Assistive aids

These aids may be equipment, services or measures that assist persons with disabilities to improve his or her ability to function in everyday life and to participate in society and in the workplace. Examples may be wheelchairs, hearing aids, guide dog, interpreter for deaf, deaf-blind and hearing impaired persons, stairlifts, and/or different prosthesis.

People with enduring disabilities (lasting more than two years) are entitled to assistive aids from the National Insurance scheme when they are necessary and expedient in order to find or keep a job, improve the person’s ability to function in everyday life or be cared for at home. The municipalities are responsible for lending assistive aids to users in the event of temporary needs (less than two years).