Determining an examination track


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A woman who submits a claim for a general disability pension will be examined in the track for housewives according to her capacity to function as a housewife if she meets the definition of a housewife as follows:

“Disabled housewife” – a woman, resident of Israel, aged 18 years at least, who has not yet reached retirement age, is married, does not work either as an employee or self-employed, whose husband is covered by old-age and survivors’ insurance with the National Insurance Institute, and who because of a physical or mental impairment resulting from illness, accident or from birth:

  • is incapable of performing the everyday functions common to a normal household;

or

  • her capacity to perform household functions has been reduced due to impairment (whether it happened immediately or gradually) by 50% or more.
  In the definition of a “disabled housewife” the following are not included:

  • A housewife who worked as a salaried employee or was self-employed for 12 continuous months during the 24 months that preceded the submission of the claim for a disability pension, or 24 non-continuous months over the period of the 48 months that preceded the submission of the claim for a disability pension.
  • A housewife who stopped working as a salaried employee or self-employed after submitting the claim for a disability pension and has accumulated a work period of 12 continuous months during the 24 months that preceded the submission of the claim for a disability pension, or 24 non-continuous months over the period of the 48 months that preceded the day she stopped working.
  • A housewife living separately from her husband, who has not lived with him for 24 months preceding the submission of the claim for a disability pension.
  • A housewife who has separated from her husband after submitting the claim for a disability pension and who has not lived with him for at least 24 months.
A woman who does not meet the definition of a disabled housewife as detailed above will be examined in the framework of the salaried track according to the definition of disabled .
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