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- Title
Care allowance for people in need of care in Turkey: An ethical and social evaluation.
- Authors
Oðlak, Sema; Özkara, Erdem
- Abstract
With economical and social developments, population structures of countries have changed and the rate of people in need of care and demands for care services have increased.People may need help of their relatives to activities of daily living in order to survive at one stage of life. Both the foresight that the burden of care is too severe to cope with and the fact that all states have social responsibilities underlined the importance of regulations to support families althoughtraditionally people are responsible for caring their ill relatives.In recent years, attempts to support people in need of care have increased in Turkey. The Disability Law was enacted in 2005and it was modified in 2006. The statutes regulating selection of disabled people in need of care were also issued in 2007. The Disability Law and the statutes, for the first time, made it possible for people taken care of by formal and informal caregivers to receive care allowance.Care allowance for formal and informal care at home has underlined ethical principles. It provides formal and informal caregivers with financial support. However, it is still debatable whether caregivers should be paid by governments.In this article, the scope and effects of the Disability Law and the relevant statutes will be evaluated and ethical and medico-legal problems likely to appear in practice will be discussed.
- Publication
Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy, 2011, Vol 5, Issue 1, p112
- ISSN
0973-5674
- Publication type
Article