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.
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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.
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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.
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Apply for care allowance for self-procured care aids
Patients who are cared for by relatives or who organise their care privately receive care allowance.
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Apply for care assistance
If you are in need of care, you can apply for care assistance as part of social welfare under certain conditions.
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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.
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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.
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Apply for day care
People in need of care, who are generally cared for at home, can be cared for during the day in a day care facility.
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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.
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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.
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Apply for subsidies for additional benefits
If you care for a close relative at home and are therefore temporarily or partially exempt from work, you are entitled to care support allowance for up to 10 days. You can also apply for subsidies for health and long-term care insurance.
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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.
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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.
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Applying for a personal budget for people with disabilities
Would you like to decide for yourself when and in what form you receive assistance? Find out more about the personal budget here.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Applying for short-term care under long-term care insurance
If you are in need of care and are temporarily unable to be cared for at home, you have the option of being cared for in a fully inpatient care facility for a short period of time.
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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.
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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.
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Care costs Apply for relief amount for long-term care insured persons
People in need of care who are cared for at home can receive up to 125 euros per month from the nursing care fund. The money can be used to relieve caring relatives or to promote the independence and self-determination of those in need of care in everyday life.
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Care courses for family caregivers and caregivers applying for care leave
To make it easier for you to care for family members at home, you can attend free care courses and training sessions through your care insurance fund.
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Citizens' hotline for long-term care insurance
The long-term care insurance funds must inform insured persons and relatives or partners about the issue of the need for long-term care, in particular about the benefits provided by the long-term care insurance funds and the benefits and assistance provided by other institutions, in a way that they can understand.
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Determination of helplessness and the levels of care allowance for war victims
If you are helpless as a result of an injury, you can apply for a monthly care allowance.
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Determine care allowance for war victims
People who are permanently dependent on outside help to manage their daily routine as a result of their injury are considered helpless and can receive a monthly care allowance.
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Financing palliative care (specialized outpatient) for health insurance
Insured persons are entitled to specialised outpatient palliative care (SAPV) in the home or family sector.
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General full-time care Receiving support for foster children
Are you a caregiver of a child in full-time care? Then you will receive professional support and advice from the foster child service.
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Home care costs in case of prevention of the caregiver
If relatives who otherwise always care are prevented, the care fund assumes the costs of a replacement care.
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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 you incur due to the...
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Long-term care insurance contribution
The contribution that every person with statutory insurance has to pay for long-term care insurance is regulated by law.
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Night care for people with statutory health insurance
People in need of care who are generally cared for at home can be cared for in a facility at night.
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Payment of care allowance for war victims
The amount of the care allowance depends on the amount of care required. It is divided into six levels. Level I: 305.00 euros (from 01.07.17: 311 euros) Level II: 521.0...
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Promote care for the elderly through compensatory procedures
As an inpatient or outpatient nursing home, you would like to train nurses for the elderly but do you lack the financial resources? Then there is the compensation procedure for the promotion of the training of the elderly as a possible solution.
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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.
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Treatment for war victims
As an impaired person (so-called damaged), you will receive medical treatment on request for damage to health that has been recognized as a result of damage or caused by a recognized consequence of damage.