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Free care training for family carers

Anyone caring for someone at home is entitled to free care courses — paid for by the care insurance fund under Section 45 SGB XI. We are currently building our own course programme.

Launching soon. Our online courses are not available yet. In the meantime we are glad to advise you by phone and tell you which courses your care insurance fund already pays for today.

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What you are entitled to under Section 45 SGB XI

This entitlement exists independently of us — and many family carers have never heard of it.

  • Free of charge for you

    Care insurance funds are required to offer care courses for relatives and volunteer carers. The fund covers the cost, not you.

  • You need no care level yourself

    The course is for the person providing the care. What matters is that you care for someone, or are about to — not whether you have a care level of your own.

  • Also available as training at home

    Besides group courses, individual training in the home is possible on request — where the care actually takes place.

What we are working on

Our programme is taking shape. We are planning content based on what relatives ask us most often on the phone:

  • Video courses on care techniques: positioning, lifting, personal hygiene
  • Living with dementia day to day
  • A care level calculator for a first assessment
  • Help with the application and with preparing for the assessment
  • Relief for family carers: substitute care and short-term care
  • Available whenever you need it, also in short units

This list describes our plans, not a finished programme. We will publish the courses once they are certified and reviewed.

What you can already do today

You do not have to wait for our launch to get support.

  • A course through your insurance fund

    Your care insurance fund already arranges free courses today. Call us — we will tell you who to approach.

  • Have your care level checked

    First application, upgrade or appeal: this part we already handle for you in full.

    To the care level service

  • Read up in our guide

    Care levels, care aids and organising care at home — explained in plain language, without the bureaucratic jargon.

    To the care guide

Frequently asked questions

When do your courses start?
We are not naming an exact date yet, because the content has to be certified before it goes online. Leave us your contact details and we will get in touch as soon as it does.
Why are care courses free?
Because the law says so: under Section 45 SGB XI, care insurance funds are required to offer and pay for training for family carers and volunteer carers.
Who can take part?
Relatives who care for someone at home or will do so in future, as well as volunteer carers. You do not have to be related to the person you care for.
Do I need a care level for this?
You do not need one yourself. What matters is the care situation of the person you look after. Whether that person has a care level, or should apply for one, is something we are happy to clarify with you.

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We will let you know as soon as we go live

Leave us your contact details — we will get in touch when the courses are available. Until then we are glad to advise you personally.

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This page offers general orientation and is no substitute for individual advice. The statutory provisions of SGB XI and the information given by your care insurance fund in your individual case are decisive.