Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If:
(a) as a result of an injury, an employee (other than an employee to whom section 33, 34, 35 or 36 applies) is maintained as a patient in a hospital, nursing home or similar place, and has been so maintained for a continuous period of not less than one year; and
(b) there are no prescribed persons or prescribed children who are dependent on the employee;
compensation is payable to the employee for the injury of the amount, for each week during which the employee is so maintained, determined by the person liable to pay the compensation, having regard to:
(c) the present and probable future needs and expenses of the employee; and
(d) the period during which the employee is likely to be such a patient.
(2) An amount determined under subsection (1) must not be less than one - half of, nor more than, the amount per week of compensation that would have been payable to the employee under section 31 had that section applied to the employee.