By now, everyone
is familiar with Fair Deal
Scheme. And why not? A scheme that offers financial support to the aged
and ailing by paying for their cost of care in nursing homes is bound to gain recognition.
When you pay a part of your contribution, who do you think pays the rest? Who do
you think assesses your care needs? Who do you think removes those worry lines
from your forehead when unforeseen health expenses take a toll on your
financial situation? It’s the Health Service Executive or the HSE in short!
Given how
seamless that publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland makes availing of
long-term nursing home care, don’t you think you should know more about HSE? If
you wish to learn more about it, read on and identify its role along with that
of Revenue in facilitating nursing home care.
Role
Played by HSE in Enabling Nursing
Home Support Scheme
An HSE
administers Fair Deal orthe Nursing Home Scheme. Apart from this task, the authorities provide Nursing
Home loans to Irish residents failing to pay their part of their contribution to
the nursing home. Of course, it follows some rules. For instance, the person in
care must write a consent letter to secure a Charging Order registered against his
asset. Those unversed with a Charging Order must know that it is a simple mortgage
that secures the loan amount of the HSE.
When the
Charging Order is successfully passed, it is the HSE who pays the dues on
behalf of the Fair Deal
Scheme beneficiary and gets the long-term nursing home care benefits
rolling. After undertaking its fair share of responsibilities, the HSE informs
Revenue about the amount to be repaid and the date within which it is to be done.
HSE also
informs all NHSS members that loan repayment is mandatory after the death of
the person in care and the transfer of property while the person is still alive
and breathing. This property is the one that bears the Charging Order.
How Does
Revenue Facilitate the Fair
Deal or Nursing Home Scheme?
Revenue is
an Irish Government Agency, formally recognised as The Revenue Commissioner, entrusted
with the responsibility for customs, taxation, excise and similar matters. It is
self-explanatory from the statement that Revenue collects the loans to be
repaid on behalf of the HSE and informs the HSE about it. The latter removes
the Charging Order registered against the beneficiary’s asset.
Final Thoughts:
In the end,
it is quite evident that the roaring success of the Nursing Home Support Scheme in Ireland has
been possible due to the significant roles played by HSE and the Revenue Commissioners.
While the former administers the scheme, the latter collects payments for the
benefits to keep flowing towards NHSS beneficiaries. Both have contributed to
the triumph that the scheme today has achieved.
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