The hospital’s social services department deals with patients’ personal and social problems. It organizes short or long-term support for patients and arranges contacts and offers of help. In detail, the hospital social services can offer the following support:
” Psychosocial counseling
- Help with coping with illness
- Crisis counseling
- Cancer counseling
- Addiction counseling
” Medical aftercare and rehabilitation
Organization of:
- follow-up treatment
- Outpatient rehabilitation
- Early rehabilitation for patients with brain damage
- Targeted geriatric rehabilitation for older patients to avoid the need for care after a more serious illness
” Help for patients who are not (yet) able to care for themselves after discharge
- Placement in a nursing home
- Organization of home nursing care
- Organization of short-term care
- Organization of meals on wheels
- Procurement of care aids
- Organization of assistance to support the family
” Assistance with the enforcement of financial claims in the area of social law
- Applying for social assistance
- Clarification of pension issues
- Contact with the employment office
- Claiming long-term care insurance
- Applying for a disabled person’s pass
- Organization of care proceedings
