Matters to be considered in attendant care compensation claims

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In determining whether attendant care services are reasonably required for a person, the Commission must have regard to the following matters:

(a)

the nature of the person’s injury or disease;

(b)

the degree to which that injury or disease impairs the person’s ability to provide for his or her personal care;

(c)

the extent to which any medical service or nursing care received by the person provides for his or her essential and regular personal care;

(d)

the extent to which the attendant care services are necessary to meet any reasonable wish by the person to live outside an institution;

(e)

the extent to which attendant care services are necessary to enable the person to undertake or continue defence service or any other work;

(f)

any assessment made in relation to the rehabilitation of the person;

(g)

the extent to which a relative of the person might reasonably be expected to provide attendant care services;

(h)

any other matter that the Commission considers relevant.

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