The benefit rates are determined by the degree of the insured’s dependency on the help of others or according to the extent of supervision that he requires.
A person who is entitled to the benefit chooses one or more of the services that he wants, from the existing range of services.
The benefit rates in this chapter relate to only 2 types of services out of the entire range of services: weekly home care hours and visiting days in a daycare center. The rates of services that are not listed here will be provided by the social worker who visited your home and advised you on choosing the services that are suitable for you.
Under the law, there are 3 levels of benefit rates:
· Level A - A person who is largely dependent on the help of others for most routine activities and a person who requires supervision is entitled to a long-term care benefit equivalent to 9.75 weekly care hours or equivalent to 5 weekly care hours for a person who is entitled to a reduced benefit due to income.
For a person who chooses to visit a daycare center:
- One day’s visited is equivalent to 2 hours of home care.
- The maximum number of days for visiting a daycare center - 4.5 days a week (2 days a week for a person who is entitled to a reduced benefit due to income).
· Level B - A person who is greatly dependent on the help of others for most routine activities during most hours of the day and night, is entitled to a long-term care benefit equivalent to 16 weekly care hours or equivalent to 8 weekly care hours for a person whose benefit is reduced due to higher income.
For those who choose to visit a daycare center:
- One day’s visited is equivalent to 2.75 hours of home care.
- The maximum number of days for visiting a daycare center - 5.5 days a week (2 days a week for a person whose benefit is reduced due to income).
· Level C - A person who is completely dependent on the help of others for all routine activities during all hours of the day and night and a person who requires constant supervision is entitled to a long-term care benefit equivalent to 18 weekly care hours or equivalent to 9 weekly care hours for a person whose benefit is reduced due to higher income.
For those who choose to visit a daycare center:
- One day’s visited is equivalent to 2.75 hours of home care.
- The maximum number of days for visiting a daycare center - 6 days a week (3 days a week for a person whose benefit is reduced due to higher income).
Additional care hours at home
A person who is entitled to a long-term care benefit – whether he receives care hours at home, visiting hours at a daycare center, or any other service from the basket of services – may receive additional care hours at home if he meets all the following conditions:
1. He is greatly dependent on the help of others for most routine activities during most hours of the day or night
Or
He is completely dependent on the help of others for all routine activities during all hours of the day and night, or requires constant supervision.
2. He employs an Israeli caregiver.
3. He does not have a permit to employ a foreign worker and he does not employ a foreign worker
Or
His permit to employ a foreign worker is frozen.
A person interested in receiving the additional hours, who has a valid permit to employ a foreign worker, but does not actually employ a foreign worker – should contact the Ministry of Interior, the Population and Immigration Authority, and request to freeze the permit to employ a foreign worker in the long-term care branch.
For clarifications at the Ministry of Interior, the Population and Immigration Authority, Long-term Care Branch.
A person who meets all the above conditions but does not receive the additional hours should contact the local NII branch nearest to his place of residence to clarify the matter.
Rates of additional care hours
Those entitled to 16 weekly hours (under Level B above) – will receive 3 additional weekly hours.
Those entitled to 8 weekly hours (under Level B above) – will receive 1.5 additional weekly hours.
Those entitled to 18 weekly hours (under Level C above) – will receive 4 additional weekly hours.
Those entitled to 9 weekly hours (under Level B above) – will receive 2 additional weekly hours.