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CARE MONEY FOR SELF-FOUND CARE SUPPORT SGB § 37

(1) People dependent on care can instead of recieving home care apply for care
money. the entitlement assumes that the person in need of care makes sure
that the care money is used for the necessary basic care and household
tasks. The amount of care money is:

1. for people in need of care in care level 1 is 1205 Euro
2. for people in need of care in care level 2 is 2410 Euro
3. for people in need of care in care level 3 is 3665 Euro

(2) If they are not entitled to a full month of payment like mentioned in paragraph
1 the amount should be reduced appropriately (a whole month are 30 days).
The care money is payed up until the end of the month in which the person has
died.

(3) People dependent on care who recieve care money like mentioned in
paragraph 1 are asked to (in care level 1 and 2 every six months and in care
level 3 every three months) have a consultation in their own home by an
authorized care institution or if this is not possible by a qualified care expert,
who was sent by the care insurance company, but is not employed with them.
The consultation serves to secure the quality of the home care and the
regular help and practical professional support of the caring person. The
payment for the consultation is to be payed by the responsible health
insurance company, for private insured people by the responsible private
insurance company in the case that they receive income support by the
responsible authorities. The amount is in care level 1 and 2 up to 16 Euro
and in care level 3 up to 26 Euro. People dependent on care with a great
need of general supervision and welfare like established in § 45a have the
right to get the consultation within the in paragraph 1 mentioned period
twice.

(4) The care services and the instructed care experts have to confirm the
realization of the consultation for the health insurance company, the private
insurance company or in the case of income support the responsible
authorities and they have to inform them about the gained knowledge and the
possibilities to improve the home care situation. The top associations of
health insurance companies give you a standard form for the notification. The
instructed care service has the responsibility to send qualified care staff for
the consultation with special knowledge of the clinical picture and the
resulting need of help of the person and the nurse should also have the
competence to give advice. Also for the planing of the consultation, the
consultation should be done by the same nurse all the time.

(5) The top associations of the health insurance companies and private
health insurance companies decide with the association of home care
services and with participation of the medical services of the health
insurance companies recommendations to secure the quality of the
consultations like mentioned in parargraph 3.

(6) If the person dependent on care does not cancel the consultation like
mentioned in paragraph 3, sentence 1, the insurance company is advised
to reduce the care money and if repeated they can stop the payments.