Application for care allowance – Pflegegeld (Austria)
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The application for care allowance (Pflegegeld), or for a higher level of it, to the PVA, SVS, BVAEB or AUVA under Austria's Federal Care Allowance Act (BPGG) — with insurance number, pension received, treating doctor, the help needed in your own words, a person you trust for the assessment, and IBAN. Care allowance is due from the first of the month after the application arrives (§ 9 BPGG): the day it arrives counts. The insurers provide their own form free of charge, but an application without it is valid too. In German, to print, sign and send promptly.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Applicant
- Applicant's address
- Phone
- Who decides on your care allowance (the insurer paying your pension; the AUVA for a full accident-insurance pension)
- Insurer's postal address (regional office or customer service)
- City
- Date
- Social insurance number (ten digits, on the e-card)
- What you are applying for: care allowance, or a higher level of it
- Date of birth
- Pension you receive (type and paying body, or none)
- Current care allowance level (only when asking for an increase)
- GP or treating doctor (name, address)
- Person you trust to be present at the assessment (name, phone; if wanted)
- Who signs for you, if not you yourself (name, authority to act)
- IBAN
- What you need help with, and since when (e.g. washing, dressing, cooking, getting about, medicines)
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Common questions
- From when is Austrian care allowance (Pflegegeld) paid, and must the insurer's form be used?
- Care allowance is due from the first of the month after the application arrives (§ 9 BPGG). What counts is the day it arrives, not the day it was sent, so send it at once, even if medical reports are still missing. The insurers' form is free but not compulsory; an informal application like this one is enough. One lodged with another insurer, a court or a municipal office counts too (§ 25(1) BPGG).
- Who receives care allowance in Austria, and how much is it in 2026?
- Anyone who, because of a physical, mental or psychological disability or a sensory impairment, is expected to need constant care and help for at least six months, on average more than 65 hours a month; that is level 1 (§ 4 BPGG). There are seven levels. In 2026 the allowance is €206.20 a month at level 1 up to €2,214.80 at level 7. A care diary kept for a few weeks helps to show the need at the assessment.
- What can be done in Austria if the care-allowance decision seems wrong?
- The insurer decides on the application by formal decision (Bescheid). Against it you may sue at the Labour and Social Court within three months of service; the deadline cannot be extended (§ 67(2) ASGG). If the insurer has not decided within six months of receiving the application, a claim is possible even without a decision (§ 67(1)(2) ASGG). Insured persons bear no risk of legal costs (§ 77 ASGG), and no lawyer is needed at first instance.
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