Applying for a personal budget (PGB)

If you need care or nursing due to illness or disability, or you need help at home, you may be eligible for a personal budget (persoonsgebonden budget – PGB). You can use this money to pay for your care needs. For example, you can hire someone to help you with your shopping or clean your house, or you can arrange for youth care services for your child.

There are 4 types of care for which you can apply for a PGB:

Support at home: if you need support, transport or help at home.
Youth care services: if you need help for someone under the age of 18.
Heavy, long-term care needs: if you need 24-hour care every day.
Nursing and personal care: if you need personal care or nursing at home.

Eligibility to receive a PGB depends on the care you need.

You can apply to the Zorgkantoor (care office), your healthcare insurer or the municipality for a PGB. The type of care you need will determine which organisation you approach to apply for a PGB (in Dutch).

You can receive several PGB's at the same time. For example, if you or your child has an indication for support at home and nursing. Then you will receive one PGB from the municipality and one from the healthcare insurer.

Read more about combining several PGB's (in Dutch).

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Montferland

Here is some information from your municipality.

Personal Budget (PGB)

A PGB is a sum of money that you can use for your own care. If you need help at home you can choose between help in kind or a PGB. You can apply for a PGB from the Social Team. The PGB is managed by the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank, SVB) which takes care of payment to care providers.

There are number of conditions to be eligible for a PGB:

You can clearly explain why you want a PGB;
You have drawn up an overview of how you will spend the PGB and the associated costs;
You can use a PGB for services from an organisation, but also for support from you social network;
A PGB must not be more expensive than the same care in kind (ZIN);
A PGB is always inclusive of transport and other ancillary matters;
A PGB can only be provided for non-contracted providers;
The amount of your PGB is determined by the Social Team.

You application will proceed as follows:

If you need support for yourself, your child or within your family, you can get in touch with the Social Team;
We will look together at the support you need, what you can do yourself and how the people around you (family, friends or neighbours) can help and what the Social Team can do;
The Social Team looks at what specialist care is appropriate and can be provided by a contracted care provider. If you decide together with the Social Team that there is no care in kind to match your requirements, you are eligible for a PGB.

You will be informed about this by a member of the Social Team.

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