Family support service

The Family Support Service (FUD) is there for families who care for a disabled relative or relative at risk of disability (adults and children).

FUD is an outpatient service that offers family members the opportunity for temporary relief, for example to attend to family obligations, to recharge their batteries, to experience their own leisure time and the like.

Our facility is funded by Aktion Mensch and is still under development. Currently, we offer a recreational program for adults and children with severe and multiple disabilities at the Scharmbeckstotel Riding and Driving Club – "Fun at the Riding Stable" – as a regular and reliable group activity program centered around horses, lasting approximately three hours.

Recreational activities at the riding stable cost €20 per hour and can be billed through the additional care and relief benefits provided by long-term care insurance (§45 SGB XI). All insured individuals with care levels 1 to 5 and limitations in their everyday competence are eligible. Eligible individuals are entitled to a relief allowance of €215 per month.

Further group leisure activities are being planned. We are also awaiting approval from the authorities for certain respite care services, such as daily support and accompaniment for people with disabilities (adults and children), as well as hourly support and respite care for their family members in their homes.

These services are intended to strengthen the self-help capabilities of families and to support people with disabilities in practical life skills, individual development and personal responsibility.