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| Receiving the long-term care benefit in cash instead of services, for a person who employs a full-time caregiver |
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Under an amendment to the National Insurance Law, persons entitled to a long-term care benefit who employ a full-time caregiver may - under certain circumstances – choose to receive their benefit in cash into their bank account, and employ the caregiver exclusively, without the intervention of a manpower company, or may choose to continue the existing arrangement under which both the manpower company and the benefit recipient employ the caregiver.
This possibility is being offered under the law in the framework of a pilot being conducted in 9 local NII branches until December 31, 2012: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Bnei Brak, Holon, Jerusalem, Nahariya, Netanya, Ramat Gan and Tiberias.
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| The towns that are participating in the pilot | |
Long-term care benefit recipients who reside in a town or settlement belonging to one of the following local NII branches participate in the pilot enabling them to receive a cash benefit: Ashdod, Ashkelon, Bnei Brak, Holon, Jerusalem, Netanya, Nahariya, Ramat Gan and Tiberias. |
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| Conditions of entitlement to cash benefit | |
| Any person entitled to a long-term care benefit who lives in one of the areas included in the pilot may submit a request for a cash benefit is he meets the following conditions: |
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| Possibilities of choice | |
| Following are listed the possibilities of choice available at each one of the options – cash benefit and service benefit – in accordance with the rate of benefit that has been determined for the elderly person. |
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| Payment of benefit | |
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The cash benefit can be provided only as a complete alternative to long-term care services; that is, it is not possible to receive part of the benefit in cash and part of it in the form of services.
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A person for whom a cash benefit has been approved can later, at any time, decide to go back to the service benefit. If he so decides, he should send a written request to the local NII branch closest to his place of residence. |
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