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Care assistance is a needs-based social benefit to support people in need of care who cannot cover the necessary care costs from their own resources.

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Detailed description

You can receive care assistance from the social welfare agency if you cannot provide the necessary care from your own resources. The reasons for the need for help can be physical, cognitive or psychological impairments or health-related problems that cannot be managed independently.

Nursing care assistance includes the following services for those in need of care at care level 1:

  • Approval of nursing aids
  • Measures to improve the living environment
  • a relief amount
  • digital care applications and additional support in the use of digital care applications

People in need of care in care levels 2, 3, 4 or 5 can apply for the following benefits:

  • (part-) inpatient care
  • Short-term care
  • a relief amount
  • home care in the form of
    • Care allowance
    • home care assistance
    • Preventative care
    • Nursing aids
    • Measures to improve the living environment
    • digital care applications and additional support in the use of digital care applications.

Care assistance is available for people in need of care who

  • are not insured for nursing care or
  • are not entitled to benefits from nursing care insurance, or
  • whose care insurance benefits are not sufficient to cover the necessary care needs,

 

Information

Prerequisites

- You are in need of care within the meaning of Section 61a SGB XII.
- You cannot ensure the necessary care needs from your own financial resources.
- if applicable: Your spouse or life partner who is not separated from you cannot be expected to provide the necessary funds from income and assets to cover your care needs.

Documents required

- all identification documents (if applicable, for foreigners: with residence permit),
- Evidence justifying the need, such as a medical certificate, proof of care level or (if available) severely disabled person's card
- Proof of priority care benefits (nursing care insurance)
- Proof of economic need (welfare application)
The scope of the documents required, in particular proof of income and assets, depends on the specifics of the individual case.

Please note

No

Deadlines

Please note that care assistance can only be provided once the need for it has become known. Please submit an application even if you do not yet have all the documents in place.

Procedure

The need for assistance can be reported informally to the responsible authority. A fully completed social assistance application should then be submitted promptly.
Since these social assistance benefits can only be granted from the point in time at which the basic security and social welfare office learns of the applicant's need for assistance, the need for assistance should be reported as soon as possible.
After the application has been reviewed and, if necessary, further opinions have been obtained, you will receive a decision.

Processing time

A decision will be made on the application as quickly as possible. The processing time depends, among other things, on the completeness of the information and the submission of the evidence required to process the application.

Fees

No

Legal remedies

Contradiction

Legal basis

§§ 61 to 66a Book Twelve of the Social Code (SGB XII)

https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_12/BJNR302300003.html#BJNR302300003BJNG001101360

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Last updated: 16.01.2025