Long-Term Care
(Benefits) (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey)
Order 2018
Made 23rd November 2018
Coming into force 1st
January 2019
THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, in pursuance of Articles 4 and 16
of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012[1], orders as follows –
1 Interpretation
In this Order, the reference to an Article by number and without
more is to the Article of the same number in the Long-Term Care (Benefits)
(Jersey) Order 2014[2].
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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2
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3
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4
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level of standard care
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description of level of standard care
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weekly cost for standard care in a care home or in a group home
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weekly cost for standard care in a principal residence
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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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£380.45
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actual costs of care, 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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£580.58
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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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£839.23
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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
that required for level 3.
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£1,055.11
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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
the amount “£331.94” there is substituted “£336.98”;
(b) for
the amount “£36.26” there is substituted “£36.82”.
4 Article 10 (Amount required to be paid towards standard care
costs) amended
In Article 10 –
(a) in
paragraphs (1) and (2)(a), in each place for the amount “£55,300”
there is substituted “£56,130”;
(b) in
paragraph (2)(b) for the amount “£82,950” there is
substituted “£84,195”.
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), in each place for the amount “£326.97”
there is substituted “£331.94”.
6 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as
the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Amendment No. 6) (Jersey) Order 2018
and comes into force on 1st January 2019.
deputy j.a. martin of st. helier
Minister for Social Security