Vulnerable people in the Lazio Region: demand and supply of social assistance for elderly and disabled people (1991)
The research carried out by Eurispes on the situation of disabled and elderly people in Lazio is divided into several sections. Firstly, there is an analysis of the legislative framework concerning disabled people. The data is grouped according to the type of disability and compared with the national data. In addition, an examination of some demographic, social and economic characteristics of the disabled in Lazio, with constant reference to Italy as a whole, a wide-ranging reflection on the phenomenon of disability in the school context, both at a national level and in Lazio, with some considerations on its evolution in recent years. Furthermore, the study examines the situation of the elderly in Lazio and the elderly in the rest of the Country, analysing the situation of the elderly in Lazio, accompanied by a legal premise and some forecasts on the evolution of the Lazio population over the next few decades. Finally, it takes into account the dynamics of public spending on assistance (especially for the disabled and the elderly), with particular attention to welfare spending in Lazio. This is followed by a survey of the national legislative panorama.
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Contents
Chapter 1. Disabled people in the Lazio Region
The legislative framework
The dimensions of the phenomenon
Some socio-demographic characteristics of disabled people in Lazio
Handicap and school in Lazio
Chapter 2. The elderly in Lazio
The “elderly” problem
The evolutionary trends of the Italian population: ageing
Population and the elderly in Lazio
Demographic forecasts in the Lazio region: the future old people
Chapter 3. The institutional responses: the administrative and legislative instruments for the assistance of the elderly and the handicapped in Latium
The public expenditure for assistance
The Financial Commitment of the State
The welfare interventions of the Ministry of the Interior: the assisted in the Lazio Region
The Welfare Expenditures of Regions and Local Bodies
The welfare expenditures of the Lazio Region
The fundamental legislation for elderly and handicapped people in the Lazio Region
The most recent interventions of the Lazio Region for the development of social services
The regional legislative panorama concerning handicapped and elderly people
Chapter 4. The social structures for the assistance in the Lazio Region
A brief outline of the national situation
The assistance Institutes in Lazio