When is applying for a Wlz indication appropriate for long-term care?

Long-term care is suitable for people who need a lot of help day and night. Often this involves care needed at home or in an institution. Applying for a Wlz indication can then be a step to determine whether this care is appropriate for someone.

What is the Wlz and when does it apply?

The Wlz is the Long-term Care Act. It is intended for people who permanently need a lot of care and supervision, day and night, nearby. This applies, for example, to frail older people, people with a severe disability, or a permanent psychiatric disorder.

What is characteristic is that the care is heavy and long-term. Temporary or light care does not fall under it. With a Wlz indication, you can live in a nursing home or another institution. Continuing to live at home is sometimes also possible, with intensive care at home.

The Wlz does not only reimburse care. Day activities, aids, and transport can also fall under it. Access goes through the CIZ. It assesses whether you are entitled to this care.

Are you unsure whether the Wlz fits your situation? Then independent client support can help free of charge to find the right place to apply.

When do you apply for a Wlz indication at the CIZ?

You apply for a Wlz indication if the care need is permanent. Day and night care nearby or permanent supervision must also seem necessary. The route to the Wlz then goes through the CIZ.

If the care still mainly fits support at home, another law may be appropriate. The Wmo concerns help to continue participating at home. The Wlz is for heavy, permanent care with a lot of supervision. That difference helps determine where your application belongs.

If living at home really no longer works, even with a lot of care, a nursing home may be needed. Then a Wlz indication is the first step. The CIZ then decides whether there is entitlement to Wlz care.

What information do you gather for the application?

Gather information that clearly shows the care need. Think of recent letters from care providers. Also collect an overview of the daily help currently needed.

Focus especially on what seems to be needed permanently. Write down which care is needed day and night. That helps make the application clear.

Your loved one can authorize someone to help. That can be useful if it is difficult to arrange everything yourself. The application is free.

How does the application process at the CIZ work?

You submit the application via the CIZ for a Wlz application. After that, the CIZ will contact you. The CIZ decides within six weeks.

Sometimes the CIZ asks additional questions. Then prepare the conversation with the CIZ well. Read the decision and the care profile carefully. These state which Wlz care your loved one is entitled to.

After the assessment, it will be put in writing which care has been granted. After that, you can look further into the care that fits this. This is about organizing long-term help, not choosing a medical treatment yourself.

What help can you get with the application?

Independent client support can help with preparation, the application, and reviewing the decision. That help is independent. It can also help determine which application route fits.

Start by making clear what help is needed. For social support, go to the municipality. For nursing and care at home, the district nurse is the gateway. For permanent intensive Wlz care, the CIZ is the right gateway.

Are you not sure under which law your question falls? That is very normal, because the laws sometimes overlap. Independent client support can then help free of charge to find the right gateway.

What can you do after the decision or if living at home is no longer possible?

After the decision, first look at what has been granted. Then you can see whether care in kind or a personal budget (pgb) is suitable. With care in kind, you choose from contracted providers. With a pgb, there are separate rules for purchasing care.

If living at home really no longer works, admission to an institution may be necessary. Sometimes admission is more appropriate and safer. If there is a waiting list, you receive a waiting status. There are four, ranging from 'urgent placement' to 'waiting as a precaution'.

While you wait, the care office can arrange interim care. This way, your loved one can continue to receive care at home or elsewhere. For care at night or around the clock, you can also consult the district nurse or the care office. Feeling overloaded? Raise the alarm in time with Mantelzorg Zoetermeer.