How do I make the application? | Care level 5 – you should know that

How do I make the application?

Applications can be made by mail or by calling the nursing insurance company.Depending on the insurance and agreements made in the nursing care insurance contract between the insurer and the insured at the time of joining the nursing care insurance fund, an application can also be made by email upon request. All that is needed is a request for an application. This means, the informal request, that the person concerned asks for an application. The application can be made by the insured person himself or by a selected person authorized by him.

Where do I make the application?

The application is submitted to the nursing insurance of the person to be cared for. In most cases, nursing care insurance and health insurance are identical. The postal address, email address or telephone number for the application is on the nursing insurance contract, which should be available to the insured. Otherwise, all statutory nursing insurance companies can be found on the Internet with their contact information.

After the hospital stay

If a person in need of care, who has already been classified in a care level and receives care allowance, is hospitalized, a short-term care can be connected to it. The care is then geared to the needs of the person to be cared for and can last a maximum of 4 weeks per year. If a person, normally not in need of care, but in need of care for a limited period of time, due to special circumstances, transitional care can be applied for. Transitional care is congruent with short-term care, so to speak a short-term care without degree of care. Here, a person to be cared for can receive help for up to four weeks in an inpatient care facility after a stay in hospital or receive financial support of up to about 1600 euros per month.

Short-term care

Short-term care guarantees a full inpatient stay of a person to be cared for. Either additionally after a stay in hospital or to relieve a relative or a private person who cares for the person in need of care at home. In special cases, short-term care can also be claimed if home care cannot yet be fully guaranteed.

Short-term care comprises a total of four full weeks, which do not necessarily have to be taken in one go. However, these four weeks refer to a calendar year. Further weeks are only possible in the following year.