Support for Aging at Home

Are you currently no longer able to run your household alone for health reasons? Is there no one living with you who can take on these tasks? The Social Welfare Office can support you by helping you to continue running your household. Date of translation: 20 December 2023
Die Wegweiserin steht an einer Waschmaschine. Es sind ebenfalls Putzmittel zu sehen.
Wegweiserin Gesundheit & Pflege
Help with household chores offers you support with everyday tasks so that you can continue to live your life in familiar surroundings.

Important Facts

For various reasons, you may temporarily no longer be able to manage your household independently. In this case, assistance to continue running your household will help you to continue living in familiar surroundings and in your usual living environment. If the assistance can prevent or delay a stay in a home, a longer-term benefit is also possible.

It is advisable to arrange a consultation appointment with your local contact person at your social welfare office. This will allow you to clarify in advance whether and which support services are available to you.

Who is eligible?

Your responsible office will check on an individual basis whether you are entitled to help with household maintenance.

In principle, the following conditions must be met in order to receive the benefit:

  • There is a separate household that is to be continued (for example, because underage children would be affected by the otherwise imminent dissolution of the household)
  • The household can no longer be managed independently or only partially (e.g. due to age, illness or disability)
  • None of the other people living in the household can manage the household
  • There is no entitlement to have the costs of the service covered by other providers (e.g. health or care insurance)

You are not entitled to help with running the household if

  • another person in the household can take over the relevant activities (e.g. shopping, cooking and cleaning)
  • another institution (e.g. health and care insurance funds) covers the costs of assistance

The most important topics regarding help to continue the household

Frequently asked questions about help to continue the household

Illustration des Wegweisers. Sie sitzt auf dem Rand eines großen Monitors. Ihre rechte Hand ruht auf einem Dokument, das den Antrag darstellt. Darüber schwebt ein weißer Haken auf rotem Grund

Apply Online

Here you can apply directly online for help to continue your household. 

Social Benefits from other Areas

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Basic welfare for the elderly and people with reduced earnings capacity (Grundsicherung im Alter und bei Erwerbsminderung)

Are you receiving your pension but don’t have enough money to get by? Or are you younger but unable to work for health-related reasons? If so, you may be entitled to claim basic financial welfare for the elderly and people with reduced earnings capacity.