With home care, you as a person in need of care are entitled to benefits in kind such as physical care, nursing care measures or help with housekeeping.

This home care assistance is usually provided by outpatient nursing or care services. Home care assistance is also possible if you live in a shared care home or in the household of family carers, but not in a care home or other fully inpatient facility.

Depending on the care level, you are entitled to a certain monthly budget for care services in kind (as at: 2021)

• a maximum of EUR 689.00 for care level 2
• a maximum of EUR 1,298 for care level 3
• a maximum of EUR 1,612 for care level 4
• for care level 5, a maximum of EUR 1,995

If you do not claim the outpatient care benefits in kind up to the maximum amount, you can

• convert unused care benefits in kind into care allowance. This is known as a combination benefit.

In addition to the care benefits in kind, you can use the relief amount. This is a monthly amount that is used to reimburse expenses incurred by the insured person in connection with the use of services such as outpatient care services within the meaning of § 36 SGB XI, but not services in the area of self-care in care grades 2 to 5.