Confirmation of Employer (Applicant) and Care Recipient Eligibility
·Employer’s Application Eligibility:
The employer and the care recipient must have one of the following kinship relationships:
1. Spouse.
2. Direct blood relatives.
3. Relatives within the third degree of kinship.
4. Stepparents, stepchildren, parents or stepparents of the spouse, or the spouse of children or stepchildren.
5. Grandparents and the spouse of grandchildren, step-grandparents and grandchildren, or step-grandparents and the spouse of grandchildren.
·Care Recipients’ Eligibility:
I. Care recipients are required to comply with one of the following conditions:
1. Individuals must meet one of the conditions listed in the Specific Severe Physical and Mental Disabilities, Disability Assessment Items, and Standards. (For disability items and levels, please refer to Appendix 2)
2. As determined by a medical institution to possess one of the following qualifications:
（1）Individuals under the age of 80 determined as requiring all-day care.
（2）Individuals aged 80 or over determined to be severely dependent on nursing services.
（3）Individuals aged 85 or over determined to be moderately dependent on nursing services.
3. Individuals who have used live-in care services, daycare services or at-home care services funded by governments at various levels for six consecutive months or more, in accordance with the provisions of Article 7 and Article 9 appended table No. 4 of the Long-Term Care Services Application and Payment Regulations.
4. Individuals obtain a medical diagnosis certificate issued by a physician confirming that they meet a diseases or conditions. (Announced by the Central Competent Authority).
II. If the preceding care recipients was cared for within the past year by a foreign blue-collar caregiver or skilled caregiver, the employer may apply to employ a foreign worker for live-in caregiving work.
III. For care recipients aged 80 or over, who are not covered by the two preceding clauses, the employer may submit an identity document to apply for the employment of a foreign worker for live-in caregiving.
※The level of disablement and dependency of the care recipients under Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 3
Care recipients may be exempted from undergoing a professional assessment by a medical institution if meeting one of the following conditions:
1. Having obtained a Disability Certificate and in accordance with Articles 6 and 14 of the People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act, are exempt from re-evaluation.
2. The same care recipient has previously been cared for by a foreign blue-collar caregiver or skilled caregiver and is aged 75 or over.
·Employer Application Quota:
- Only one foreign caregiver may be employed per care recipient, a currently employed foreign caregiver may be directly transferred.
- However, one additional foreign caregiver may be permitted if the care recipient is diagnosed as being in a vegetative state or scores zero on the Barthel Index, and no expected recovery within six months.
