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Caregiving for Relatives

Balancing work and family life also includes the care of relatives. Employees are often unexpectedly confronted with this enormous challenge and additional burden, which can make work or studies more difficult. The Medical University of Innsbruck has created an overview of contact points for caregiving relatives for affected employees and students and would like to help you deal with this difficult situation. You are welcome to arrange a personal consultation.

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App for counseling and support in caregiving

All employees and students of the Medical University of Innsbruck and their family members can use the “Alles Clara” app free of charge. Qualified nursing staff or psychologists provide professional advice via chat on all topics related to caregiving. If you are responsible for the care of family members, friends, or neighbors, you will receive support in navigating the health and social system, recommendations for care organizations or types of care, financial tips, and emotional support in challenging situations. Employees can find further information and the access code for free counseling on the intranet; students should contact the Work-Family Compatibility Department.

Frequently Asked Questions – FAQs

Care leave (Pflegefreistellung) is not a leave entitlement, but rather a leave of absence for important personal reasons while maintaining salary payment. The prerequisite for taking this leave is the necessary care of sick close relatives, regardless of whether they live in the same household or not.

All important information can be found here:
Guidelines with application for care leave
Chamber of Labor (AK): Tips on care leave and PDF Care leave

All employees can apply for short-term care leave for a duration of one week. Under certain conditions, a second week can be requested for children under 12 years of age. Please contact our Human Resources department for further questions.

Employees have the option to apply for care leave (full loss of salary) and part-time care leave (proportional loss of salary) in writing to their employer for a limited period. During part-time care leave, the weekly working hours may not fall below ten hours.

All important information can be found here:
Chamber of Labor (AK): Care leave and part-time care leave
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Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK)
PDF Care leave and part-time care leave

As part of family hospice leave and part-time family hospice leave, employees have the option to accompany dying relatives or seriously ill children for a certain period.

Duration: 3 months – an extension to 6 months is possible.
Duration for seriously ill children: 5 months – an extension to 9 months is possible.

All important information can be found here:
Chamber of Labor (AK): Family hospice leave
Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK)
PDF Caregiving relatives
PDF Family hospice leave and part-time family hospice leave

Persons in need of care have a legal right to a care allowance after a medical or nursing assessment. The care allowance is intended only as a flat-rate contribution to the costs of necessary care. The amount of the care allowance depends on the degree of the need for care.

All important information can be found here:
Care allowance
PDF Care allowance guide
Chamber of Labor (AK)

Under certain conditions, family carers are entitled to a care leave allowance. This is income-dependent and is paid in the amount of the unemployment benefit (55% of the daily net income, calculated from the average gross salary).

You can find all the important information here:

PDF Pflegekarenzgeld – Überblick zur Vereinbarkeit von Pflege und Familie
PDF Das Pflegekarenzgeld
PDF Checkliste für die Beantragung eines Pflegekarenzgeldes
Zu den Formularen

For students at the Medical University of Innsbruck, there is the possibility of a leave of absence as well as a waiver of the tuition fee under certain conditions.

Further information can be obtained from the Admissions Office of the Medical University of Innsbruck.

Caregiving relatives are entitled to a care leave allowance under certain conditions. This is income-dependent and is paid in the amount of unemployment benefit (55% of the daily net income, calculated from the average gross salary).

All important information can be found here:
PDF Care leave allowance – Overview for balancing care and family
PDF The care leave allowance
PDF Checklist for applying for a care leave allowance
To the forms

Koordinationsstelle Gleichstellung, Frauenförderung und Diversität