Personal assistance in a Scandinavian context: similarities, differences and developmental traits

Table 1.

InitiatorsIdeologyImplementationSwedenDisability movementIndependent livingPublic committee

authorization in new separate lawsNorwayDisability movementIndependent livingStatutory action plan

integration in the Social Services ActDenmarkDisabled persons in one of the municipalitiesPragmatismLocal arrangement

Integration in the Social Security Act (Later the Social Services Act)