care level whose seriously person rather In the year 2011 daily living restricted the than having the numbers were Ambulante Pflegedienste competencies are amount of daily changing carers. / Häusliche Pflege 12.349 (nursing seriously service (outpatient nursing care There is a care services) and restricted. The provision can services/ home care) monthly lump fee 576, 264 (service service is typically increase. for the service in users). used by older Disabled people accordance to people. In relation to with established user’s care level. home care funded care level are The contracts are by social welfare eligible for this made between agencies within service. There the funder and integration are additional the nursing assistance criteria for those agency. services without an There are no established care binding – in the year level in order to regulations in 2012 – 81,778 make the relation to service people received decision about user’s this type of the amount of possibilities of support. service hours. participating in The typical care-related providers are decisions. private agencies, church charities or independent charitable organisations.
Ambulante Pflegedienste / Häusliche Pflege (outpatient nursing care services/ home care) care level whose daily living competencies are seriously restricted. The service is typically used by older people. seriously restricted the amount of daily service provision can increase. Disabled people with established care level are eligible for this service. There are additional criteria for those without an established care level in order to make the decision about the amount of service hours. The typical providers are private agencies, church charities or independent charitable organisations. person rather than having changing carers. There is a monthly lump fee for the service in accordance to user’s care level. The contracts are made between the funder and the nursing agency. There are no binding regulations in relation to service user’s possibilities of participating in care-related decisions. In the year 2011 the numbers were 12.349 (nursing care services) and 576, 264 (service users). In relation to home care funded by social welfare agencies within integration assistance services – in the year 2012 – 81,778 people received this type of support.