Relief assistance
Description
Do you have care responsibilities which mean that you have a need for relief assistance? The municipality can, for example, offer assistance in the form of domestic help, day help, or a short stay at a nursing home. Such relief is intended to give you the opportunity for normal leisure time and the possibility to take a holiday, and to maintain contact with your social network.
Target group
Those who have the responsibility for care of elderly, disabled or other persons requiring nursing.
Criteria/conditions
You should have considerable responsibilities for care. It is the municipality which in conjunction with yourself, determines which services shall be made available. Factors which are taken into consideration include:
- whether you have care respionsibilities which take many hours each month
- whether the care responsibilities are more physically or psychologically demanding than normal
- whether the responsibilities involve much nightwork or interruption to sleep
Price
The service is free of charge.
Brochures, documents, maps, etc.
Administrative procedure
Guidelines – applying for, or receiving the service
You may contact the municipality for assistance in applying for releif help. Both the person needing assistance and the helper may apply for relief assistance.
Administrative procedure
The municipality will obtain the information necessary to determine the application. A decision is then made. Normally, you will receive a reason at the same time. You will always be given a reason if there are grounds to believe that you may not be satisfied with the decision. If a reason is not given, you may then contact the municipality within the time limit for any appeal.
Administration time
The municipality will consider the application at the earliest opportunity. If the matter cannot be determined within one month. you will receive written information with the reason for this. At the same time you will be informed when a decision is expected to be made.
Possibilities to appeal; procedure
If you are not satisfied with the decision, you may appeal to the municipality within three weeks of having received the decision. Explain why you are not satisfied and why you feel the resolution should be changed. If you need advice, you may contact the municipality. If the municipality upholds its decision, the matter will be sent to the county governor, who will decide whither the appeal shall be upheld.
Dato opprettet
12.10.2011 11:01:12
Dato oppdatert
23.04.2012 09:39:55
