Apply for lump-sum funding for short-term care (Kurzzeitpflege) and day and night care facilities
Einrichtungen der Kurzzeitpflege und der Tages- und Nachtpflege - Pauschalförderung beantragen
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
Facilities providing short-term care (Kurzzeitpflege) as well as day and night care (Tages- und Nachtpflege) can apply for a lump-sum subsidy (Pauschalförderung). Eligible for funding are the substantiated, separately billable investment expenses amounting to 511.00 euros per place per year. This lump sum reduces the investment fee that residents have to pay. The lump-sum subsidy must be applied for again every year.
Procedure
1. Submit an application for a lump-sum subsidy by email pursuant to § 6 of the Landespflegeeinrichtungsgesetz (LPflegEG) [State Care Facilities Act].
• You can request the corresponding application form beforehand by email (see "Required documents") from the responsible Senate Department.
• NOTE: If you already submitted an application the previous year, the documents for applying for a subsidy for the following year will be sent to you by email in good time, without you having to request them.
2. Fill out the application form and send it back by email (see "Forms" for addresses).
3. Your application will be reviewed.
4. If you meet all the requirements, you will receive a notice (Bescheid) stating the amount of the subsidy granted.
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Requirements
• Care contract (Versorgungsvertrag) and remuneration agreement (Vergütungsvereinbarung)
• This concerns a day-care or night-care facility, or a short-term care facility, in the state of Berlin.
• A care contract and a remuneration agreement are in place as of 1 January. The number of places agreed in the care contract must be available on 1 January of the approval year. It is decisive for calculating the annual flat rate (Jahrespauschale).
• An agreement or a decision (Bescheid) on the recognized operationally necessary investment costs is in place.
• Application for separately billable expenses under Section 82 (3) and (4) SGB XI [German Social Code Book XI]
• An application for separately billable expenses under Section 82 (3) SGB XI has already been submitted for the facility.
• Investment costs (IK for short) are regulated by law, in particular in Section 82 (3) and (4) SGB XI, "Financing of care facilities" (Finanzierung der Pflegeeinrichtungen). These are expenses of the operator for acquisitions, building rent, maintenance/repair, leasing costs, and similar items, which can be apportioned to the persons in need of care.
Documents you need
• Application for lump-sum funding under § 6 LPflegEG (Berlin Long-Term Care Structures Act)
Please submit the application by e-mail. You can request the corresponding application form by e-mail beforehand.
• As the operator of a short-term care facility, contact: [email protected].
• As the operator of a day or night care facility, contact: [email protected].
• Supply contract
The supply contract concluded with the long-term care insurance funds; this can be waived if it has already been submitted in previous years and no changes have occurred.
• Copy of the current commercial register or association register extract
• For additional authorized representatives: sub-authorization
Forms
• Please request the application form by email from the responsible Senatsverwaltung (Senate Department).
Fees
none
Legal basis
• Landespflegeeinrichtungsgesetz (LPflegEG, State Care Facilities Act) § 6 gesetze.berlin.de/bsbe/document/jlr-PflegeEinrGBEV2P6
• Sozialgesetzbuch Elftes Buch (SGB XI, Social Code Book Eleven) § 82 para. 3 sentence 1 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_11/__82.html
Processing time
After the application is received, the provider (Träger) usually receives the notice on the amount of funding after 4 weeks. Payment of the lump-sum funding takes place at the earliest on 30 June of each year.
Responsible for you
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- Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit und Pflege
- Abteilung Pflege
Original
Service number 324351 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/324351/