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State care allowance; application
People in need of care from care level 2 with their main residence in Bavaria can apply for state care allowance or apply for state care allowance for them.
Online services & Forms
Online services
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Landespflegegeld - Online-Antrag
You can also apply for the state care allowance online. To apply online, you must register or log in with the new ID card via BayernID. To do this, you will need the new ID card with the online ID function activated, a card reader and the AusweisApp2. Alternatively, if you use an Elster certificate, you can also use this to register.
Forms
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Antragsformular - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Gesamtformular mehrere Änderungen - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular Adressdaten - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular Bankverbindung - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular Pflegegrad - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular Namensänderung - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular Sorgerecht - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular abweichende Antragstellung - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Formular Vollmacht - Bayerisches Landespflegegeld
This form can be submitted electronically (e.g. via a secure contact form using your user account with login via the electronic ID function or the ELSTER certificate) or handwritten and signed in paper form to the responsible authority.
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Procedure details
Description
The state care allowance amounts to EUR 500 per year. It is a voluntary benefit from the Free State of Bavaria. The Bavarian state government thus supports people in need of care in a very special way: They can use the money to do something good for themselves or to recognize the people who care for them on a daily basis. The decision on how to spend the money is up to the people in need of care. In this way, their right to self-determination over and above the organization of their everyday life is to be strengthened. It is not intended to cover necessary care needs, participation needs or subsistence and is therefore not offset against benefits to cover care needs and participation needs or against social benefits that ensure subsistence.
The state care allowance is granted irrespective of income. It is tax-free.
Please note: If you have already been granted state care allowance, you do not need to submit a new application for state care allowance. The initial application continues to apply for the following care allowance years as long as it is not withdrawn.
You can find up-to-date information on the state care allowance on the website of the Bavarian State Office for Care at: https://www.lfp.bayern.de/landespflegegeld/
Requirements
People in need of care who
- are registered with their sole residence or main residence (main residence) in the Free State of Bavaria and
- were in need of care to an extent of at least care grade 2 on at least one day of the respective care allowance year, regardless of whether they live at home or in a care home and
- submit a corresponding application.
The care allowance year corresponds to the calendar year.
Required documents
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The following must be submitted together with the application:
- a copy of the notification or letter from the statutory or private care insurance fund or a social welfare provider regarding the level of care (the report from the Medical Service - MD is not sufficient for this)
- If applicable, a copy of the power of attorney or guardian's certificate
If you do not yet have the documents (e.g. notification from the care insurance fund), the application must be submitted incompletely in order to meet the deadline.
Proceedings
The application can be submitted in writing or electronically with the required documents to the State Office for Long-Term Care.
The application must be submitted either by the person in need of care themselves or by a legal representative, proxy or guardian.
Fees
none
Deadlines
The application must be submitted no later than three months after the end of the respective care allowance year. Applications for the current care allowance year/calendar year must therefore be received by March 31 of the following year at the latest (e.g. for the 2026 care allowance year, the application must be received by March 31, 2027).
To meet the deadline, the application can also be submitted incompletely or informally.
Legal bases
Status: 20.01.2026
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