Care provision

Whether through an accident, a fall or an illness, people often find themselves suddenly and unexpectedly in need of care. Here you will find information about care provision and care allowance.

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Apply for a grant for measures to improve the living environment under long-term care insurance

If you are in need of care, it may be necessary to adapt your living environment to your individual needs. You can apply to your care insurance fund for financial support for necessary adaptations and conversions.

Apply for a state allowance for a private supplementary long-term care insurance policy

Build up private long-term care insurance in the event of needing long-term care.

Apply for assumption of accident insurance as a foster parent

The benefits in full-time care also include the reimbursement of proven reasonable expenses for contributions to accident insurance, if no statutory accident insurance is provided.

Apply for care aids

If you are in need of care and are being looked after at home, you can be provided with care aids.

Apply for care benefits in kind for people with long-term care insurance

If you are in need of care and receive care at home, you can apply for care benefits in kind.

Apply for day and night care for people in need of care under social long-term care insurance

If your relatives or friends are unable to provide you with continuous care at home, you are entitled to additional day and night care in a care facility. Your care insurance fund will contribute to the costs on application.

Apply for farm and household help from the agricultural health insurance fund

You can receive benefits from the Agricultural Health Insurance Fund (LKK) for company and household help (BHH) if you are absent due to illness, hospital treatment, preventive or rehabilitation treatment by the LKK or due to pregnancy and maternity leave.

Apply for full inpatient home care for people with long-term care insurance

If you can no longer manage independently at home due to your need for care and cannot be cared for at home, care in a nursing home is necessary. Your care insurance will cover part of the costs on application.

Apply for outpatient or inpatient hospice care from the statutory health insurance fund

People who suffer from a serious, incurable and advanced illness and only have a short life expectancy can, under certain conditions, make use of outpatient or inpatient hospice services.

Apply for subsidy for old-age insurance as a foster parent/caregiver

Caregivers can receive a subsidy for their pension plan

Apply for voluntary continued insurance in the social long-term care insurance scheme

If you leave the insurance scheme, you can apply to remain insured under the statutory long-term care insurance scheme.

Apply to the care insurance fund for a residential group supplement for people in need of care

As a person in need of care or a person in need of care in an outpatient residential group, you will receive a monthly flat-rate supplement on application.

Applying for benefits for carers in acute care situations and care leave under social long-term care insurance

If there is an acute care situation in your family, you can be absent from work for up to 10 working days and receive care support allowance. In certain cases, you are entitled to allowances for health and long-term care insurance for a period of up to 6 months.

Applying for care allowance under social long-term care insurance

If you are cared for at home by relatives or friends, you can apply for care allowance from your care insurance fund.

Applying for combined benefits for people with long-term care insurance

If you are cared for at home by relatives, you can receive a combination of care allowance and the services of an outpatient care service at the same time.

Applying for home care for disabled persons with long-term care insurance

If you live in a facility for people with disabilities, you may be entitled to social care insurance benefits.

Applying for short-term care for people with long-term care insurance

If you are in need of care and cannot be cared for temporarily at home, you have the option of being cared for in a care facility for a short period of time.

Applying for substitute care under social long-term care insurance

If your private caregiver is unable to care for you due to vacation or illness, your care insurance fund will pay the costs of a replacement in certain cases.

Benefits in the event of a need for care for people with statutory accident insurance

If you become in need of care as a result of an accident at work, a commuting accident or an occupational illness, you can receive care allowance and other benefits from the statutory accident insurance.

Care courses for family caregivers and caregivers applying for care leave

To make it easier for you to care for your relatives at home, you can attend free care courses and training sessions through your care insurance fund.

General full-time care for foster children, accompaniment

Are you a foster carer of a child in full-time care? Then you will receive professional support and advice from the foster child service.

Granting help for care from social assistance

If you are in need of care and the benefits provided by the long-term care insurance fund and your income and assets are not sufficient, you can receive long-term care assistance benefits under certain conditions.

Interest-free loan for the period in which working hours are reduced or completely suspended in order to care for close relatives

You are entitled to an interest-free loan for the time you are caring for close relatives. The loan: is intended to help cushion the loss of earnings that you suffer as a...

Long-term care insurance benefits

If someone is no longer able to care for themselves on their own, it is generally possible to claim benefits from long-term care insurance if the prerequisites for this are met....

Maintenance collection

If you receive assistance for living expenses, your relatives who are liable to pay maintenance may also be required to make maintenance payments by the competent authority.

Moving into inpatient care facilities

Here you will find information about your rights and the requirements for moving into an inpatient care facility.

Submit travel and transportation costs for medical treatment in the event of an accident at work or occupational illness

In the event of a recognized occupational accident or illness, you can submit associated travel and transport costs for reimbursement.

Temporary full-time care for foster children, accompaniment

Are you a foster carer of a child in full-time care? Then you will receive professional support and advice from the foster child service.

Therapeutic full-time care for foster children

Children and adolescents in curative full-time care have special needs. This requires close and intensive counseling of those involved in the foster care relationship. The child care service supports and accompanies foster carers and children with comprehensive services.

War Victim Services

As an impaired person (so-called damaged person), you will receive, upon application, curative treatment for health damage that has been recognized as a consequence of an injury or has been caused by a recognized consequence of an injury.

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