SCHEDULE 4

PART Iapplicable amounts of persons in residential care and nursing homes

Nursing homesI17

Subject to paragraphs 8 to 11, where the accommodation provided for the claimant is a nursing home for persons in need of personal care by virtue of—

a

past or present mental disorder but excluding mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be F1£290.00 per week;

b

mental handicap, the appropriate amount shall be F1£295.00 per week;

c

past or present drug or alcohol dependence, the appropriate amount shall be F1£290.00 per week;

d

physical disablement, the appropriate amount shall be—

i

in the case of a person to whom paragraph 8 applies, F1£325.00 per week, or

ii

in any other case, F1£290.00 per week;

e

terminal illness, the appropriate amount shall be F1£290.00 per week; or

f

any condition not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) to (e), the appropriate amount shall be F1£290.00 per week.