A caregiver caregiver is a person who supports physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially and logistically and free of charge, a family member or friend, who is dealing with illness, old age or disability.

Caring family members are entitled in Israel to a number of services and benefits provided by various government ministries:

– Entitlement to absence due to parental illness or due to spouse’s illness, at the expense of sick days, up to 6 working days (Sick Pay Law, 1998)

Entitlement to absence due to a spouse’s malignant disease, at the expense of sick days, up to 60 days a year

Eligibility for absence due to malignant illness of a child up to the age of 18, at the expense of sick days, up to 90 days a year (in case only the caring parent – up to 110 days)

Eligibility to care for a child with special needs, at the expense of sick days, up to 18 days (in case only the caring parent – up to 36 days)

– Eligibility to receive severance pay from the employer for resignation due to a poor health condition of a family member (section 6 of the Dismissal Compensation Law, 5733, 1963)

– Receipt of a tax credit, due to participation in financing in an institutional arrangement of a father / mother (section 44 of the Income Tax Ordinance)

– Eligibility to receive income support without the need for an employment test, for those who care for a sick family member (Income Support Law, 5741, 1980)

Income tax credit points for a child or adult with a disability.

– Income tax credit for a child in housing outside the parents’ home.

Up-to-date information can be obtained at the following link

תמיכה וליווי של קרוב חולה עשויים להיות למקור עשיר של סיפוק, לחיזוק הקשר עם בן המשפחה וללימוד מיומנויות שלא חשבת שקיימות אצלך.

עם זאת, נמצא כי בני משפחה מטפלים נדרשים, לעיתים, להיאבק כדי לשמור על מקום העבודה שלהם, על חיי החברה וחיי המשפחה שלהם. בריאותם הפיזית והנפשית עלולה גם היא להיפגע.