Help for outpatient care

Persons in need of care are those who have health-related impairments in their independence or abilities and are therefore permanently dependent on personal support. The need for care is determined according to care degrees. There are the care degrees 1-5.
The benefits of the nursing care insurance according to the SGB XI and the help for nursing care according to the SGB XII include body-related care measures (e.g. personal hygiene), nursing care measures (e.g. accompaniment, supervision) and help with household management (e.g. cleaning the apartment, shopping).
For care level 1, there are only limited benefits in SGBXI and SGB XII. From care level 2, there is an entitlement to benefits for the use of a care service or a care allowance and other benefits.
One benefit option in SGB XII is to "top up" an insufficient benefit from social long-term care insurance from care level 2.
Example: There is a need for care from a care degree 2 determined by the care insurance, the necessary care by an outpatient care service is not sufficiently financed by the benefits of the social care insurance.
A further entitlement to benefits according to SGB XII exists for persons who

• are not insured for long-term care
• are not permanently in need of care (who are expected to require care for less than six months)
• and are therefore not entitled to benefits under SGB XI.

Requirements

The benefits according to SGB XII depend on the amount of income and assets.
Statements on the use of income and assets are individually designed and therefore require consultation.
Benefits of assistance for long-term care according to SGB XII are subordinate to similar benefits according to other legal regulations (e.g. benefits of the social long-term care insurance according to SGB XI). Therefore, benefits under SGB XI must be claimed as a priority benefit claim before applying for benefits of assistance for care under SGB XII.