Long-Term
Care (Benefits) (Amendment No. 8)
(Jersey) Order 2019
Made 6th December 2019
Coming into
force 1st January 2020
THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY makes this Order under Articles 3,
4 and 16 of the Long-Term Care (Jersey) Law 2012[1] –
1 Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014 amended
This Order amends the
Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Jersey) Order 2014[2] and a reference to an Article by number without more is to the
Article of the same number in that Order.
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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£390.39
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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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£595.70
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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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£861.07
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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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£1,082.55
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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 “£336.98” there is
substituted “£345.80”;
(b) for “£36.82” there is
substituted “£37.80”.
4 Article 10 (amount
required to be paid towards standard care costs) amended
In Article 10 –
(a) in paragraphs (1) and
(2)(a) for “£56,130” in each place there is substituted “£57,590”;
(b) in paragraph (2)(b) for
“£84,195” there is substituted “£86,390”.
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 Article 12(5)(c) for “£336.98” in each place
there is substituted “£345.80”.
6 Citation
and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Long-Term Care (Benefits) (Amendment
No. 8) (Jersey) Order 2019 and comes into force on 1st January 2020.
Deputy J.A. Martin of St.
Helier
Minister for Social Security