First experience in employing a complex digital support system accompanied by personal assistance to improve aftercare in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack – results of the PostStroke-Manager feasibility study
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-89044-7
Abstract: Stroke aftercare is widely acknowledged as crucial yet challenging. Digital tools offer a promising strategy to improve aftercare and, thus, patients’ quality of life. However, it has not yet been investigated whether digital tools addressing… read more here.
Keywords: aftercare; personal assistance; digital support; feasibility ... See more keywords
Do personal assistance activities promote participation in society for persons with disabilities in Sweden? A five-year longitudinal study.
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DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1897691
Abstract: PURPOSE To explore whether the personal assistance (PA) activities provided by the Swedish Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairment in 2010 and 2015 promote participation in society according to Article… read more here.
Keywords: personal assistance; participation; persons disabilities; participation society ... See more keywords
Experiences and reflections on living with a personal assistance service: a qualitative study of people with neuromuscular disease or spinal cord injury
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DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2364828
Abstract: Abstract Purpose To investigate how people with neuromuscular disease or spinal cord injury experience living with a personal assistance service. Materials and methods Qualitative study using the Interpretive Description methodology with Aaron Antonovsky’s theory of… read more here.
Keywords: living personal; assistance; personal assistance; neuromuscular disease ... See more keywords
Formal help for persons with multiple sclerosis—Background factors associated with usage of personal assistance and home help in Sweden
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286010
Abstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that may cause several different symptoms, some which may entail the need for help in daily life. The aim of this study was to explore the association… read more here.
Keywords: assistance home; home help; help; personal assistance ... See more keywords
State Measurements of Benefit Fraud: Why Expert Elicitations Cannot Be Used to Measure Incorrect Personal Assistance Payments
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DOI: 10.16993/sjdr.610
Abstract: During the last decade, personal assistance programs have suffered from cutbacks, resulting in a public debate about the future of the service. This debate has largely been framed by public commission estimations of the level… read more here.
Keywords: personal assistance; assistance; estimate incorrect; method ... See more keywords
Theorising Disability Care (Non-)Personalisation in European Countries: Comparing Personal Assistance Schemes in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom
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DOI: 10.17645/si.v6i2.1318
Abstract: This article examines four European countries (Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) with respect to their degree of disability care personalisation. The approach is embedded in a broader theoretical analysis, which in turn is… read more here.
Keywords: disability care; personal assistance; united kingdom;
Evaluating Korean Personal Assistance Services Classification System
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DOI: 10.5535/arm.2018.42.5.758
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the utility of using the Personal Assistance Services classification system (PAS-CS) that examines individuals with disabilities for services and government funding. To this end, this study also tests for significant differences in… read more here.
Keywords: services classification; personal assistance; disability; assistance services ... See more keywords