for outpatient home care services

    AI phone assistantfor home care services

    Your team is out on rounds, but the phone keeps ringing.
    Marie picks up and locks in the next step.

    Request a free, custom agent for your home care service

    from €99

    per month

    24/7

    reachable, even on rounds

    Human

    no robot voice

    Phone · Tuesday morning

    Muster Home Care · sample view

    Team out on roundsOffice: 1 person

    1. 07:48

      On-call · Medication missing, client in Neckarstadt

      → connected to the on-call nurse

    2. 08:15

      New client · Daughter, mother is discharged on Friday

      → Initial consultation Monday, 10 am, before discharge

    3. 09:02

      Counselling visit · Care level 3, AOK, deadline end of month

      → Visit Thursday, 9 am, proof sent to the insurer

    4. 09:40

      Arrival time · Client is waiting for the morning round

      → Anna will be there around 9:55 am and calls ahead

    5. 10:05

      GP practice · New prescription for home nursing care

      → Case for the head of nursing, urgent

    6. 10:31

      Application · Registered nurse, part time, driver's license

      → Application created, callback scheduled

    Sample morning at the fictional Muster Home Care. Every call ends with a fixed next step.

    • Servers in Frankfurt

      Data stays in the EU, DPA under Art. 28 GDPR

    • AI disclosure

      in the first sentence, per Art. 50 AI Act

    • No care advice

      no medical advice, no assessment of the care level

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    Pflegedienst Woinem

    From home care

    “We built a voicebot for home care services and with it reduced a pain point that exists across the care industry: lack of time. It allowed us to cut ‘unproductive’ phone calls.”
    Markus, consultant at Pflegedienst Woinem, 100+ employees
    Listen in

    Two real calls every home care service knows.

    A daughter is looking for care for her mother after a hospital stay. A patient is waiting for her nurse, and Marie sees from the route status when she will arrive. Play a call, and on the right the case that lands in your care software is created.

    0:00

    The recording is in German; the transcript is translated.

    Press play and the transcript follows along live.

    Case in the care software

    Request
    Care needs
    Care level
    District
    Discharge
    Initial meeting
    Contact
    Confirmation
    Try it yourself

    Call as if you were a worried relative.

    Your mother is coming home from the hospital soon, or you are a patient waiting for the nurse and want to know when she will arrive. Feel free to ask which care level your mother will probably get. Pay attention to what Marie answers and what she does not. After you enter your details, the call starts right away, and you also see the number.

    • free and non-binding
    • your number is only used for this test and the callback
    • afterwards, on request, the needs analysis for your home care service

    Enter your details and call right away

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    Where things stall today

    Four findings every outpatient service knows on the phone.

    Backed by statistics, law and directives. On the right is what Marie changes about each one.

    Audit log · Phone at the home care service4 findings
    1. P-01

      Inquiries come in while the whole team is out on their rounds

      In the morning and around midday almost everyone is out, often including the head of nursing. Whoever calls then is usually looking urgently for help for a relative and simply calls the next provider.

      89% of outpatient care services had to turn away new clients within six months.

      Diakonie and DEVAP, survey March and April 2023, 655 facilities

      Remedy

      Marie takes every inquiry, checks district and needs against your rules and books the free initial consultation. If it is not a fit, she politely declines right away, so nobody waits in vain for a callback.

    2. P-02

      Applicants call and reach no one

      Skilled nurses choose their employer. Anyone who gets the answering machine on the first call applies to the next provider.

      There are 57 unemployed people for every 100 reported vacancies for registered nurses.

      German Federal Employment Agency, labour market situation in nursing professions, May 2026

      Remedy

      Marie asks about qualifications, hours and driver's license and creates the application for the head of nursing, with a callback in the next few days.

    3. P-03

      Counselling visits under § 37 (3) run on ad hoc requests

      Care allowance recipients need the counselling visit regularly. If they call and nobody answers, time gets tight, and in the end the care allowance is at risk.

      If the counselling does not take place, the care allowance is to be “reduced appropriately and withdrawn in the event of repetition”.

      § 37 Abs. 6 SGB XI

      Remedy

      Marie asks about care level, insurer and deadline, names the right interval and books the visit. The proof for the insurer is noted in the case.

    4. P-04

      Prescriptions for home nursing care have a deadline

      When a GP practice or a hospital calls about a new prescription, every working day counts. A note by the phone easily gets lost.

      The insurer covers the costs until a decision is made if the prescription is submitted “no later than the fourth working day following issuance”.

