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THE RIGHT TO CASH COMPENSATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND CARE OF OTHER
PERSON
The right to cash compensation for assistance and care
of other person belongs to an insured person or a pension
beneficiary for whom, due to the nature and severity of
the injury or illness, assistance and care of other person
is necessary for meeting basic needs of everyday life.
A need for assistance and care of other person exists
when an insured person or a pension beneficiary cannot
walk, if due to the severity and nature of permanent diseases
or due to a sickness cannot move without help, cannot take
food, put on or take off the clothes, or if an insured
person or a pension beneficiary is blind.
In order to exercise this right, the
following should be enclosed with the application:
- Original of the medical documentation on
the existence of a need for assistance and care of other
person, issued by a specialist
- Personal ID card photocopy
- The title and address of the institution
of social protection for placing elderly persons, if
the person submitting the application is placed with
such an institution
In cases when the person submitting the application is
an insured person, the following documentation should also
be enclosed:
- Work book – a certified photocopy
- Certificate of self-employment to be issued
by the competent institution
- Notification of the work injury, in cases
when need for assistance and care of other person is
resulting from a work injury
- Proof of an already exercised right with
another institution.
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