Long-Term
Care (Benefits) (Amendment No. 12)
(Jersey) Order 2023
Made 9th November 2023
Coming into
force 1st January 2024
1 Long-Term Care (Benefits)
(Jersey) Order 2014 amended
This Order amends the Long-Term Care (Benefits)
(Jersey) Order 2014.
2 Article 8 (rates
for long-term care benefit comprising standard care costs) amended
For the table in Article 8 there is substituted –
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1
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Person requires long-term care on a daily basis but can be left
alone for periods of at least 3 hours a day.
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£492.03
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Costs of the approved care package, not exceeding the amount shown
opposite in column 3
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2
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Person requires long-term care on a daily basis but cannot be left
alone for periods exceeding 3 hours a day and the description for
level 3 or 4 does not apply.
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£750.54
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As above
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3
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Person requires long-term care throughout the day or night but
care is not required 24 hours a day.
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£1,084.93
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As above
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4
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Person requires long-term care 24 hours a day or, if not
24 hours a day, with a greater degree of specialist care required than is
required for level 3.
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£1,363.95
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As above”.
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3 Article 9
(conditions for receiving a long-term care benefit comprising standard care
costs) amended
In Article 9(c) –
(a) for “£398.79” there
is substituted “£429.52”;
(b) for “£43.68” there
is substituted “£47.11”.
4 Article 10 (amount
required to be paid towards standard care costs) amended
In Article 10 –
(a) in paragraph (1),
for “£67,380” there is substituted “£72,570”;
(b) in
paragraph (2) –
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), for “£67,380”
there is substituted “£72,570”,
(ii) in
sub-paragraph (b), for “£101,070” there is substituted “£108,860”.
5 Article 12
(co-payment benefits – loans to meet the costs referred to in Article 9(b),
(c) and (d)) amended
In Article 12(2)(b) and (5)(c), for “£398.79” there is
substituted “£429.52”.
6 Citation and
commencement
This Order may be cited as
the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Amendment No. 12) (Jersey) Order 2023 and
comes into force on 1st January 2024.
Deputy M.E. Millar of St. John, St. Lawrence and Trinity
Minister for Social Security