Residents are universally entitled to LTC regardless of age, nationality, and income.
Coverage includes a wide range of institutional, residential, and home care services,
such as home nursing, personal care, homemaking, day care, respite care, assistive
devices, and night care. Income-related payments are made by nursing home residents
for the costs of “room and board”; personal care and home help services are
also income-related, up to a maximum of 124 euros per week. Nursing homes and
providers of institutional care, as well as home care providers, are predominantly
private nonprofit organizations.