Policy Document
Long-Term Care Insurance Act (from 1945-1990: West Germany)
Benefits & Requirements
Coverage: Eligible groups or beneficiaries
Long-term care was provided for all persons covered by the statutory health insurance system and some special groups subject to certain conditions. Individuals with private health insurance had to buy equivalent private coverage for long-term care. People in need of care who, as a result of a physical, emotional, or a mental disease or handicap, permanently and regularly needed substantial long-term assistance, or to perform usual and regularly recurring activities in their daily lives (two or more activities of daily living; the need for assistance was expected to last at least six months).
Read the Law
Full Text Source in English
Social Security Code, Book I, section 21a; Book IV and Book XI
Original full text source in native language
BGBl. 1994 I:1014
Original full text web source in native language
Secondary Literature & Sources
Secondary literature
German Social Security Code. Available at: http://www.sozialgesetzbuch-bundessozialhilfegesetz.de.