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How to Use Your Care Level 1 for Household Help & the Relief Allowance

If an assessor from the medical service of the statutory health insurance fund or Medicproof in the case of private insurance determines that the insured person has a minor impairment of independence, they will be classified as care level 1. This entails certain benefits, such as the relief amount, which can be used to finance household-related services, such as domestic help. This is because the majority of people who have a care level want to continue living in their own apartment or house without restrictions and do not want to have to move because of a care level. Find out more now about the requirements for care level 1, the services provided by a domestic helper, and...