Hospizleistungen (stationär/ ambulant) für Krankenversicherte finanzieren

Dying people or their relatives who need support can contact an outpatient hospice service. If the outpatient care and support are not sufficient, the care in an inpatient hospice is possible.

Outpatient hospice services

Dying people or their relatives who need support can contact an outpatient hospice service. ,

In outpatient hospice work, volunteers of the hospice services accompany seriously ill and dying people and their relatives. Depending on your needs, you will regularly come to your house for a few hours - also as a supplement to an outpatient care service. The staff of the hospice services also accompany you in old people's and care facilities, in facilities for the disabled and in the hospital. Outpatient hospice services are financed by subsidies from the health insurance companies and donations. The accompaniment of those affected and their relatives is free of charge.

Inpatient hospice services

Under certain conditions, you can take advantage of an inpatient or semi-inpatient service in hospices. This includes palliative care and nursing care. Guest rooms are usually available for your relatives.

The costs of care in hospices are covered to 95 percent by the respective health and care insurance. 5 percent of the costs are provided by donations. An own contribution does not be incurred.

Inpatient hospice service:

• Medical prescription

Outpatient hospice services

• Dying persons who are not cared for in hospital in inpatient or semi-inpatient care in a hospice,
• or their relatives,

who need support, they can contact an outpatient hospice service.

Inpatient hospice services

• people suffering from an incurable disease that will lead to death in the foreseeable future,
• the cure is excluded and palliative care and nursing care is necessary or desired by the patients.
• no hospital treatment is required and
• outpatient care in the household or in the family is not enough.

There are no own contributions for the insured.

• Insured persons are entitled to individual advice and assistance from the health insurance company on the services of hospice and palliative care.
• Check with your health insurance company.

No deadlines have to be observed.

Outpatient hospice services

• Dying people who do not require hospital treatment or inpatient or semi-inpatient care in a hospice, or their relatives who need support, can contact an outpatient hospice service.
• Health insurance funds promote outpatient hospice services and children's hospice services that provide qualified voluntary assisted dying care for insured persons in their household, in the family or in certain institutions (e.B. elderly care, hospital)
• Adequate subsidy for the necessary personnel and material costs (residual financing through donations)
• The outpatient hospice service provides palliative-nursing counseling (accompaniment and psychosocial support) as part of the end-of-life care
• No own contribution of the insured

Inpatient hospice service

• Insured persons are entitled to a subsidy of 95 percent for inpatient or semi-inpatient care in hospices,
• remaining 5 percent are financed by the hospice through donations (no own contribution of the insured)
• Treatment is palliative care