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 relates to

• outpatient facilities to care provided by nursing services in the areas of care for the elderly and outpatient care for the disabled, provided that these are small-scale, regional care services for people with disabilities;
• day-care facilities and short-term care facilities, to care in the areas of geriatric care
• inpatient facilities to the area of geriatric care.

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.

A reliable data basis is required in order to design an appropriate care structure in the municipalities. The Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention commissioned the IGES Institute to compile a care report that maps the current care situation in the home, fully inpatient and semi-inpatient sectors in Bavaria and contains forecasts for future developments up to 2050. The contents of the report are available in digital form on the "Care requirements 2050" data portal.

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
• 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.