6 – Household help
Fact sheet no. 6
Many people need help with shopping, cooking or with cleaning living spaces.
On request, the medical insurance company will cover the costs for household help due to serious illness, particularly after a hospital stay. (See information sheet no. 1 Home care).
People who receive cash benefits from the nursing care insurance fund can use this for household help they themselves have arranged.
If care benefits or a combination of benefits are claimed, household help can be provided by outpatient care services (see information sheet nr. 2 Criteria for long-term care).
Household help must be paid for privately if there is no entitlement to household help from a medical or nursing care insurance. If the private income is insufficient to pay for household help, financial support from social services is available. (See information sheet no. 37 Assistance for nursing care)