Home care

Home care refers to the nursing and domestic care for dependent people outside of semi-or fully -patient facilities in their home environment. Home care is provided both by professional nurses and honorary family members ( caregivers ) or other persons from the social environment of the dependent person without nursing education. Home care in the family environment is considered by many people requiring care to a patient care, ie care for children staying in a home or hospital preferred.

If home care is required, the long-term care or social assistance can be availed for services. There must be a minimum of six months care. The " nursing home care ", however, is an outpatient performance of health insurance, which includes the required in an individual case basis and treatment care and household assistance. You will be provided if hospital treatment offered, but not executable (claim duration highest four weeks), or if and as long as it is necessary to secure the goal of medical treatment.

Social Legal situation in Germany

In Germany, the home care in the law of insurance ( SGB XI) as in social welfare law (SGB XII) take precedence over institutional care. Dependent people have when they are at least substantially of care, claims against the nursing care or the welfare agency; with dementia and people with disabilities may have claims already at lower long-term care. In home care by relatives or other individuals who care fund or welfare agency pays a flat-rate care allowance to the person needing care, which is free in its use. For professional home care of the social security authority pays the costs up to certain maximum amounts ( so-called maintenance -kind contributions). The two power modes can be combined. Also the supply of care equipment, residential environment improvement measures together with benefits for prevention of caregiver come into consideration.

However, if a medical treatment care required, the claim for nursing home care is a priority by health insurance.

Under certain conditions, volunteer carers pension insurance. You can next to voluntary insurance within certain time limits against unemployment. Volunteer Caregivers can also take nursing courses to complete.