Determination of care requirements; transmission of data

The administrative districts and independent cities are obliged to determine the long-term need for care facilities in their area in consultation with the municipalities, the local and regional working groups of the care insurance funds, the supra-local social welfare providers and the providers of the care facilities.

The municipal needs assessment focuses in particular on

• for outpatient facilities, care provided by home care services; the districts are responsible for home care services for people with mental illness as well as for supraregional home care services for people with disabilities;
• for semi-residential facilities and short-term care facilities, the provision of needs-based care; for corresponding facilities for people with disabilities or mental illness, responsibility lies with the districts;
• in the case of full-time residential facilities, to care tailored to residents' needs; in this regard, the obligation to ensure this generally lies with the districts, but for facilities providing care for the elderly, it lies with the counties and independent cities.

The competent authorities have a duty to ensure that sufficient outpatient, inpatient and day-care facilities as well as short-term care facilities are available in good time in accordance with the above differentiation.

The needs assessment is part of the integrative, overall regional senior citizens' policy concept, which encompasses the living environment of older people with the necessary care structures according to the principle of outpatient before inpatient. The existing outpatient and inpatient care services are identified and future requirements are determined.

To support them in their care needs planning in accordance with Art. 69 Para. 1 AGSG, the Bavarian municipalities have an action guideline for needs planning in long-term care at their disposal. The guideline is aimed at social planners with recommendations for needs assessment within the framework of a standardized Bavaria-wide basic model.

The basic model is intended to show local authorities a way to get started with needs assessment in long-term care. It defines a standardized minimum data set for needs assessment. In addition to the basic model, the evaluation of the results, taking into account the individual regional circumstances, represents a further recommendation for local social planners.

In order to develop an appropriate long-term care system in local communities, a reliable data foundation is required. The Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Long-Term Care, and Prevention commissioned the IGES Institute to prepare a long-term care report that maps the current long-term care situation in Bavaria—including home care, fully inpatient care, and semi-inpatient care—and provides projections on future developments through 2050. The contents of the report are available in digital form on the “Pflegebedarf 2050” data portal. Starting in 2027, the Bavarian State Office for Statistics will take over the responsibility for the projections and the preparation of the report.

The need for care is determined and communicated as part of the overall senior citizens' policy concept. There are no individual considerations.

The concept is a guideline for political action and is published.

Please note the link to our topic page "Overall senior citizens' policy concept" under "Further links".

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• Art. 69 AGSG (Determination of needs)

• Care statistics

  Bavarian State Office for Statistics

• Population projections

  Bavarian State Office for Statistics

• The nursing care structure in Bavaria

  Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care

• Bavarian guideline for determining needs in long-term care

  Guidelines for local authorities

• Data portal Care requirements 2050
• Long-Term Care Planning

  Bavarian State Office for Nursing Care

• Overall concept for senior citizens - Topic page

  The districts are required to draw up a care needs plan as part of an overall senior citizens' policy concept. The district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen has been planning in the area of elderly care since 1991 and drew up its first overall senior citizens' policy concept in 2012 in accordance with the specifications of the Bavarian State Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Women.

  The overall senior citizens' policy concept is regularly updated.

  The Senior Citizens' Compass is the result of many years of recording the support structures in this area.

The guideline is aimed at social planners in local authorities.