated in Article 19 of the UNCRPD as an internationally recognised disability right and is operationalised as a measure in the Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (the LSS Act). The Act’s overall policy goal is to promote good living conditions for the eligible persons by enabling participation in society on equal terms with others. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Från policy till praktik : en studie om organisering inom LSS-området

    Författare :Per Arvidsson; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :LSS; Policy; Funktionshinder; Funktionsnedsättning; Aktör nätverksteori; Praktiknära ledarskap; Professionalisering; Policy and practice; Disability support; Disability services; Practice leadership; Professionalization;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to explore what happens when the Swedish disability policy (LSS) is translated into practice. The study focuses on the organizing that takes place at a local, municipal level. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Creative Disability Classification Systems : The case of Greece, 1990-2015

    Författare :Antonia Pavli; Vasilis Galis; Berth Danermark; Myriam Winance; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; classification system; statistics; medicalization; disability movement; disability fraud; corporatism; economic crisis; STS; disability theory; Handikappvetenskap; Disability Science;

    Sammanfattning : Disability classification systems belong to the core of states’ social/disability policies through which persons with disabilities are classified as eligible or ineligible for having access to disability allowances. The study of disability classification systems has stimulated the interest of several scholars from the broader area of disability studies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Shaping Justice : Defining the disability benefit category in Swedish social policy

    Författare :Marianne Hedlund; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social policy; disability; Sweden; welfare state; cultural intepretations; social constructs; discourse analysis; impairment; sickness; Care and help to handicapped; health; Social problems and welfare; national insurance; vård och rehabilitering; Handikappade; Social Policy; Sociala problem; social välfärd; socialförsäkring;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about what qualifies to be characterised as disability in Swedish social security legislation and which principles are used to decide who is entitled to social security benefit as disabled. The thesis brings into focus which definitions of needs and criteria that are found 'worthy' and acceptable to include in a disability category in Swedish social policy. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Hjälp för att bevara eller förändra? : Åldersrelaterade diskurser om omsorg, stöd och service

    Författare :Sara Erlandsson; Marta Szebehely; Mats Börjesson; Håkan Jönson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; age; care; disability; disability service; eldercare; older people; discourse; governmentality; policy; marketing; websites; Social Work; socialt arbete;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses the categorisation of adult persons who need help to cope in everyday life as either older persons or persons with a disability. Despite the development of social services in the Scandinavian countries being guided by the principles of universalism and equality, adults in need of care have different rights to support depending on their current age and at which age disability occurs. LÄS MER