Allvarligt sjukt barn vab
On forsakringskassan. You are using an older version of your web browser. This means that you might not be able to use all of the functions of the website. We recommend that you update to a newer version. If you need to stay home from work or refrain from receiving unemployment benefit, you can receive compensation for care of a sick child vab.
Vård av barn (VAB)
There are certain situations where you can receive compensation for caring for a child younger than 8 months. This applies if:. You can receive compensation to take care of a child who is reached the age of 12 but not yet 16 if the child needs more help than usual at that age. This may for example apply, if you need to accompany the child to a doctor's appointment or if otherwise healthy children become ill and cannot take care of themselves.
To receive compensation for caring for a child who has turned 12 but not 16 years old, you need a doctor's certificate from the first day you stay home.
If you apply for compensation for vab when accompanying your child to a doctor's appointment, it is sufficient for your doctor to sign your doctor's receipt, or state in a certificate that it was necessary that you accompanied your child. If your child has a long-term illness or disability and the basic illness deteriorates or if they become acutely ill with another disease, you may receive compensation for vab if your child has turned 12 but not 16 years of age.
If your child needs special supervision or care due to illness or disability, Försäkringskassan may decide that you can receive compensation for vab in the same way as for a child who has not yet reached the age of This is called a preliminary decision. If you have a preliminary decision, you will need a certificate from the 22nd day of the illness.
To apply for a preliminary decision, you need to ask your child's doctor for a medical opinion for a preliminary decision.
Kakor på Försäkringskassan
Keep in mind that if you receive care allowance or nursing allowance, you cannot receive compensation for vab if the care allowance or nursing allowance covers the same need for supervision and care. Parents of a seriously ill child up to the age of 18 can receive compensation for an unlimited number of days. If the child is seriously ill, both of the parents have the right to compensation for the same child and time for an unlimited number of days.
If your child is seriously ill, the doctor must write a statement.
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It must include a diagnosis and a description of the child's illness and treatment. If you are the parent of a child who has recently been seriously ill, and who needs to be protected so they do not become infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, you can receive preventative compensation for vab if you need to refrain from working. You need a doctor's certificate that states that the child needs to be protected from infection by the virus.
To be entitled to compensation, you need to refrain from working and your child must have been seriously ill during the year Preventive compensation for vab can be paid from 1 July until at the latest. The child must be under 18 years of age. The compensation can be paid to the parent who needs to refrain from work and care for the child.
Allt om vab och att vabba
All parents of the child may be entitled to the allowance if they refrain from work to protect the child from infection and are unable to work from home. The parent and the child must either be registered at the same address, or the child must spend the same amount of time with his or her parents. The compensation is paid for a maximum of days per parent. If your child has not yet reached the age of 16, the same rules apply for your child as to children who are not covered by the LSS.
Parents of children covered by the LSS can receive compensation for so called contact days up to, the child reaches the age of Contact days. If you child is between the age of 16 and 18, you can also receive compensation to care for a sick child vab if:. If you child is between the age of 18 and 21, you can also receive compensation to care for a sick child vab if:.