User-controlled personal assistance was implemented in Norway in 2000. The municipality has the monopoly in granting the intervention as required and has a strong influence on how assistance is organized—for example, by determining who can employ the assistants. Norway’s largest assistance
User-controlled personal assistance was implemented in Norway in 2000. The municipality has the monopoly in granting the intervention as required and has a strong influence on how assistance is organized—for example, by determining who can employ the assistants. Norway’s largest assistance provider outside the municipalities, the personal assistance user cooperative ULOBA, revealed in a recent report that conditions vary greatly between different municipalities. The government also recently retreated from promises to introduce legislation and now instead suggests worsening of personal assistance.
User-controlled personal assistance was implemented in Norway in 2000 and in 2005 the right was expanded to include individuals who are unable to supervise their own assistants, such as children and people with cognitive disabilities. Personal assistance is regulated under the Norwegian Social Welfare Act 4-2 and 8-4, which states that the municipality must offer user-controlled personal assist