Home nursing

Insured persons are entitled to home nursing care, which basically includes treatment care, basic care and home economics. The service is prescribed by a doctor and must be approved by your health insurance fund. This is provided that there is no other person living in the household who can take over the care. Which services are covered depends on the individual clinical picture:

If the success of medical treatment is ensured by home nursing, the costs for treatment care are covered for as long as this is medically necessary (backup care). In your statutes, the health insurance fund can also provide for the assumption of basic care and home economics.

If a stay in hospital can be replaced, avoided or shortened with home nursing care, the costs for treatment care and, if necessary, also basic care and home economics are covered (hospital avoidance care).

Anyone who is dependent on support because of serious illness or because of acute aggravation of an illness, especially after a stay in hospital, an outpatient operation or outpatient hospital treatment, receives so-called support care (basic care and domestic care).

In the case of hospital avoidance care and supportive care, the costs are usually covered for up to four weeks, depending on the case of illness. An extension for medical reasons is possible. Both benefits also include outpatient palliative care.