Sterbebegleitung durch ambulante Hospizdienste und Versorgung in stationären Hospizen für gesetzlich Versicherte

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

Dying people or their relatives who need support can turn to an outpatient hospice service.

In outpatient hospice work, volunteers from hospice services accompany seriously ill and dying people and their relatives. They come to your home regularly for a few hours as needed - also as a supplement to an outpatient nursing service. The employees of the hospice services also accompany you in old people's and nursing homes, in institutions for the disabled and in hospital. Outpatient hospice services are financed by health insurance subsidies and donations. The support of those affected and their relatives is free of charge.

Under certain conditions, inpatient or day-care services in hospices are available. This includes palliative medical and nursing care. Guest rooms are usually available for your relatives.

Inpatient Hospice Benefit:

• Medical prescription

Outpatient hospice services

• Dying patients who are not receiving inpatient or partial hospitalization hospice care,
• or their relatives

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

Inpatient hospice services

• People who are suffering from an incurable illness that will lead to death in the foreseeable future,
• cure is ruled out and palliative medical and nursing care is necessary or desired by the patient.
• hospital treatment is not required and
• outpatient care in the home or family is not sufficient.

95 percent of the costs of hospice care are covered by the respective health and long-term care insurance funds. 5 percent of the costs are covered by donations. There is no personal contribution.

• Insured persons are entitled to individual advice and assistance from the health insurance fund on hospice and palliative care benefits.
• Please enquire with your health insurance fund.

No deadlines need to be observed.

In the event of a negative decision by your health insurance fund, you can lodge an appeal against this.

Outpatient hospice services

• Dying persons who do not require hospital treatment or inpatient or day-care hospice care, or their relatives who need support, can turn to an outpatient hospice service.
• Health insurance funds support outpatient hospice services and children's hospice services that provide qualified voluntary end-of-life care for insured persons in their homes, families, or in certain facilities (e.g., nursing care for the elderly, hospital)
• Appropriate subsidy for the necessary personnel and material costs (remaining financing through donations).
• The outpatient hospice service provides palliative care advice (accompaniment and psychosocial support) within the framework of end-of-life care.
• No co-payment by the insured

Inpatient hospice service

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

The responsibility lies with the respective health insurance company.