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  • 14 - Measuring the independence of ‘dependent’ persons based on the capability approach

  • from Part III - Social Choice and Capabilities in Action
  • Edited by Flavio Comim, Universitat Ramon Llull, P. B. Anand, University of Bradford, Shailaja Fennell, University of Cambridge
  • Book:
    Social Choice, Agency, Inclusiveness and Capabilities
    Published online:
    28 March 2024
    Print publication:
    14 March 2024, pp 305-322

  • Summary

    This chapter is an attempt to formulate an individual capability to live independently, by shedding light on patients who live at home and use home caring services. Theoretically, if all individuals have the same resources and the same utilization ability, then we can assume that they have the same capability sets, from which each individual can choose any functionings vector based on his or her diverse evaluation functions. With this theory in mind, the authors first design a questionnaire to measure the effectivity of nursing services in terms of patients’ achievements of functionings, which are relevant for ‘independence’. Second, the chapter estimates the frontiers of capability sets of individuals with the same resources and the same utilization ability, by plotting and connecting their dispersed functioning vectors. This chapter does not explicitly mention individual evaluation functions themselves but, interestingly, the ‘fractal structure’ of capabilities implicitly indicates individuals own conceptions of independent lives.