{"id":11427,"date":"2015-07-15T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reutheshel.org.il\/%d7%96%d7%9b%d7%95%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%99%d7%99%d7%97%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%9c%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%a6%d7%95%d7%9c%d7%99-%d7%94%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%90%d7%94-%d7%91%d7%a9%d7%a2%d7%95%d7%aa-%d7%a1-2\/?lang=en"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T10:53:47","slug":"special-rights-for-holocaust-survivors-in-home-care-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reutheshel.org.il\/en\/special-rights-for-holocaust-survivors-in-home-care-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Special rights for Holocaust Survivors in Home Care Hours"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Bituach Leumi\u2019s Long-Term Care Benefit?<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Long-Term Care Benefit<\/a> entitles recipients to assitance and supervision in everyday functions. A resident of Israel who has reached retirement age, and is dependent on the help of others in daily activities, or requires supervision, is entitled to Bituach Leumi\u2019s Long-Term Care Benefit (Long-term Care Insurance Law). This is under the condition that He\/ She live in the community or in a retirement home (which is also considered living in the community) and \u00a0have passed Bituach Leumi\u2019s income test.\u00a0Eligibility is determined through the Dependence Evaluation, usually performed in the elderly person\u2019s home by an assessor from Bituach Leumi.<\/p>\n

In most cases, the Long-Term Care Benefit is given in the form of nursing care services. Among them: visits to a daycare center<\/a>, a distress button<\/a>, laundry services, supply of diapers for adults, and a caretaker who assit the elderly person in his home. Those who employ their own caretaker for at least 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, may choose to receive the benefit in cash.<\/p>\n

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims<\/a><\/h2>\n

Holocaust survivors can enjoy special benefits in terms of added home care hours, beyond the \u00a0regular number of hours granted by Bituach Leumi. These benefits are provided through the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims, which is financed by the State of Israel.\u00a0 The Foundation\u2019s definition of a Holocaust survivor is quite broad, allowing a large population to receive its benefits: not only persons who had been in ghettos and \u00a0concentration camps or in hiding, but any individual who had fled from Nazi persecution, including in countries occupied by or supportive of \u00a0Nazi Germany, such as Romania, Tunisia and others, as well as people who left Germany after the Nazis\u2019 rise to power in 1933, Austria after its annexation to Germany in 1938.The dates relevant for other countries are from the start of\u00a0 World War II\u00a0 and the nazi occupation until the end of the War on May 8 1945.<\/p>\n

Apart from nursing care, the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims helps its beneficiaries in other matters, such as renovating their homes and dental care.<\/p>\n

Conditions for receiving additional home care hours<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims offers different types of home care benefits, subject to the criteria specified below.<\/p>\n

50 home care hours after hospitalization<\/a><\/h2>\n

For a person who has not yet been granted home care hours from Bituach Leumi \u00a0according to the Long-Term Care Insurance Law, coming home from the hospital, without any nursing assistance, can be difficult.\u00a0 For this reason, the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims offers Holocaust survivors \u00a050 hours of home care during the first two months following hospitalization – even in cases of day hospitalization.\u00a0 In this way, the elderly Holocaust survivor can enjoy care at home as soon as he returns home.\u00a0 If the person is not expected to regain his\/ her former level of functioning for a longer period of time, this interval, during which the he\/ she receives the benefit through the Foundation, can be utilized to apply for Bituach Leumi\u2019s Long-Term Care Benefit through standard procedures. Thus, when the two months are over, \u00a0the person can continue to get home care hours through Bituach Leumi (providing he\/she has been found eligible).<\/p>\n

Please note! The Foundation\u2019s special benefit must be requested while the person is still in hospital, through the hospital\u2019s social worker. A Holocaust survivor who has already been released from the hospital cannot request this benefit. The benefit is given to Holocaust survivors three times a year, and up to five times within a period of two years. To file a new request the applicant must wait at least four months from the time the previous request was received at the Foundation.<\/p>\n

Additional requests must receive special approval.<\/p>\n

The Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims is considered a welfare organization, and as such it conducts its own income test, to ensure that the funds are received by those Holocaust survivors who need them most. \u00a0In effect, however, this income test covers \u00a0a large percentage of Holocaust survivors. The stipulation is that a single Holocaust survivor\u2019s monthly income from all sources – including the Old-Age Pension from Bituach Leumi,\u00a0\u00a0Holocaust survivor Rente, and regardless of his\/ her spouse\u2019s income – does not exceed 9,902.78 NIS (January 2020).<\/p>\n

Sulam in the Community<\/a><\/h2>\n

\u00a0This program is run the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel. It targets Holocaust survivors living in\u00a0\u00a0the community, at a time of crisis or illness. Holocaust survivors who meet the criteria can be eligible for 50 hours of nursing care over two months, via a commitment issued by the Foundation to a nursing comp \u00a0any approved by the Foundation, even if the Holocaust survivor is not in hospital.<\/strong> The program\u2019s aim is to prevent hospitalization and functional deterioration which may lead to chronic hospitalization and a need for a nursing care facility. Applications for this assistance are submitted through a social worker at the applicant\u2019s Kupat Holim.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2015 you can apply two times a year.<\/p>\n

9 additional hours of nursing care for those entitled to the Long-Term Care Benefit<\/a><\/h2>\n

Holocaust survivor is eligible to receive 9 hours of nursing care from the Holocaust Victims Fund, in addition to the nursing hours he receives from Social Security, If he meets these conditions:<\/span><\/p>\n

– He was recognized as being persecuted by the Nazis, by the Holocaust Survivors’ Claims Conference or by the German Compensation Law. <\/span><\/p>\n