Who has the right to provide constant care for the elderly on professional basis?

Continuing care can be provided on a professional basis:

1. Legally capable persons who:

• have reached the age of 18
• have been trained or retrained in the basics of care;
• have the appropriate skills to provide social services on a professional basis.

2. Social care professionals who work in social service institutions or provide social services as individual specialists in accordance with state standards.

3. Individual entrepreneurs or legal entities officially engaged in the provision of social services, including long-term care services for older people.

Features of professional care:

• Professional care involves compliance with state standards of social services.
• Caregivers may receive payment for their services on the basis of a social service agreement or an employment contract.