FAQ - PFA Nursing home
1. What is a private sector nursing home?
Private sector nursing homes provide the same services as municipal nursing homes, meaning comprehensive nursing and care in daily life. Private sector nursing homes are also subject to the same legislation, the Danish Social Service Law and the Danish Health Act, which ensures a common foundation for the delivery of nursing and care. The primary difference is that private sector nursing homes are privately owned, meaning the daily operations and development of the nursing homes are managed by the owner or operator. This also provides greater flexibility than municipal nursing homes, as private sector nursing homes can offer services that are beyond the service level set by the municipality. Just like at municipal nursing homes, the residents pay rent for the housing itself, while the municipality covers the costs for nursing and care.
2. Who can apply for a place at one of PFA’s private sector nursing homes?
If you have been allocated a place at a nursing home, you can freely choose between all municipal nursing homes and private sector nursing homes in your own municipality and others. This means that you can move into a private sector nursing home if your municipality of residence has found you eligible for a place at a nursing home. If the private sector nursing home is located in a different municipality from where you currently live, the new municipality where the private sector nursing home is located does not need to approve you. It is sufficient that your current municipality has allocated you a place at a nursing home. PFA’s customers have priority access to the private sector nursing homes that are part of the collaboration with OK-Fonden.
3. What does it mean to be “allocated” a place at a nursing home?
If you have been allocated a place at a nursing home, it means that you have been approved to move into a nursing home. You can use this approval to apply for a place at a nursing home in the location where you want to live. You can read more about what it requires to be allocated a place at borger.dk.
4. What does it mean to be able to “pass-it-on”?
PFA’s private sector nursing homes are not only a benefit for you as a customer with PFA Pension, but also for your close relatives. In addition to yourself, you can sign up the following individuals:
- Parents
- Grandparents
- Spouse/cohabiting partner
- Spouse’s/cohabiting partner’s parents
- Spouse’s/cohabiting partner’s grandparents
5. What additional services will the residents have access to?
As a resident at one of PFA’s private sector nursing homes, you will have access to a range of additional services that are specific to each individual nursing home. Services might include:
- wellness offers
- accompaniment
- pet care
- purchase of meals for family gatherings
- assistance with practical tasks
At OK-Fonden’s website you can read more about each private sector nursing home. Read more about OK-Fonden’s private sector nursing homes here.
6. What is a voucher, and what can it be used for?
At PFA’s private sector nursing homes, residents can purchase a range of additional services, which can, among other things, be bought using a so-called voucher system. One voucher can be exchanged for 30 minutes of service. As a PFA customer, you get a 10 % discount when you purchase vouchers. This means that when you purchase 10 vouchers, you get 11. You will learn more about the voucher system when you move into the private sector nursing home.
7. How can you use the benefit?
When you or your relatives have been allocated a place, you can sign up for the waiting list at OK-Fonden’s website. Please note, that you need your policy number in order to sign up. You find the number by logging in to My PFA (mitpfa.dk).
8. How is personal information processed?
You can read more about how PFA processes your personal data here.
9. What does it cost to live at a private sector nursing home compared to a municipal nursing home?
As resident at a private sector nursing home, you do not pay for the daily nursing and care. As with all other municipal or private sector nursing homes, you are required to pay rent as well as your own utility expenses (electricity, water and heating). The rent varies from nursing home to nursing home, depending on where in the country the private sector nursing home is located. The rent always reflects the local rental level. In addition, there are a number of compulsory services, such as meals, an entertainment and activity fund, cleaning supplies/toilet paper/window cleaning and home contents insurance. You will be informed about these details well in advance of potentially accepting a place at a private sector nursing home.
10. Can I sign up for multiple private sector nursing homes?
Yes, you can sign up for multiple private sector nursing homes.
