Simone Behrens
Head of department
Department 1 · pHKP
Psychiatric home nursing
Key term: Psychiatric home nursing (psychiatrische häusliche Krankenpflege): a qualified nurse visits you at home regularly. Your doctor or psychotherapist prescribes it, and your health insurance covers the costs – apart from the statutory co-payment (Zuzahlung).. A qualified nurse comes to your home – so that you can go on living in your own home and with your family, as independently as possible.
What we actually do
We support you …
- in building a reliable relationship
- with problems that are blocking your everyday life
- by accompanying you to doctor’s appointments
- with taking your medication
- with anxiety management training
- in crises and in preventing them
- in practising everyday skills
- in building a daily and weekly routine
- in conversations with relatives and partners
Your contact in this department
Questions about this service
What you should know beforehand
We decide that together with the prescribing practice – usually between once and several times a week. If you are feeling worse, we come more often.
Yes. The law provides for a co-payment (Zuzahlung) for home nursing: 10 per cent of the costs for a maximum of 28 days per calendar year, plus 10 euros per prescription. If you are exempt from co-payments, there are no costs for you. Once you have reached your annual limit (Belastungsgrenze), you can apply to your health insurance for an exemption.
Psychiatric home nursing is deliberately time-limited, usually to four months. An extension is only possible in exceptional cases. We discuss with you and your practice in good time how things will continue afterwards – for example with one of our other services.
Integrated care is arranged through practices with a special contract and lasts up to two years. The support is closer. pHKP, on the other hand, can be prescribed by any psychiatric or psychotherapeutic practice.
No. We are bound by confidentiality. We will not pass on anything without your express consent.