@Tenbagger2024 In the case of my relative, the monthly contribution currently amounts to EUR 3,500. The assets are currently being used up to the protected assets limit, but social assistance has already been applied for, as processing can take months, involving a lot of back and forth and the exchange of countless paper documents. This made me/us realize once again how little digital our offices and authorities are and how much precious time is lost as a result.
@Tenbagger2024 Yes, especially if someone tells you to go to the website and download the .pdf, fill it out and send it back to us, and then find out:
The document cannot be filled out on the computer and there is a note that it must be printed out and sent in by mail. Scans by email are not possible. 🙈
@Ash I believe that many old people are simply overwhelmed. And in the end they don't make any applications and therefore give away money. Could that perhaps be a reason why everything is made so complicated?
@Tenbagger2024 I can only say that if we as relatives/family did not support the spouse here, it would look really bad. That it is made so complicated so that as few applications as possible are made? I hope not and think that it is simply the excesses of the system that have grown over the years and have never been reformed.
@Ash The whole system would collapse if there weren't already so many volunteers. Who are there for care and those in need of help. Relatives who provide care themselves and are hardly paid for it. And perhaps later slip into poverty themselves as a result. It cannot be emphasized enough and a big compliment to all Ehrenamtler❤️👏.
