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Apply for health counselling for families with infants

  • Service description

    Many parents experience situations in the first months and years of their child's life that make them feel insecure, worried or overwhelmed.

    The health centre offers mothers and fathers advice on issues such as

    • Insatiable crying and frequent restlessness of the infant
    • Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep
    • Problems with breastfeeding, feeding and eating
    • Behavioural problems such as excessive anger and tantrums, anxiety or aggression, reluctance to play
    • Separation anxiety and difficulties
    • Tense family situation
    • Relationship problems
    • Excessive demands, uncertainty and exhaustion
    • Postpartum depression
  • Who should I contact?

    Contact the social welfare office of your municipality or district-free city.

  • Prerequisites

    People receive assistance with their health,

    • who do not have statutory or adequate private health insurance,
    • provision of the services via the health insurance fund (Section 264 (4) SGB V) is not an option
    • and who cannot reasonably be expected to raise the funds for the necessary assistance from their income and assets.
  • Which documents are required?

    • Application for health assistance
    • Identity card or passport (or other documents that can identify the person beyond doubt)

    The competent social welfare organisation will provide information on the documents required in individual cases.

  • What deadlines do I have to observe?

    None

  • Short text

    • Healthcare assistance services
    • Counselling for parents of newborns
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