Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
When a discharge date is set and nothing is arranged at home yet, every day counts. We need around ten days before a carer can move in, and we will say at the first call whether that is achievable.
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald
24-hour care in Freiburg
Care at home instead of a move to a nursing home – with a contact based in the same city.
- First consultation at your home, free of charge
- Around 10 days from enquiry to move-in
- EU posting model with A1 certificate
- Since 2015placing carers in South Baden
- 2 officesFreiburg and Lahr
- 14 townsin and around Freiburg
- A1certificate before arrival
On the ground in Freiburg
24-hour live-in care in Freiburg im Breisgau
Our office at Engelbergerstraße 19 is where everything we do in Freiburg starts. Herdern, Zähringen, the Wiehre, the Stühlinger, Sankt Georgen, Haslach, Landwasser — we have supported families in every one of these districts. Before we promise anything, we come round and look at how you live: will a care bed fit in the bedroom, is there a room the carer can have to herself, how far is the bathroom and are there steps on the way?
The surrounding villages count as Freiburg for us, at no extra charge and without argument: Gundelfingen, Denzlingen, March, Umkirch, Merzhausen, Au, Horben, Kirchzarten. An appointment in Kirchzarten is no more effort for us than one in the city centre.
Many families get in touch when time is running short — usually a discharge from the university hospital is coming and nothing is ready at home. From the first phone call to a carer arriving is typically about ten days. Whether that fits your date, you will hear from us during the conversation, not a week later.
Whatever care level the Medizinischer Dienst has assessed is what we calculate from. That determines how much care allowance and respite care you can draw from your insurance fund, and what is genuinely left to pay at the end of the month. If you want an opinion with no stake in the outcome, the Pflegestützpunkt Freiburg exists for exactly that.
Close by: Universitätsklinikum Freiburg · Pflegestützpunkt Freiburg
In the area
Where enquiries from Freiburg usually begin
Most families reach us at one of two moments: a discharge date has been set, or an assessment has just come through. These are the places involved most often.
Pflegestützpunkt Freiburg
Independent advice on care levels and benefits — they answer to nobody selling you anything. We build on what is assessed there rather than talking you into something else.
How it works
From your first call to the first day
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Your call
You describe the situation, we ask what matters: care level, mobility, night-time needs, whether German is essential. No obligation, no sales script.
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Home visit in Freiburg
We come to you and look at the flat: the bed, the bathroom, the carer's room. That is where the honest answer about what is possible comes from.
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The match
We propose one or two carers with their full profiles — age, experience, German level, what they have handled before. You decide.
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Move-in
Around ten days from decision to arrival. We handle the travel, the paperwork and the A1 certificate, and we are there on the first day.
Costs and legal basis
What it costs, and why it is legal
Two questions decide everything else. We answer both before you ask, because a placement built on an unclear arrangement helps nobody.
Ask for a personal calculation2,200 – 3,200 €
Depending on care level, German language level and how much support is needed. Care allowance and respite care reduce this — we show you the real remaining figure, not the headline one.
- A1-Bescheinigung — Proof that social contributions are paid in the home country. Issued before arrival, in your hands.
- EU posting model — The carer stays employed by a European partner company. You are not the employer and carry no payroll obligations.
- Minimum wage compliance — Working hours and rest periods are contractually fixed.
A carer is not a qualified nurse. Medical procedures — injections, wound care, catheters — belong to an outpatient nursing service, which can come alongside. Anyone promising you both in one person is selling you something.
Other locations
We are close by here too
Talk to us
A conversation about Freiburg, with no obligation
Tell us what the situation is. We will say honestly whether we can help, how quickly, and what it would cost — including when the answer is that something else suits you better.