Policy Document

Act to Amend the Social Service Act, […] and repeal of the preventive Home Visit Act (a reduction of the bureaucracy surrounding services for the elderly and people with disabilities) (Law No. 629 in 2010).

Year

2010

Country

Denmark

Topic

Health

Subtopic

Long-term care

Main implications

The aim of the law was to cut red tape on the elderly area, disabled, etc. The act contains the following main elements: Simplification of home training and special day care, simplification of the rules for the approval of private housing, new demands on preventive home visits, simpler rules for visitation with respect to decisions on practical help, personal care, training, etc., simpler rules for supervision to the elderly, the municipal councils are given the discretion to choose whether they will charge for temporary home care, and whether they want to create users and relatives councils, simplify the elderly councils, and abolish the complaints councils. The municipal councils were permitted to offer at least one preventive home visit to all citizens 75 years and older living in the municipality.

Benefits & Requirements

Read the Law

Original full text source in native language

Lovtidende A: Lov om ændring af lov om social service, lov om retssikkerhed og administration på det sociale område og sundhedsloven samt om ophævelse af lov om forebyggende hjemmebesøg til ældre m.v. (Afbureaukratisering på området for ældre, handicappede m.fl.)

Original full text web source in native language

https://www.retsinformation.dk/Forms/R0710.aspx

Comments & Clarifications

Earlier related reforms:

LBK nr 95 af 07/02/2008 § 3
LBK nr 868 af 10/09/2009
LBK nr 941 af 01/10/2009 § 1
LBK nr 1203 af 10/12/2009 § 2

Author

Lene Tølbøll
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Aalborg University

Data collected in the framework of the Population Europe Research Finder and Archive (PERFAR)

Cite as

SPLASH-db.eu (2012): Policy: "Act to Amend the Social Service Act, […] and repeal of the preventive Home Visit Act (a reduction of the bureaucracy surrounding services for the elderly and people with disabilities) (Law No. 629 in 2010)." (Information provided by Niels Jegind). Available at: https://splash-db.eu [Date of access].