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These are translations of our Hebrew guides, written for English speakers living in Israel. Official Israeli terms appear with their Hebrew names so you can recognise them on forms.
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Long-term care
Clalit long-term care insurance: filing a claimClaiming the National Insurance long-term care benefitThe long-term care benefit: what you actually receiveLong-term care benefit eligibility: who qualifiesLong-term care insurance in Israel: the complete guideDocuments for a long-term care claimA long-term care claim was denied: what to do nextHealth fund cover or a private policy: what to compareHow long does a long-term care claim take?A parent has become dependent: a plan for the familyAfter hospital: when to check long-term care insurance12 signs a parent is no longer managing aloneHow to talk to a parent who refuses helpFamily carer burnout: recognising and preventing itDividing the load between siblings caring for a parentA day centre for older people: what it providesThe services basket: choosing a mix that helpsEmploying a carer at home: what to know before you startNursing institution care: funding and co-paymentCare home, sheltered housing or a nursing ward?
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Eligibility and process
Applying on grounds of a deteriorationHow do you find out who insures your long-term care cover?Finding a long-term care policy on Har HaBituachTwo policies: can you claim on more than one?Retrospective payment: what to checkPrescription in a long-term care claim: why delay is costlyThe waiting period: when does payment start?A long-term care claim after a deathGuardian, power of attorney and contact personA request for further documents: how to respondA refusal letter: seven things to checkA private investigator in a long-term care claimTimelines in a long-term care claim: how to keep trackHow much does long-term care insurance pay?On the care benefit? An insurer may owe you tooEmploying a carer? An insurer may owe youLong-term care insurance in a care home: is it paid?A rights company or a lawyer for your claim?What does support with a care claim cost?A long-term care claim approved in part — what now?Refused because the functional definition is not metRefused for a pre-existing condition or non-disclosureHow to read a long-term care policy: five key clausesThe long-term care definition: what a policy requiresFixed benefit or indemnity: what your policy paysExclusions in a long-term care policy: what is not coveredThe qualifying period in long-term care insuranceThe medical confidentiality waiver: what you signThe long-term care claim form: filling it inA medical opinion in a long-term care claimComplaining about an insurer: where to go and whenLong-term care cover through work: the forgotten policyOld long-term care policies: worth more, not lessAppealing a National Insurance long-term care decisionAn enduring power of attorney: arrange it earlyWhat happened to health fund long-term care insurancePolicy cancelled or lapsed: can you still claim?Long-term care insurance for couplesBecoming dependent on care at a young age
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Insurers and health funds
A Harel long-term care claim: documents and filingA Clal long-term care claim: how to prepare for filingA Migdal long-term care claim: stages and documentsA Phoenix long-term care claim: preparation and follow-upA Menora Mivtachim long-term care claim: a guide to filingMaccabi long-term care insurance: who to file withMeuhedet long-term care insurance: claim and documentsLeumit long-term care insurance: claim and appeal
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Functional assessment
The MMSE test: what it measures and how to read itThe ADL assessment: the six daily activitiesDementia or Alzheimer's: the difference in a care claimThe functional assessment: how to prepare properlyCognitive incapacity: what to document and checkThe functional assessment at home: how to prepareA functional diary: the cheapest tool in a care claimThe National Insurance dependency assessment at homeADL versus IADL: the difference that decides a claimCognitive incapacity or dementia: term against diagnosis
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Medical conditions
Long-term care claims in Alzheimer's diseaseLong-term care claims in Parkinson's diseaseA long-term care claim after a stroke: what to documentLong-term care claims after a hip fractureLong-term care claims for a cancer patientComplex nursing care: classification against coverLong-term care claims in multiple sclerosisLong-term care claims in ALS and muscular dystrophyLong-term care claims in heart failureA long-term care claim in COPD and chronic lung diseaseLong-term care claims in diabetes and its complicationsLong-term care claims in kidney failure and dialysisPressure sores: evidence of dependency in a claimA bed-bound patient: what to document in a claimRepeated falls in older people: what they meanVascular dementia: when decline comes in stepsLimb amputation and a long-term care claimVisual impairment and blindness in a care claim
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Background information
General disability or the long-term care benefit?A herniated disc: symptoms, treatment and functioningPsychiatric disability percentages at National InsuranceBulging disc L4–L5 and L5–S1: what the finding meansLong-term care or disability: which route is yours?Long-term care or health insurance: what each coversCritical illness cover or long-term care insurance?The four Israeli care classifications explained
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