Eligibility Criteria for Cash Assistance for Older and Disabled People in Hungary: A Model for Countries in Passage from a Planned to a Market Economy

摘要: The political and economic changes presently taking place in the Central Eastern European countries are accompanied by profound social for which, terms of personal well-being, older disabled people pay highest price. Having lost security a minimum standard living, many exposed to poverty its broadest sense. collapse governmental arrangements provide needs this population led establishment non-govemmental voluntary agencies. Unfortunately, these characterized limited resources on one hand, lack trained skilled work staff other. Based experience Hungarian agency, model eligibility criteria cash assistance under circumstances, vulnerability as key concept, is suggested benefit dignity those most need.