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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 | | Author(s) | Ruth Landau, David Guttmann, Katalin Talyigas |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Social Work, vol 28, no 2, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 233-246 |
| Keywords | Welfare rights ; Age groups [elderly] ; Physical disabilities ; Poverty ; Voluntary agencies ; Social policy ; Hungary. |
| Annotation | The political and economic changes taking place in Central and Eastern European countries are being accompanied by profound social changes for which, in terms of personal well-being, older and disabled people pay the highest price. Having lost the security of a minimum standard of living, many are exposed to poverty in its broadest sense. The collapse of governmental arrangements to provide the minimum needs of this population has led to the establishment of non-governmental voluntary social agencies. Unfortunately, these are characterised by limited resources on the one hand, and lack of trained and skilled social work staff on the other. Based on the experience of the Hungarian Jewish Social Support Foundation, a non-governmental social agency, a model for eligibility criteria for cash assistance under these circumstances, taking vulnerability as a key concept, is suggested for the benefit and dignity of those most in need. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980709226 A |
| Classmark | JH:IKR: BB: BN: W6: PK: TM2: 7AG |
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