Apply for care benefits in kind for those with long-term care insurance
Source: Serviceportal Rheinland-PfalzIn the case of home care, you as a person in need of care are entitled to benefits in kind such as body-related care, nursing care measures or help with household management.
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 apartment or in the household of family caregivers, but not in a nursing home or other full inpatient facility.
Depending on the care degree, you have a certain monthly budget for care benefits in kind at your disposal (as of 2021):
- for care degree 2 a maximum of EUR 689.00
- for care level 3 a maximum of EUR 1,298
- for care level 4 a maximum of EUR 1,612
- for care level 5 a maximum of EUR 1,995
If you do not make use of the outpatient care benefits in kind up to the maximum amount, you can:
- convert unused care benefits in kind into care allowance. This is referred to as a combination benefit.
In addition to the care benefits in kind, you can use the relief amount. This is a monthly amount that serves to reimburse expenses incurred by the insured person in connection with the use of, among other things, services provided by outpatient care services within the meaning of Section 36 of Book XI of the Social Code, but not self-care services in care grades 2 to 5.