Day care
Partial inpatient care (day care) can be designed as day or night care. Day care is generally used by people in need of care whose relatives work during the day. People in need of care are usually picked up in the morning and returned home in the afternoon.
The fees for day care are made up of various cost components. With the exception of investment costs, these are usually renegotiated once a year between the day care facility and the care insurance companies. The day care center receives a subsidy from the local social welfare provider for the investment costs, but the person being cared for may also have to pay their own share. The day care fee to be paid is then calculated from the items listed.
It consists of
- the care fee (for care and supervision) depending on the care level,
- the accommodation costs,
- the cost of meals, travel costs and
- investment costs, if applicable.
Depending on the care level, the care insurance fund pays a proportion of the care fee. In principle, the costs for meals, accommodation, travel costs and separately billable investments are to be paid by the patient.
Promotion of day care and outpatient care facilities
Funding for day care centers is based on the Lower Saxony Care Act (NPflegeG). Funding is provided for necessary investments or expenses for rent/lease from the date of application at the earliest.
The prerequisite is the existence of a care contract in accordance with Section 72 or Section 73 SGB XI, a valid care rate agreement in accordance with Section 85 Paragraph 1 SGB XI or Section 89 Paragraph 1 SGB XI and the remuneration of care staff in accordance with a collective agreement.
The amount of funding for outpatient care services is based on section 9 sentence 1 NPflegeG in conjunction with section 2 Verordnung zur Durchführung der Förderung von Pflegeeinrichtungen (PflegeEFördVO). This is a flat rate per assessment point.
Day care facilities can apply for funding in accordance with Section 10 and Section 16 NPflegeG in conjunction with the PflegeEFördVO for investment costs and rental or leasing costs. Funding for eligible expenses in accordance with Section 10 NPflegeG can be settled with the Social Affairs Division.
The separate calculation of investment costs in accordance with Section 16 NPflegeG, on the other hand, are costs that the day carer has to bear and can therefore be invoiced to them.