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Applying for care allowance under social long-term care insurance
Service Description
If you need care, you decide for yourself who will care for you and where. If you are cared for at home by family members, friends or other volunteers, you will receive care allowance from your care insurance. You can apply for this from your care insurance fund. The long-term care insurance fund is affiliated to your statutory health insurance fund, so you can use the same contact details.
You are entitled to care allowance if
- you are classified in care degree 2, 3, 4 or 5 and
- the person you choose provides all the care you need at home. This may include, for example, personal hygiene, laundry and cooking.
The care allowance is paid to you monthly by your care insurance fund. You can pass it on to the person caring for you yourself as recognition and compensation for expenses. The amount of the monthly care allowance depends on your care needs:
- Care level 2: EUR 316.00
- Care level 3: EUR 545.00
- Care level 4: EUR 728.00
- Care level 5: EUR 901.00
During short-term care or substitute care, you will continue to receive 50 percent of the care allowance.
If you receive care allowance, you will receive a consultation visit at home every six months - for care level 2 or 3 - or every quarter - for care level 4 or 5. You decide who carries this out: You choose a care service or a recognized advice centre and make an appointment. The law prescribes the consultation visits. These are intended to ensure that you receive good care at home. You and your caregiver will receive care tips and support at these appointments. Under long-term care insurance, the long-term care insurance fund pays the costs of the advice visits and settles the bill directly with the service provider.
Process flow
You can submit your application for care allowance by post, for example, or - in the case of many care insurance funds - in person at the office or online.
- You submit the application for care allowance to your care insurance fund. If you are not able to do this yourself, you can authorize someone in writing.
- The care insurance fund will check your application for care allowance and
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transfers your care allowance to you each month.
Requirements
- You are classified in care level 2, 3, 4 or 5
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You are being cared for at home by a private, non-professional caregiver who is able to provide care for you at home
Which documents are required?
You do not need to submit any documents to apply for care allowance.
Depending on the individual case, further documents may be required. Please contact your care insurance fund for more information.
What are the fees?
You do not have to pay anything for the application.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
The entitlement to care allowance applies from the date of application, but at the earliest from the date on which the conditions for entitlement are met. If the application is not submitted in the calendar month in which the need for care arose, but later, the benefits will be granted from the beginning of the month in which the application is submitted. You should therefore submit the application in good time.
Processing duration
Processing normally takes around 2 to 3 working days.
In order to process and decide quickly, your long-term care insurance fund must have the necessary information and any required documents in a complete and meaningful form.
The long-term care insurance fund decides on applications promptly.
Please note that the processing time indicated is an average value for all long-term care insurance funds. It may vary in individual cases.
The exact processing time also depends on the complexity of the individual case and may be longer. The same applies if documents or records are sent to you or your long-term care insurance fund by post.
The medical service may need to be involved.
Applications / forms
- Contradiction
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Action before the social court
Appeal
Forms: yes
Online procedure possible: Many long-term care insurance companies offer an online procedure.
Written form required: no
Personal appearance necessary: no
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
- Care allowance for self-procured care aids Grant
Remark: Display of performance in the source portal
Technically approved by
Federal Ministry of Health
Professionally released on
28.10.2021
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)