The person being cared for must need:
- continuous supervision and frequent help throughout
the day with their personal needs, such as walking
and getting about, dressing, washing, eating and drinking,
or
- continuous supervision to avoid danger to themselves,
and
- full-time care and attention for at least 12 months.
Note
The person being cared for may attend a nonresidential
course of rehabilitation training or a day
care centre approved by the Minister for Health and
Children.
You, the carer, may:
- attend an educational or training course or take up
voluntary or community work for up to 15 hours a week,
or
- work part-time as a Home Help for the Health Service
Executive for up to 15 hours a week (your earnings from
this work will not be assessed as means),
or
- take up limited self-employment in your home (any
earnings from this work will be assessed as means),
or
- take up employment outside your home for up to 15
hours a week.
Any income, except earnings from working part-time as a
Home Help for the Health Service Executive, will be assessed
as means.
During your absence, you must arrange adequate care for
the person requiring full-time care and attention.
We will be flexible when assessing the need to provide fulltime
care and attention and consider the needs of you, the
carer, and the person receiving care. We do not expect, nor
want others to expect, that you would provide care 24 hours
a day.