are most often provided in day care centres – institutions that provide social care and social rehabilitation services during the day. Day care centres are open structures for hospitality and care of people who cannot take full care of themselves, and usually have chronic illnesses. They enable participants to socialise and enjoy planned activities in a group setting, while receiving care in a structured setting during daytime hours.
The following types of activities shall be eligible for reimbursement:
— nursing care;
— respite care;
— functional and social skills development services;
— group activities involving mental stimulation group exercise and wellness programmes.
Member States are required to provide the whole set of types of activities set above for the operations of community-based day care services to be eligible for reimbursement.
6.2.
Definition of the indicator triggering payment of the unit costs
Indicator name
:
1.
Provision of in-home care services
2.
Provision of community-based day care services
Measurement unit for the indicator
:
1.
Number of participant hours/days/months/years for all participants receiving in-home care services
2.
Number of participant hours/days/months/years for all participants receiving community-based day care services
6.3.
Amounts (in EUR)
The amounts set in Tables 6 and Table 7 below cover all eligible costs of the operation (8).
When devising a single operation for the provision of in-home care services and community-based day care services supported by ESF+, Member States are not allowed to pick and choose from the list of eligible activities set out under points 6.1.1 and 6.1.2. Member States are required to provide the full set of standard activities set under point 6.1.2 for the community-based day care service operations to be eligible for reimbursement, or in the case of in-home care at least the activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of point 6.1.1 cumulatively.
Documents required to justify that relevant activities took place, and that all claimed outputs were realised, are those required in accordance with each Member State’s normal practices and procedures. Managing authorities need to clearly define the audit trail.
Examples of justification documents
For in-home care services
:
— Carer contract, records of self-reporting by carers; carers assessment by a general practitioner of a person provided with in-home care services or by local social services and/or equivalent documentation
— Activity timesheets of carers (for use of the hourly rate) or other verifiable time management records
For community-based day care services
:
— Participant enrolment and attendance records
— Activity timesheets of day care workers (for use of the hourly rate) or other verifiable time management records
If the managing authority or intermediate body in charge of implementing a programme applies these unit costs to establish the Union contribution to the programme for one operation that falls under this Regulation, these amounts shall constitute the amount that the Commission reimburses for any operation concerning the provision of in-home care services and community-based day care services under the same programme for the same type of beneficiary. Other programmes managed by different intermediate bodies or managing authorities are not concerned by this restriction.
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