CURA

CURA Long-Term Care Insurance supports you if you are dependent on long-term care. You receive contributions toward household help or nursing home costs and thus protect your assets if you need care.

  • Contributions towards household help ornursing home costs
  • Choice of preferred combination of waiting period and daily allowance

Insured benefits

With CURA Long-Term Care Insurance, you receive the following benefits in addition to those covered by basic insurance:

You receive contributions toward uncovered costs in a nursing home or toward household help if care is required.

In old age, in the event of chronic illness or following an accident, high care costs may be incurred and may not be covered or only partially covered by basic insurance. CURA Long-Term Care Insurance will support you with this. If you are demonstrably dependent on long-term care, you will receive a daily contribution in the amount of the daily allowance insured by you as soon as the waiting period you have chosen (180, 360, 720 or 1,080 days) has expired. This will allow you to pay for medically prescribed household help or accommodation costs (room and board) in a nursing home, and thus better protect your assets, which in many cases have been saved for years.

Requirements

  • You receive healthcare benefits from basic health insurance of more than an average of 60 minutes per day.
  • You receive healthcare benefits (inpatient and outpatient including household help) from a service provider recognised under the Health Insurance Act (KVG).
  • You receive your inpatient treatment in a recognised facility (e.g. nursing home) in Switzerland.
  • You can produce clear evidence of the uncovered costs for household help or accommodation and meals in a nursing home.

What does basic insurance cover?

Basic insurance only covers a portion of care costs. It does not contribute at all to the expenses for accommodation and meals in a nursing home. Patients needing care must pay the uncovered costs themselves.

Details about basic insurance

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Frequently asked questions

If you require long-term care in your old age, in the event of chronic illness or following an accident, compulsory basic insurance only contributes toward part of the healthcare costs. You must pay the uncovered costs, such as room and board (accommodation), if you need care.

If you require household help or care in a nursing home, you may have to dip into your own savings. Staying in a nursing home is expensive and can quickly eat up your saved assets. Sometimes, even other members of your family must contribute to the care costs.

It is therefore important to take out long-term care insurance at an early stage. This way, both your assets and your family's money are better protected. 

  • You have greater financial security if you require care – for an unlimited period of time.
  • You receive a daily allowance toward the cost of accommodation (room and board) in a nursing home or toward the cost of household help if you receive care in your own home.
  • You have the choice of various daily allowances (from CHF 10 to CHF 300 per day) and waiting periods (180, 360, 720 or 1,080 days) – depending on your needs and your budget.
  • Thanks to the financial contributions, your assets and those of your family are better protected if you require care. 

CURA is recommended for the following groups of people in particular:

  • People over the age of 50 who are keen to minimise risk and would like to protect their assets as well as easing the financial strain on their families.
  • Persons who want to be cared for at home when care is required.
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Other supplementary insurance

You may also be interested in the following supplementary insurance:

  • HOSPITAL Semi-Private

    Semi-privately insured at hospital for inpatient stays: double room and free choice of doctor throughout Switzerland.

  • HOSPITAL Private

    Privately insured at hospital for inpatient stays: your own room and free choice of doctor throughout Switzerland.

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