What services are available with care level 5? | Care level 5 – you should know that

What services are available with care level 5?

The benefits depend on the limitations and wishes of the person in need of care. In the first place, the benefits depend on whether a person wants to be cared for at home or in a home. If the person concerned wants to be cared for by a relative, this is basically possible.

It must then be clarified whether the relative can provide this in full or whether a trained nurse must be hired to provide support and assistance. Therefore, the services are based on the individual needs of the person to be cared for. In principle, the higher the need, the higher the benefit claim.

At care level 5, about 900 euros per month are paid out to those affected if they receive care from a private person. If only a nursing service is used, maximum monthly amounts for nursing services in kind up to 2000 euros per month are reimbursed. The persons to be cared for decide themselves how they would like to use this amount, i.e. whether for care measures, help in the household and/or care.

These include help with preparing meals and eating, personal hygiene and hygiene measures, cleaning of laundry and household, playing games, reading aloud, accompanying visits to friends and relatives. For visiting services and shopping assistance, an additional monthly amount of 215 euros can be obtained for care and relief services. If you do not receive these services, you can take them with you into the following year until 30 June and use them to their full extent.

Remuneration for caring relatives

The relative receives the care allowance, which the person in need of care is entitled to from their care insurance. The person to be cared for passes it on, so to speak, to their carer, who in this case is the relative. If the person to be cared for is classified at care level 5, you will receive about 900 Euros per month.

At lower care levels, less is paid according to the prevailing level of care. For example, relatives who care for persons in need of care at care level 3 receive about 500 euros per month. More detailed information can be obtained from the nursing care insurance funds.