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| Item | Disability degree | Substantial scopes qualified for financing |
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| I | Persons who move with the use of a wheelchair | (1) Change of the apartment for another, of a similar surface area (from a higher floor to the ground floor) that requires little adaptation works, to be made available to the applicant, along with documented house moving costs.
(2) Construction of ramps and access ways that allow the disabled person to leave and return home on their own.
(3) Lifts, stair platforms, stair transporters, wall lifts, and other vertical transport equipment.
(4) Adaptation and modernisation of the apartment, including the kitchen, toilet, and bathroom, to enable the disabled person to function independently.
(5) Installing handrails along transport routes, in toilets, and in bathrooms at home.
(6) Removal of thresholds and levelling the floors in different rooms.
(7) Adapting the doorways to the needs of the applicant.
(8) Adapting the window frames to be operated by the applicant who lives with another disabled person or on their own.
(9) Nonslip floors.
(10) Installing automatic garage doors for the applicant at the homes of disabled persons who live with another disabled person or on their own.
(11) Adapting kitchen equipment to enable independent use, including
(a) low countertops that allow to move the wheelchair under the surface,
(b) installing power sockets and switches in an area accessible for a sitting person.
(12) Installation of phone and fax. |
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| II | Persons with reduced mobility—others not listed in item I | Having performed an assessment of the degree of independence at home for persons with serious and moderate disabilities, the representatives of PFRON decide, at their own discretion, which elements listed for group I are required to be financed. |
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| III | Persons with sight dysfunction | (1) Removal of thresholds.
(2) Nonslip floors.
(3) Installing handrails and handle bars.
(4) Installing sound alarm and signalling systems.
(5) Application of colour and texture solutions to improve spatial orientations.
(6) Installing gas or electric central heating systems at homes of disabled persons who live with another disabled person or on their own.
(7) Installing landline phones for applicants with moderate or serious disability.
(8) Replacement of coal and gas stoves with electric or microwave cookers.
(9) Changing the lighting and additional lighting in rooms. |
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| IV | Persons with hearing or speech dysfunctions | (1) Light signalling systems, for example
(a) equipping the doorbell with a light signal system,
(b) equipping the phone with a visual signal system.
(2) Purchase and installation of a fax.
(3) Purchase and installation of tele-loop units.
(4) Purchase and installation of a telephone amplifier. |
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| V | Persons with other disabilities | Having performed an inspection at home to assess the degree of independence for persons with serious and moderate disabilities, the Representatives of PFRON decide, at their own discretion, which elements listed for group I or deemed as necessary by the Representatives are required to be financed. |
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