This master's thesis deals with a topical subject of long-term care. The research object is a legal regulation of long-term care in Slovenia. It is currently carried out on a project basis. In the field of long-term care, the Long-Term Care Act was adopted in December 2021, which systemically regulates this field. The existing system proved to be deficient, as the dispersion of rights under various laws caused deviations in acquired rights among the beneficiaries with comparable positions. The newly adopted law came into force on 18 January 2022 with the exception of certain articles, which will take effect on 1 January 2023, i.e. 1 July 2024. The law grants the right to long-term care services to persons over 18 years of age (and under certain conditions to younger people as well), who meet the conditions defined by the law. Deviations of acquired rights will only occur between the beneficiaries, classified in a different long-term care category, but this will enable the ones with the same or similar requirements to be treated equally. Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia will decide on the rights, whereas the services of long-term care will be carried out by the long-term care providers in the institution or in the home of a dependent person. The law defines only temporary financial resources of long-term care services, which are namely being covered from compulsory health insurance contributions and from pension and disability insurance contributions. A part of the funds will be covered by the state budget. Long-term funding of long-term care services will only be regulated when the Compulsory Insurance Act on Long-Term Care will be adopted in 2025. With the adoption of the Long-Term Care, Slovenia has finally taken a step towards reaching the integrated system of long-term care. The law, however, is still deficient in many respects and will have to be amended in the following years.
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