Detailed description
You can receive financial support through basic security in old age and in the event of incapacity for work.
This will help you finance your living expenses and cover the socio-cultural minimum subsistence level.
It is a social assistance benefit and fulfils the same function as subsistence aid, but for a specific group of people.
The granting of benefits requires need.
Basic security basically covers various needs, including:
- the relevant standard requirement
- Accommodation needs; as far as they are reasonable
- additional requirements, such as additional requirements for:
- Possession of a severely disabled person’s ID card with the symbol G, or
- Illness if a special diet is required for medical reasons
- pregnancy
- One-off needs in special situations (e.g. initial furnishings for the apartment)
- Needs for health/nursing care insurance