Hilfe zur Gesundheit: Beratung für Eltern von Neugeborenen in Anspruch nehmen

If you receive social welfare or basic income support and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will cover the cost of counseling sessions.

Many parents experience situations in the first months and years of their child's life that make them feel insecure, worried or overwhelmed.

Gesundheitshilfe offers mothers and fathers advice on issues such as

• insatiable crying and frequent restlessness of the infant
• Difficulties falling asleep and sleeping through the night
• Problems with breastfeeding, feeding and eating
• Behavioral problems such as excessive anger and tantrums, anxiety or aggression, reluctance to play
• Separation anxiety and difficulties
• Tense family situation
• relationship problems
• excessive demands, insecurity and exhaustion
• postpartum depression

• Application for health assistance
• Identity card or passport (or other documents that can identify the person beyond doubt).

The competent social welfare institution will provide information on the documents required in individual cases.

Health assistance is provided to persons,

• who do not have statutory health insurance or do not have sufficient private health insurance,
• the provision of services via the health insurance fund (§ 264 Para. 4 SGB V) is not an option
• and who cannot reasonably be expected to raise the funds for the necessary assistance from their income and assets.

None

• Health assistance services
• Counseling for parents of newborns

Responsible is

• the social welfare office of the respective local social welfare agency

or

• the social welfare office of the district or regional municipality referred to by the local social welfare agency,

in which the place of residence is located.