Advice on care and support
Official name: Prepare your own FSW care and support advice
This is about care and support for yourself. Care means: other people help you in daily life. You prepare a first advice talk with FSW.
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- Steps
- 6 key steps, up to 13 depending on your situation
- For you
- 5 short questions, then you see your steps
- Main office
- FSW
- Costs
- none named in the sources
- Online
- possible for 1 of 13 steps
How it works
These are the key steps, in the right order. Answer the short questions; then you see exactly what applies to you and what is added.
Check if you need FSW adviceFSW is the Fonds Soziales Wien. It gives advice on care and support. Care allowance (Pflegegeld) is a different route; your insurer is responsible for it.Key step
- Why?
- This way you know which office you need for what. FSW clarifies which services fit you.
- What you do
- Here you only organise the talk. You do not enter diagnoses, care levels or income here.
- Where?
- FSWDirectly with the named service
In detail
Distinguish FSW advice from care allowance and medical decision
This organises your non-acute advice contact. FSW professionally clarifies suitable services; care allowance with insurer is another route. No diagnoses, care levels, income or needs decision in navigator.
SourceFSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser Erstkontakt
FSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser ErstkontaktFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceWrite down your care questionsHere you note your questions. For example about help at home, day care or living with care. Day care means: you are looked after during the day.Key step
- Why?
- Prepared questions make the talk easier. FSW then discusses your needs with you.
- What you do
- Write down your questions and have any existing reference number ready. Before the first call you do not need a fixed list of medical reports or IDs.
- Where?
- FSWDirectly with the named service
What you need
- Your private questions and existing contact reference
Document explained
Optional conversation aid; agree actually needed later evidence with FSW.
- Requirement
- Optional / if available
- Submission format
- Copy
- Translation
- No specific rule recorded; clarify foreign-language records with the service.
- Authentication
- No specific rule recorded; clarify need before obtaining records.
- Recency
- No fixed age limit recorded; clarify currency with the service.
SourceFSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser Erstkontakt
FSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser ErstkontaktFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
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In detail
Privately organise your service questions
Note home help, day care or residential care as desired information. Privately have existing reference and questions ready; FSW discusses actual need. No universal mandatory medical-report or ID checklist before first call.
SourceFSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser Erstkontakt
FSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser ErstkontaktFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceCall or write to the FSWThis is about your first contact with FSW. You can do it by phone or in writing.Key step
- Why?
- You do not need ID Austria for the call. A short enquiry is not yet an application for funding.
- What you do
- Customer phone: +43 1 24 5 24, daily 8–20. In writing to post@fsw.at or through the official contact form.
- Where?
- FSWDirectly with the named service
In detail
Confirm FSW first telephone or written contact
Customer telephone +43 1 24 5 24 daily 08:00–20:00. Own general written enquiry post@fsw.at or official contact form. No ID Austria requirement for telephone; a brief enquiry is no funding application.
SourceFSW: Kontakt und Kund:innentelefon
FSW: Kontakt und Kund:innentelefonFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourcePrepare your first contactNow you prepare your first contact with FSW.Key step
- Why?
- FSW clarifies your needs and decides on funding. This page does not sign you up anywhere and orders nothing.
- What you do
- Use your questions and the papers you agreed on. Get in touch yourself through the route you chose.
- Where?
- FSWDirectly with the named service
In detail
Prepare your confirmed FSW first contact
Personally use private questions and individually agreed records through actual route. FSW clarifies professional needs and funding decision; no platform registration, message or service order.
SourceFSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser Erstkontakt
FSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser ErstkontaktFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceLook into the support application afterwardsAfter the advice you can make a funding application. With it you ask FSW for support.Key step
- Why?
- The enquiry form is not a funding application. You need the right, current form.
- What you do
- Check the form and attachments on the application page. Send an electronically signed PDF as the original file, not as a scan.
- Where?
- FSWDirectly with the named service
In detail
After advice clarify actual funding application and attachments
Agree desired service and actual funding with FSW. Enquiry form is no funding application; review current form and actual attachments through application page. Electronically signed PDF must be sent as signed original file, not scan; no universal original requirement for all records.
SourceFSW: aktueller Antrag und Einreichwege
FSW: aktueller Antrag und EinreichwegeFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceApply for Pflegegeld with your insurerCare allowance (Pflegegeld) is money for people who need care. You apply for it with your insurer, the office where you are insured.Key step
- Why?
- Advice from FSW is not a decision on care allowance. There is a separate route for that.
- What you do
- Use the matching guide for Pflegegeld. Clarify which insurer is responsible for you.
- Where?
- FSWDirectly with the named service
In detail
Prepare care-allowance application with actual insurer
For actual own care-allowance first application or increase use appropriate existing workflow and confirmed insurer. FSW advice is no care-allowance decision.
SourceFSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser Erstkontakt
FSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser ErstkontaktFonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
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Depending on your situation, this is added
- Check if this path fits you
- Pick a care advice centre and check hours
- Ask what you may pay yourself later
- Check your meeting confirmation
- Follow up on your FSW application
- Sort out questions about your contribution
- Get help for other cases or emergencies
Frequently asked questions
Can I do this online?
1 of 13 possible steps mention an online channel in their text. Requirements are in the official source.
What does it cost?
No costs are recorded for these steps in the linked sources. Fees may still apply.
Do I need an einfach.wien account?
No. The plan works without registration; answers stay in your browser.
Does einfach.wien submit my application?
No. einfach.wien helps you prepare and links official channels. You submit applications yourself to the responsible service.
What this page is based on
The information is based on official sources. einfach.wien is a private project; the content has not been professionally reviewed. All information without guarantee, no legal advice. The responsible office is always authoritative.
SourceFSW: Pflege und Betreuung, kostenloser Erstkontakt
Fonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceSourceFSW: Kontakt und Kund:innentelefon
Fonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceSourceFSW: tatsächliche Pflegeberatungszentren
Fonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceSourceFSW: Kostenbeitrag und Verrechnung
Fonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original sourceSourceFSW: aktueller Antrag und Einreichwege
Fonds Soziales Wien · retrieved on 11/10/2026
Open original source