Money to live on
People are getting older and older.
Some people then need help.
You can find help for older people in Salzgitter here.
Basic fuse
Basic security is money to live on.
The social welfare office pays the basic security benefit.
Who can get basic security benefits?
Basic security is for people
- who live in Germany,
- who are older than 18 years,
- who have no assets,
- who receive too little pension to live on,
- or who can no longer work and have too little money to live on.
You can apply for basic security benefits.
You submit the application to the social welfare office.
Basic security paid:
The money for life and the rent.
The rent must not be too high.
Sometimes you can get more money.
For example, if you have a severe disability.
And your severely disabled person's ID card shows a G.
Do you have voluntary health insurance or long-term care insurance?
The costs can sometimes be covered by basic security.
You do not receive a pension?
You can still apply for basic security.
Do your parents or children have to pay for you?
Parents or children only have to pay for you:
If the parents or children earn more than 100 thousand euros a year.
Care
Care base
There is a care support center in Salzgitter.
The Care Support Center is the main office for questions about long-term care insurance.
There you get:
- All the important information about long-term care insurance.
- Advice on long-term care insurance.
- Information on the provision of care aids.
- Information about offers to relieve the burden on family carers.
- Information about voluntary help and self-help groups.
You can get all the information about the care services there:
- At your home,
- In a day facility,
- In a home.
The staff will also help you with the applications.
The care support point is paid for by:
- The statutory health insurance funds
- The statutory long-term care insurance funds
- The city of Salzgitter.
Employees of the City of Salzgitter work at the Care Support Center.
Give us a call.
Then we will arrange a consultation appointment with you.
We are in a consultation meeting.
And we can't answer the phone?
Then leave a message on our answering machine.
We can also make an appointment at your home.
If you can't come to us.
Contact us
Need for care
When is a person in need of care according to the law?
If he has physical or mental or emotional problems.
And if he:
- Can no longer look after themselves.
- Needs help from others.
- Is likely to need help for at least 6 months.
Do you have long-term care insurance?
Then the long-term care insurance fund decides: will you receive benefits?
The medical service is commissioned by the long-term care insurance fund to
- Determine your care needs.
- To classify you into a care level.
The care level says: this is how much money you can get.
The care degree used to be called the care level.
Care at home
You care at home:
- a relative,
- or a neighbor,
- or a friend.
Then the care insurance fund pays care money for this.
Is a care service looking after your relative at home?
Then your care insurance will pay part of the costs.
Are you caring for your relative at home and the care service is helping?
Then you can get money for your care.
And the care insurance pays part of the costs for the care service.
Don't have enough money for the care service?
Then you can apply for help.
You can submit the application to the Specialist Service for Social Affairs and Senior Citizens.
The specialist service checks the application.
The specialist service also checks:
- The income and assets of the person in need of care.
- The income and assets of the husband or wife.
The specialist service then decides on the assistance.
Family caregivers are entitled to
- care advice,
- and a care course for family caregivers.
The care insurance fund pays up to 40 euros per month for care aids.
Day care and night care
You care for a relative at home.
But you also have to work.
Or your relative is getting worse.
Or the care is too much for you.
You need relief.
Your relative may only need to be cared for a few hours a day.
Then your relative can go to a day care facility.
The care insurance fund pays the costs for the day care facility.
The care insurance fund looks at: How much care does your relative need?
Unfortunately, there is currently no night care in Salzgitter.
Short-term care
Short-term care is care in a nursing home.
Your relative is only there for a short time.
Short-term care may not last longer than 8 weeks per year.
The care insurance fund pays a maximum of 3,224 euros per year for this.
What are the conditions for short-term care?
Nursing care is for a transitional period:
- After a person has been in hospital.
- Until a suitable place in a home becomes available.
- In a crisis: when care at home is impossible or not enough.
Condition:
Your relative must have a care level.
A care level is a classification from the care insurance fund.
The classification says: This is how much care your relative needs.
Your relative does not have a care level.
But he needs short-term care.
The hospital can provide a care level.
People with care level 1 can also receive short-term care.
However, the care insurance fund will then only pay a maximum of 125 euros per month.
Have you or a relative suffered a serious illness?
Short-term care is then possible.
Even if you or your relative do not otherwise need care.
And do not receive any money from the long-term care insurance.
Preventive care
Care in a retirement home or nursing home
Are you unable to care for your relative at home?
Then your relative can move into a retirement home or nursing home.
To do this, you must submit an application to the care insurance fund.
Does your relative not yet have a nursing degree?
Then the Medical Service of the health insurance funds will check:
Does your relative need a level of care?
How high must the level of care be?
Your relative receives a nursing degree.
Then they can get a place in a home.
This is how much the care insurance fund pays for care costs:
Care level 1: 125 euros
Care level 2: 770 euros
Care level 3: 1,262 euros
Care level 4: 1,775 euros
Care level 5: 2,005 euros
This is paid for by the cost of the home:
- the care,
- the cost of food and drink
- the cost of living,
- Other costs of the home.
Don't have enough money to cover the costs of your home?
Is the money from the care insurance fund not enough?
Then you can apply for social assistance.
You can submit the application to the Specialist Service for Social Affairs and Senior Citizens.
The specialist service checks the application.
The specialist service also checks:
- The income and assets of the person in need of care.
- The income and assets of the husband or wife.
The specialist service will then decide on the assistance for the costs of the home.
Make the application before your relative enters the home.
The costs will only be covered once the application has been submitted.
Help from the specialist service also includes pocket money.
For example:
- for a visit to the hairdresser,
- for things for body care,
- for attending an event.
How much does a place in a care home cost?
This is what the care homes will tell you.
Get advice before your relative goes into a care home.
To be sure: you can also pay for the place in the home.