Personal assistance in Belgium, overview and external links

According to the  ENIL Personal Assistance Tables for Belgium there were 2112 PAB (personal assistance budget) users in Flanders (nov 2012) and 250 PAB users in Wallonia. 6000 more people are waiting for a personal assistance budget. Belgium has a population of 11 million people.

Links:

• Jef Breda, David Schoenmaekers, Caroline Van Langedhem, Dries Claessens and Joanna Geerts: “When informal care becomes a paid job:  the case of Personal Assistance Budgets in Flanders” in Cash and Care: Policy Challenges in the Welfare State  (2006)
• Jos Huys, Independent Living through Personal Assistance: A European Overview Helsinki, April 18 2013 (missing link)
• ENIL Personal Assistance Tables Belgium (2012)
• Academic Network of European Disability experts (ANED) country report on the implementation of policies supporting independent living of disabled people Belgium (2009)