Recourse to care means recourse to assets to cover care and support costs. Until 2017, people in need of care in Austria who were accommodated in subsidised long-term care in a nursing home had to pay for the costs from their own income (i.e. pension, care allowance) and from their existing assets (savings, securities, real estate). The social welfare departments of the Austrian federal states could also access the assets of relatives, heirs and beneficiaries.
When was the recourse to care abolished?
The recourse to care was abolished on 1 January 2018. Access to the assets of affected persons, their relatives, their heirs or beneficiaries is not permitted.