Care financing, part 1: paradigm shift from Economism to human value

Financing of care, support and assistance ... [part 1]

Topics:

• Reflections on the funding of Care be handled for short amounts-sighted, only in money. A total balance sheet will not be considered and the “Human-Profit” is taken out.
• The prevailing thought patterns of today's policy, not on ethical values, but on misanthropic ideas and theories of “eugenics” of the late 19th century. Century back, which determine the modern Economism.
• The value of a human being and his life is measured by its efficiency. Supports are not dependent on the need, but according to the Use.
• We need new ways of thinking, emanating from the highest need for assistance, and to solve this on-demand search. The solution concepts for a “minor cases”.
  

NR-Abg Dr. Franz-Joseph Huainigg, ÖVP speaker for people with disabilities, presented in the three weeks leading up to the no-choice on 28.09.2008, at its Homepage 21 positions, demands and requests to the disability policy.

Here in Katja's and my discussion in Blog posts FJH21 Forum – Link to all my posts: katja.at/day/fjh21

Post DsH_ad_FJH21-13_1 (2008.09.24-11:21):

Item 9: further development of the care system by the Austria Fund ... [Part 1] (FJH - original text see below)

The funding issue needs to fundamentally new ways of thinking

Disabled and elderly people in need of care, supervision, and personal assistance and supports in the everyday actions of existential importance, as well as their carers and related, constitute a minority in society, the man turns to election time, verbal and financial marginal, the experience in the decisive political actions, however, nothing more than mockery, deprivation, exclusion, and exploitation have to suffer.

This area is considered by most political leaders (value-orientation or not), still, unfortunately, almost only from the cost aspects. The issue of funding is completely short-sighted, only in money “pots” and “sources”. The “Human-Profit” – the myriad of social participation rivers aspects, a positive impact, economically lucrative Back – enough for the Thought and idea of assets are not obvious.

A naked amounts of money reduced Economism has poisoned the politics and mocks of any value orientation. The mandate of the policy is thus neglected grossly. Nobody needs to be surprised, if the Image of your exponent always decreases and the justification for its existence even in question.

The unspoken, but dominant paradigm of “modern” politics, the over 120-year-old thinking of “eugenics”. The healthy and powerful people of the preference (for example, is provided with financial resources, and medical care). Seven decades ago this led to the atrocities of the Regime of the national socialists on the “hereditary health care” and forced sterilization for the destruction and “avoidance” to mere “cost factors” reduced, and thus the “healthy body of the people” burdensome people.

In the Wake of the de-Nazification of this way of thinking were ways out of the abyss of human selfishness, unfortunately, is not refurbished, or not enough, outlawed. To remember with remembrance days, and sites to the Horror, they thought, to be able to the current generations, washed clean. This demon drives, therefore, still today, freely to all levels of administration and legislation, on the loose. In today's post-ethical society to fall, after this dusty principles of the last century, the disabled, people in a row (without gaps) to the victims: Through prenatal screening according to the efficiency criteria identified and discarded, are now accepted in society, largely, children with disabilities – the right to Life deprived – of the overall societal prosperity to be sacrificed.

By a refusal of solidarity, which is worn and needs of supports for needy people, we have to control according to this logic of “survival of the fittest” on the already chosen path of the culture of death, in the next few decades, straight to a Horror unmistakably euthanasia society. In the interest of both of us today (yet), “Strong”, was seriously asked: that what we really Want?

This blunt critique of society, I here deliberately in connection with the financing question (and not to FJH21-Position 5 – “damage case,” or item 6 – “Eugenic indication”), because I want to use it to address a blind spot of the “Christian-social” bourgeois camp. A Meta-noia from a Christian and/or a spirit of solidarity is urgently needed!

We need fundamentally new approaches that have the entire (growing) need for assistance in the eye, and the problems of the most severe cases, the so-called “Rest”, to solve start (principle of Prof. Klaus Dörner). So far, the path of least expense, it was gone: Where it's easy and costs little (or a strong Lobby is required), must be integrated and the needs are reasonably satisfied. To enough more neither money nor political will. On the track, the Forgotten and Repressed and barely Visible.

With need better coverage and extensive social inclusion, we should begin, therefore, with the help of those most in need, in the case of severe, multiple disabilities, multi-sensory, and mentally severely impaired, totally paralyzed and ventilated people, Appallikern, the severely brain-injured or Ill, etc., so in the case of those fellows who, after the previously angeprangerter thinking, mostly deportees, and neglected to be removed. This is a principle that we must turn around consistently, only then will we get the whole problem in the handle.

Further to the contributions DsH_ad_FJH21-13_2, DsH_ad_FJH21-13_3 and DsH_ad_FJH21-13_4

Gerhard Lichtenauer, Austrian citizens ' initiative “the Home home” (www.daheim-statt-heim.katja.at), and Katja's Blog (www.katja.at)

Original text to FJH21-13 source: http://www.franzhuainigg.at/cgi-bin/fjh21.cgi?_13 (15.09.2008)

FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARE SYSTEM BY THE AUSTRIA FUND

“The financing of care must also be ensured in the future. The establishment of the Austria Fund is to.assure that” this proposal for the further development of our care system, Vice-Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer called in his “speech on the state of the Nation”

Our care system needs in view of the demographic development urgently need a further development. Now, there is a first funding proposal, how this might be done. The care Fund, as Wilhelm Molterer suggests, is to be fed from the Proceeds of privatization, and similar to the family burdens equalisation Fund. In the field of care new care could be created ways and tried. – About day structures, so that family carers can also go to a employment. It needs also financially viable model for older and disabled people, who do not need Round-the-clock care, but only by the hour support.

In the further development of the care system, in addition to securing financing prior to the discharge to a care-giver. 80 percent of all people in need of care are cared for at home.

In addition to demands and concerns, but there are also improvements that could be implemented: It is able to create through the 24-hour care in a legal and affordable System for elderly and disabled people who have need-the-clock care. This was an important first step, since care may not take place in a legal grey area.

By the amendment to the Healthy - and hospital care act may now also perform Personal assistants and personal assistants in the context of the 24-hour care for activities legal.

AND WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

If you are affected, What problems they have in the care sector?

What measures it takes to support family caregivers?

Are you afraid of care to be in need of?

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