Now stop the bus gakgak: Minister in the håndbremsevending

Residents in the country's nursing homes may, in the course of the spring of 2019 look forward to be able to hold on to the handicap spots, when they take on the trip.

minister for Transport mr Ole Birk Olesen has after massive pressure indicated on the transport committee meeting 15. January, that he will put in a change of the ordinance, so it now becomes possible to get a institutionskort.

It appears by a note from the Transport, Construction and ministry of housing.

It happens after Ekstra Bladet recently revealed that the country's retirement homes have difficulty to get on the ride because the buses with the weak, the elderly may not park in the handicap seats.

The current rules mean that a handicapped parking card issued only to persons, and a nursing home can therefore not get a parking card for their bus.

at the Time thought Ole Birk not at all, that it was a problem with the lack of handicap parking.

the Change will take place in cooperation with the Older Case and the Danish disabled people's organisations, and the aim is to facilitate access for parking for institutions where there are persons with a special need. At the same time it must be ensured that the card is not misused.

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Photo: Olivia Loftlund

Freddy Rasmussen is the president of the volunteers at the Ældrecentret Nygårds Place in Brøndby. Shortly before christmas, he explained to the politicians, that it simply could not be true, that the residents even had to apply for a parking card.

- I could not be in my own pants when I heard that it is now fallen into place, says Freddy Rasmussen about the good news.

Photo: Olivia Loftlund

He has invited Mattias Tesfaye (S), who are elected in Brøndby, denmark, for cake and coffee at the ældrecentret on Monday, so they can celebrate the new change in the ordinance.

- I'm a happy man. I visit often ældrecentret in Brøndby. The staff and the volunteers have complained about the rules to me. Therefore, I invited them into the Palace, so they could explain their case. It's great that they've now got persuaded all of us here at the Castle. It comes to delight the residents of nursing homes in Denmark, says Mattias Tesfaye.

In a survey by the Extra Magazine among the staff and over the equivalent of 37 out of 40 nursing homes and nursing homes, that they are experiencing problems finding parking close to when on vacation. The majority of plejehjemmene similar, that it would be easier if they could use handikappladserne.

minister for Transport mr Ole Birk Olesen says about the change in the publication:

- Danish disabled people's organisations seems now, that it is a good idea to change the rules, and I listen of course to what they say. Previously they have said that it should not be changed, because they feared that the seats would be taken away from the disabled. We will change to ensure that the parking card will not be misused.

- Previously you had a hard time seeing the problem. Seems you now also, that it is something bus-gakgak?

- the Rules had a purpose, namely to protect the seats, as the people with disabilities should have available. It is not gak-gak to wanted to make sure that there are seats available for those who really are disabled. But I've got a request from ældreminister Thyra Frank, who says, that when older people today in nursing homes, they are so frail that they really are disabled. Therefore, it makes no sense that a resident, who may not have long to live, must apply for a parking card. Therefore, the institution must now be able to get a parking card, so that the elderly can get on the trip.

- Norman Rasmussen has in the past invited you on a ride, so you could see how difficult it was to park the big bus. Do you want to get out on the Nygårds Place nursing home on Monday.14 and celebrate the change of the ordinance?

- I'm not going to hold a party in the here rise. But I think that the parking rules should be changed so that they serve as many people as possible.

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