The benefits from Germany’s statutory long‑term care insurance have not kept pace with inflation over recent years, according to the federal government’s response to a parliamentary question from the Left faction-information that the “Rheinische Post” reported in its Thursday edition.
In 2025 the cash allowance for a level‑2 care category was set at €796. When adjusted for purchasing power, that sum equated to only €626, a drop of roughly 21 % compared with 2017. A similar trend emerged for other benefits: the surcharge for services in outpatient‑care group homes was €224 in 2025; after purchasing‑power adjustments it stood at €173, a decline of about 23 % relative to the 2017 reference year.
Evelyn Schötz, the Left’s spokesperson for care policy in the Bundestag, described the situation in the “Rheinische Post” as causing a “slippering financial burden” for millions of people. She pointed out that since the 2017 introduction of the care‑grade system, core benefits have “massively lost purchasing power” warning that nominal increases mask real cuts for those who rely on support.