In special care, you can appeal a decision concerning:
- receiving special care services
- approving an individual special care programme.
What is a special care programme?
A special care programme must be drawn up for everyone whose development or mental activity has been hindered or interrupted due to an illness or injury that is congenital or that occurred during their formative years. Certain services can be granted to the person as special care. In that case, the services provided based on other legislation have not been sufficient or suitable. The need for services is based on intellectual disability and a need for special care.
The services arranged as special care in accordance with the Act on Special Care for People with Intellectual Disabilities must be based on a special care programme.
The special care programme is a decision that shows:
- the services granted as special care
- the way in which special care is implemented
- when the special care programme will be revised.
This means that it summarises all services the client receives as special care. Because the decision can be appealed, a claim for rectification can be filed on the decision.
Based on the special care programme, the municipality makes the decision to implement services for the client as special care. A claim for rectification on these decisions can also be filed with the Regional State Administrative Agency.
You can find more information in the Handbook on Disability Services by the National Institute for Health and Welfare, for example.