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== D. Compassionate Care Benefits == | == D. Compassionate Care Benefits == | ||
Compassionate Care Benefits may be paid up to a maximum of 26 weeks to a major attachment claimant who has to be absent from work to provide care or support to a gravely ill family member or a person who considers the claimant to be like a family member and is at | Compassionate Care Benefits may be paid up to a maximum of 26 weeks to a major attachment claimant who has to be absent from work to provide care or support to a gravely ill family member or a person who considers the claimant to be like a family member and is at risk of dying within 26 weeks. The benefits for compassionate care must be claimed within a 52-week period that generally starts on the day the doctor certifies the family member is likely to die. Unemployed persons on EI can also apply for this type of benefit. | ||
To be eligible for Compassionate Care Benefits a claimant must apply and show that: | To be eligible for Compassionate Care Benefits a claimant must apply and show that: | ||
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A claimant will need to provide a medical certificate that indicates that the family member or friend is gravely ill with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks. The benefits will be given regardless of where the family member lives but a claimant will need to meet the same conditions that would apply if that ill person was in Canada. | A claimant will need to provide a medical certificate that indicates that the family member or friend is gravely ill with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks. The benefits will be given regardless of where the family member lives but a claimant will need to meet the same conditions that would apply if that ill person was in Canada. | ||
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1. Sharing Compassionate Care Benefits''' | |||
Compassionate care benefit can be shared with other family members as long as each one of the family members isalso eligible. Family members can claim the benefits at the same time or at different times as long as the number of weeks claimed for compassionate care benefits does not exceed 26 weeks altogether. | |||
There is still a one-week waiting period before benefits can be claimed. However, if the benefit is to be shared with other family members, only the first family member to claim compassionate care benefit has to serve the one-week waiting period. | |||
== E. Benefits for Parents of Critically Ill Children == | == E. Benefits for Parents of Critically Ill Children == | ||
