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Household Services
Household services are defined in section 213 of the MRCA and section 4 of the DRCA, as '...services of a domestic nature (including cooking, house cleaning, laundry and gardening services) that are required for the proper running and maintenance of the client's household.'
Household services are those of a domestic nature and may include the following tasks:
- domestic cleaning including window cleaning, dusting and vacuuming;
- laundry;
- meal preparation;
- grocery shopping, where the person cannot use delivery or click and collect services;
- lawn mowing and gardening;
- gutter cleaning and solar panel cleaning;
- child care (see section 7.2.7 in this library for further information);
- chopping and stacking of firewood purchased by the veteran.
In all cases, the delegate must consider the criteria in section 215 of the MRCA and subsection 29(2) of the DRCA when determining whether household services are reasonable required. The criteria are outlined in section 7.2 in this library.