[Social security for people in need of care -- proposals for the development and financing of aids for this group (author's transl)].
The article points out a serious deficiency in the social security system, i.e., that the old and infirm can only seldon obtain institutional care without calling on social assistance. It discusses possible solution of including the attendance allowances into the scope of social security benefits. The solutions are formulated in the amendment of the Association of German Cities and Towns (Deutscher Städtetag) to the insurance regulations of the earlier German Reich (Reichsversicherungsordnung). It is proposed that the Länder and communities as well as, to a small extent the Federal Government, assume the responsibility for investments, whereas the legal sickness insurance funds cover the costs for medical treatment and nursing and the patient pays an estimated rent value and the "hotel services".
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000191:economics; D005380:Financing, Government; D005860:Germany, West; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D009826:Old Age Assistance / Q000191:economics; D012943:Social Security
Soziale Sicherheit für pflegebedürftige Menschen. Vorschläge zum Ausbau und zur Finanzierung der Hilfen für Pflegebedürftige.