Household Help During Pregnancy and After Childbirth
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- Confirmation of the necessity, scope and duration of the household help
You do not have to pay anything for the application or make any co-payments. The home help usually settles the costs directly with your health insurance company.
Simply explained
Under statutory health insurance, you can receive household help if you are temporarily unable to continue running the household due to pregnancy-related complaints or after giving birth. The prerequisite is that there is no other person living in your household who can continue to run the household.
During pregnancy and childbirth, you are entitled to support from a home help if you are unable to continue running your household because
- you have pregnancy symptoms such as anemia, nausea or cramps,
- your doctor has instructed you to take it easy physically, for example due to a high-risk pregnancy,
- your health is weakened after giving birth.
You will need a certificate to apply for home help from your health insurance fund. Your doctor or midwife will confirm the need for home help and state the extent and duration of the home help you are likely to need.
If your statutory health insurance fund approves your application, it can arrange a home help from a care service or a comparable organization. If the health insurance fund is unable to provide domestic help or there is a reason not to do so, you can organize the domestic help yourself. You will then be reimbursed the appropriate amount of costs.
If your parents, siblings or other close relatives up to the 2nd degree help you in the household, your health insurance fund cannot reimburse them. However, it can reimburse travel costs and, in some cases, loss of earnings. Please contact your statutory health insurance fund for more information.
If you fall ill during pregnancy or after giving birth, you may be able to apply for household help in the event of illness. The conditions for applying for home help in the event of illness are different from those for pregnancy or childbirth. You will also have to make an additional payment.
What requirements must be met?
- You are a member of a statutory health insurance fund.
- There is no other person living in your household who can continue to run it.
- Your doctor or midwife certifies the need for household help.
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