Illness or pregnancy - apply for budgetary support

As a person with statutory health insurance, you can receive support in the form of household help if you are temporarily unable to continue running the household. Reasons for this can be, for example:

• Pregnancy
• Childbirth
• Cure measures (preventive cure, medical rehabilitation measure, mother/father-child measure)

Note: In the case of acute illnesses, various health insurance funds also grant household assistance if a stay in hospital is not absolutely necessary. Many health insurance funds grant household assistance over and above the statutory entitlement on the basis of their statutes.

Most statutory health insurance funds work together with corresponding organisations and provide a substitute. If this is not possible or expedient, they will reimburse the costs for a self-organised substitute at a reasonable amount. Before you hire someone, you should find out in advance from your statutory health insurance fund what benefits you can receive.

Note: The health insurance does not reimburse costs for relatives and in-laws up to the second degree. However, it may reimburse the necessary travel costs and loss of earnings if these are in reasonable proportion to the costs otherwise incurred for a substitute worker.

Note: For members of private health insurances, the assistance depends on the contractual regulations that you have agreed with your health insurance. You should therefore enquire with your private health insurance company about the exact benefits and their requirements.