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Determining eligibility for long-term care : lessons from Germany

  • Objectives: This paper addresses recent steps for reforming the eligibility criteria of the German long-term care insurance that have been initiated to overcome shortcomings in the current system. Methods: Based on findings of a survey of international long-term care systems, assessment tools and the relevant literature on care needs a new tool for determining eligibility in the German long-term care insurance was developed. Results: The new tool for determining long-term care eligibility broadens the understanding of what ‚dependency on nursing care' implies for the person affected. The assessment results in a degree of dependency from personal help provided by formal or informal caregivers. This degree of dependency can be used for determining eligibility for and the amount of long-term care benefits. Discussion: The broader understanding of "dependency on nursing care' and the new tool are important steps to adapt the German long-term care insurance to the challenges of the demographic and societal changes in the future

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Author:Andreas BüscherORCiDGND, Klaus Wingenfeld, Doris SchaefferORCiD
Title (English):Determining eligibility for long-term care : lessons from Germany
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:959-opus-24741
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.584
Parent Title (English):International journal of integrated care : IJIC
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2011
Release Date:2021/08/31
Volume:11
Issue:2
Page Number:9
Faculties:Fakultät WiSo
DDC classes:600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Review Status:Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International