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Summary
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Summary
Healthcare measures and personal care
assistance
The Swedish Social Insurance Inspectorate (Inspektionen för social-
försäkringen, ISF) is an independent supervisory agency for the
Swedish social insurance system. The objectives of the agency are
to strengthen compliance with legislation and other statutes, and to
improve the efficiency of the social insurance system through system
supervision and efficiency analysis and evaluation.
The ISF’s work is mainly conducted on a project basis and is
commissioned by the Government or initiated autonomously by the
agency. This report has been commissioned by the Government.
Background
In Sweden, persons with major functional impairments and with
an extensive need for support in their daily lives may be entitled
to personally tailored benefits, one of which is Assistance Benefit
(Assistansersättning). Certain conditions of need for help with
specific, basic needs must be met in order to be eligible for
Assistance Benefit. Examples of these needs include help with eating,
dressing and undressing, personal hygiene, communicating with
others and a range of other activities potentially requiring detailed
knowledge of the person’s specific functional impairment. If a person
is entitled to more than, on average, 20 hours per week of assistance
to meet these fundamental needs, the person is also entitled to, by the
Social Insurance Code, other forms of personal support in their daily
life.