Provision Of Formal Care Analysis

Provision of formal care and support for informal care
Provision of formal care. Italy has a strong tradition of care within the family, and this is probably the result of two concurrent circumstances. In fact, while some authors may argue that Italian people share a range of values which structures the preference for care solutions operated within the family, on the other hand, it is true that services in kind provided by the public sector are insufficient, thus they do not constitute a concrete alternative.
As Gori (2012) reports, there are two main types of services supplied by Italian local authorities: Integrated Domiciliary Care (Assistenza Domiciliare Integrata - ADI) and Home help. More specifically, the first is provided by the Regions,
First of all, employees can take such leaves only if their elderly relative is certificated as severely disabled. In addition, the elderly person they care for, must be aged 65 or over and must live nearby. If the elderly disabled relative is in full-time residential care, the employee cannot benefit from the leave (although there are some exceptions). Leaves for eldercare are regulated by the so-called “Legge 104” (Law 104). This norm establishes two types of paid leaves for those employees who take care of an old severely disabled person: a leave of maximum of 3 days per month or, alternatively, the possibility to benefit from a 2-years paid leave (to be spend during the entire working life, fragmented or as a whole). In some cases, there is also the possibility to request an early retirement. The payment for the aforementioned leaves corresponds with the employee’s remuneration, so the workers do not lose their salary. For public sector employees there is a further benefit (beyond Law 104): the “Home Care Premium” project, which includes two services: a monthly payment and services of personal