How do I make the application? | Level of care 4

How do I make the application?

There are several ways to apply for a degree of care. One possibility is a direct call to the health insurance company. The health insurance company with which you are insured is associated with the responsible care insurance company.

Either you can be connected to the nursing care insurance company via the health insurance company or, if you have the contact details, you can call the responsible nursing care insurance company directly. In doing so, one informs by telephone that one wishes to make an application for a certain person or oneself. You can also make a written application.

To do this, you write a letter with the words “Hereby I, XY, apply for the benefits of the nursing insurance and ask for a short-term assessment. “. You should also include your full name, address and insurance number. You can send this letter to the health insurance company, which will forward the application to the nursing insurance company, or you can send it directly to the nursing insurance company. In addition, in many places there is the possibility of registering at a “care support point” and making an application with support.

Where do I make the application?

The application for a degree of care is made to the care insurance companies. The nursing care insurance funds are carriers of the social nursing care insurance. The nursing care insurance is linked to the health insurance.

This means that if I am insured with the TK or AOK, the care insurance company responsible for me is located there. I can apply directly to the nursing care insurance or to my health insurance company, which will forward the application. You can make the application locally at a branch of the health insurance company, but also by telephone or mail. In larger cities there are “care support points”. There are helpers who support you with the application for the degree of care.

Short-term care

Short-term care refers to full-time inpatient care that a person in need of care requires, for example after a stay in hospital. A person in need of care with care level 4 is entitled to a subsidy of up to 1. 612€ for short-term care up to 28 days per year.

This means that if a person in need of care needs intensive (full inpatient) care after a hospital stay, he or she will be subsidized by the care insurance fund for four weeks. There are special features. If the affected person in need of care does not claim “preventive care” in the current year, he or she is entitled to up to 3.

224€ subsidy for a maximum of 8 weeks of short-term care. The nursing care insurance funds grant those in need of care with care level 4 half of their care allowance for up to 8 weeks of short-term care, i.e. 364€ per month.