Announcement to recipients of long-term care benefit who belong to the Netanya and Holon local branches, who employ a full-time caregiver on the possibility of receiving a cash benefit, instead of services from a manpower company
From now on, recipients of a long-term care benefit who belong to the Netanya and Holon (including Azor) local branches, who employ a full-time caregiver, may choose to receive their benefit in cash to their bank account, and to employ their caregiver exclusively, without the intermediation of a manpower company; or to continue to receive care services from the manpower company at the number of hours determined for them by the NII, and to employ the caregiver themselves in the remaining hours, as up to now.
The Netanya and Holon local branches have been added to the list of branches in which there is a possibility of receiving a cash benefit: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Bnei Brak, Jerusalem, Nahariya, Ramat Gan and Tiberias.
The possibility of receiving the long-term care benefit in cash is in the framework of a pilot accompanied by research, approved by the Knesset and conducted by the National Insurance Institute.
Who may submit a request for a cash benefit?
A person residing in a town or settlement belonging to the above-mentioned local branches may submit a request for a long-term care benefit in cash, if he meets all the following conditions:
· He is entitled to a long-term care benefit at a rate of 150% or168% (or at a rate of 75% or 84%, for a person receiving a reduced rate due to income)
· He employs a full-time caregiver 12 hours a day at least, 6 days a week.
· The caregiver is not a family member.
· The caregiver is employed for wages under a written contract.
Those who employ a foreign worker must have a permit from the Ministry of the Interior (Immigration Authority),
How is a request for a cash benefit submitted?
The request should be submitted on the form, "Request for cash long-term care benefit instead of services to a person employing a full-time caregiver", and should be sent to the local NII branch closest to one's place of residence.
For detailed information on receiving the long-term care benefit in cash.
Information can be obtained also by means of the phone center: *6050 or 1-222-6050.