What services are available with care level 3
Persons in need of care with a care level 3 are entitled to various benefits from the care insurance fund. These include people with care level 3 receive €545 per month for home care by relatives or friends. They are also entitled to care benefits in kind in the amount of 1.
298€ per month. This means a nursing care by an ambulant nursing service. In addition, people in need of care with recognized care level 3 receive the new uniform relief contribution worth 125€ per month.
This relief contribution can be used for care or relief services. This refers to care groups, everyday companions, shopping or domestic help and the like. If, for example, professional short-term care in a nursing home is required after a hospital stay, the person in need of care receives a subsidy of up to 1.
612€ for one month per year. Persons in need of care with care level 3 are also entitled to preventative care. If the caring relative is prevented from attending to the patient due to vacation or illness and cannot care for the patient, the patient receives a subsidy of up to 1.
612€ for an outpatient care service for 28 days a year. In addition, there are benefit rates for day and night care. This refers to care in a semi-stationary facility.
This includes 1. 298€ per month. Relatives who are caring for the patient can continue to work and know that the person in need of care is in good hands as a guest of a day care facility.
A stationary care in a nursing home is subsidized with up to 1. 262€ per month. Furthermore, there are additional benefits for people in need of care with care level 3, who are cared for at home.
They are entitled to 40€ per month for medical aids such as disinfectants or disposable gloves. For a home emergency call system there is a one-time fee of 10,49€ for connection and monthly 18,36€ for operation. The nursing care insurance fund supports the living space adaptation once with up to 4.
000€. This includes measures such as the conversion of a bathtub into a shower or a stair lift.Consultations and advisory visits for a housing conversion or for better nursing care are available free of charge to those in need of nursing care with care level 3. In addition, nursing relatives are offered free nursing courses.
- Care allowance and care benefits in kind,
- Support and relief services,
- Professional short term care,
- Inpatient care,
- Prevention care,
- Day and night care and
- Benefits such as medical aids, nursing aids or subsidies for the adaptation of living space.