Caring for parents with disabilities (Photo: Getty Images) Author: Katerina Goncharova
Expert: Vitalina Vilchinskaya
A deferment from service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be granted to those who provide constant care for close relatives who need help due to disability or serious illness. These may be parents, children, husband/wife or other relatives who cannot take care of themselves.
Vitalina Vilchinskaya, a lawyer in the family law practice at Prikhodko & Partners Law Firm, explained in a comment to RBC-Ukraine how to formalize permanent care and whether it is necessary for a relative who needs such care to have a disability group of 1 or 2.
Content:
- Arranging for care of a relative: what you need to know
- Reasons for providing care if there is no 2nd group of disability
- Is it difficult to arrange permanent care without disability?
Arranging for care of a relative: what you need to know
The formalization of permanent care for a close relative involves the official recognition of the person's need for outside assistance and the provision of appropriate support from a caregiver. Depending on the circumstances, care may be provided on a professional or non-professional basis.
Professional care is provided by social workers or caregivers employed in public or private institutions.
Non-professional care, such care is provided by relatives or other persons without special training. In some cases, the caregiver may receive compensation from the state.
Reasons for providing care if there is no 2nd group of disability
- Conclusion of the medical and social expert commission
Persons with Group III disability are usually considered partially able to work and do not always require constant outside care.
But if the health condition requires such care, this must be confirmed by a corresponding medical report. This may be a report from a medical and social expert commission (MSEC), but it must indicate that the person needs outside care.
- Conclusion of the medical advisory commission
Registration of care for a person without disabilities requires confirmation of the need for care.
A person must receive a conclusion from a medical advisory committee (MAC) that he or she needs constant outside care. This applies primarily to elderly people with disabilities who do not have an officially established disability.
Permanent care of a relative is grounds for applying for a deferment from mobilization (photo: Getty Images)
Is it difficult to arrange permanent care without disability?
Arranging for permanent care for a person without a disability group has certain difficulties, but the process is generally feasible.
Here are the main difficulties you may encounter:
Obtaining a medical opinion can be a difficult process . The VKK (medical advisory commission) must confirm that the person really needs constant outside care. This may require collecting medical records, undergoing additional examinations, which takes a lot of time and effort.
Bureaucratic barriers. Collecting all the necessary documents and certificates can take a lot of time. Often there is a need for additional documents that you were not warned about in advance.
Despite these difficulties, many people successfully complete such care. It is best to consult with social workers and a lawyer who has experience in such arrangements and can provide practical advice.
Let us recall that in the fall of 2024, the timeframes for the arrival of conscripts on summons were reduced in Ukraine. There are also changes to some regulations concerning mobilization. In particular, regarding the proper delivery of the summons and informing about it. We wrote whether it is legal in this case to report the receipt of a summons to Ukrposhta via messengers.
It also became known when it is possible to appeal fines for ignoring a summons.
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