Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living – Outcomes and Costs 2008-01-29 · European Commission This study, financed by the European Commission and carried out by the University of Kent (Tizard Centre) and the London School of Economics, confirms that that institutional care is often of unacceptably poor quality. Indeed, sometimes the conditions in institutional care may represent serious breaches of internationally accepted human rights standards. It recommends a wider use of quality, community-based services, which offer better quality of life to people with disabilities, without necessarily costing more.

Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living – Outcomes and Costs Executive Summary 2008-01-29 · European Commission This project, led by the University of Kent's Tizard Centre in cooperation with other institutions, aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services, paying particular attention to economic issues in the transition. It is the largest study of its kind ever undertaken. The Executive Summary presents a streamlined version of the ...

Deinstitutionalisation and Community Living – Outcomes and Costs Country Reports 2008-01-29 · European Commission This is the third volume of the final report from the European Union Project "Deinstitutionalisation and community living – outcomes and costs: report of a European Study". This project, led by the University of Kent's Tizard Centre in cooperation with other institutions, aimed to bring together the available information on the number of disabled people living in residential institutions in 28 European countries, and to identify successful strategies for replacing institutions with community-based services. This ...

European Union Annual Report on Human Rights 2007 2007-12-03 · European Commission The purpose of this ninth EU Annual Report on Human Rights, covering the period from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007, is to provide an overview of the human rights-related work of the European Union. The report intends to illustrate how the common values on which the EU is based translate into human rights-related activities with regard to third countries, in multilateral fora and in relation to a number of thematic issues. This edition ...

Study of Compilation of Disability Statistical Data from the Administrative Registers of the Member States 2007-11 · European Commission Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities The objective of the study is to collect data from national administrative registers in 25 EU Member States (Bulgaria and Romania are not included) relating to disabled people with respect to the following broad themes; prevalence of disability, access to education, labour market, origins of disability, and access to services and long-term care. Thematic reports were elaborated on the basis of these data, examining the situation of people with disabilities (total number and characteristics – ...