      § 6 (5) HKP Directive of the G-BA

      Remedy

      Marie records the caller, patient and request and flags the case as urgent for the head of nursing, so the prescription reaches the insurer in time.

    What Marie handles

    Relatives, patients, care allowance, applications: every call gets through.

    Marie recognizes from the first sentence what it is about and handles the call according to your rules. Under each case you can see where the result lands.

    New client

    Asks what help is needed, whether there is a care level and in which district, and books the free initial consultation, before the discharge date if the client is being discharged.

    Head of nursing's calendar, SMS

    Counselling visit under § 37 (3)

    Asks about care level, insurer and deadline, names the interval and books the home visit.

    Appointment, proof for the insurer noted

    Cancelling visits

    Hospital stay, respite care, family vacation: records from when until when and passes it on to route planning.

    Route planning, note for the office

    Application by phone

    Asks about qualifications, full or part time and driver's license and creates the application for the callback.

    Applicant management, callback

    Doctor's office, hospital, insurer

    Takes a message with caller, patient and request, for example a new prescription or a query from the insurer.

    Case with the head of nursing

    When does the nurse arrive?

    Checks the route status to see how many visits come first, gives the approximate arrival time and alerts the nurse if something is urgent.

    Nurse's route app, callback

    Urgent matters after office hours

    If one of your patients is missing a medication or a question cannot wait, Marie connects straight to the on-call nurse.

    Straight to the on-call nurse

    Emergency

    Fall with injury, shortness of breath, chest pain: Marie says right away that 112 must be called and delays nothing.

    Instruction to call 112

    Compatibility

    Fits your care software. From MEDIFOX DAN to Vivendi.

    Marie works with the systems your service already uses: care software, calendar, applicant management and your team's tools. She recognizes clients by their number and creates every inquiry where your head of nursing works.

    1. 1. Before the call

      Recognize clients

      Before Marie even says “Hello”, she uses the phone number to check in your care software whether someone is already being cared for and which route they belong to.

      → GET /clients?phone=…

      ← Client, Neckarstadt route

    2. 2. During the call

      Know routes and calendar

      Marie sees whether your routes cover the caller's district and when the head of nursing has time for an initial consultation. She does not share any care details over the phone.

      → GET /tours?district=Neckarstadt

      ← Route covers it, Mon 10 am free for initial consultation

    3. 3. After the call

      Create the case

      The inquiry lands in your care software as a case with care needs, care level and district, and the appointment in the head of nursing's calendar.

      → POST /inquiries

      ← New client, initial consultation booked

    Care software

    Clients, routes, service records

    • MEDIFOX DAN
    • Connext Vivendi
    • CuraSoft

    Staff and applications

    Create applications, schedule callbacks

    • Personio
    • softgarden
    • d.vinci
    • JOIN
    • rexx systems

    Calendar, team and automation

    Enter initial consultations, inform the team

    • Outlook
    • Google Calendar
    • Bookings
    • Microsoft Teams
    • WhatsApp
    • n8n
    • Zapier
    • Make

    And your own software

    If your care software has an interface, we connect Marie directly. With MEDIFOX DAN this runs via the partner platform MD Orbit, with CuraSoft via the REST API together with CuraGo. Without an interface, every case arrives in the office by email, already sorted.

    Listed are systems with a documented or officially offered interface. Brand names belong to their respective owners. We set up the integration for your setup in the needs analysis.

    Counselling visit

    § 37 (3) SGB XI, as Marie explains it on the phone.

    Since January 1, 2026, the same interval applies to care levels 2 to 5. Pick a care level and see what applies, what the care allowance depends on and what Marie tells the caller.

    Care level

    Applies to people in need of care who receive the care allowance and are looked after at home by relatives. Anyone who only receives care benefits in kind can request the visit voluntarily once every six months.

    Counselling visit
    mandatory
    Care allowance per month
    €599

    What applies

    • Interval: once every six months
    • Costs: covered by the care insurer
    • If the visit does not happen: The care allowance is reduced appropriately and withdrawn in the event of repetition.

    How Marie says it on the phone

    „The visit is required once every six months so the care allowance keeps being paid. The care insurer covers the costs.“

    Then she asks about the care insurer and the deadline and offers two appointments.

    § 37 (3) and (6) SGB XI as amended since January 1, 2026. Care allowance under § 37 (1) SGB XI, 2026 amounts according to the German Federal Ministry of Health. A government draft of September 30, 2026 provides for changes from 2027, but this is not yet applicable law.

    Outbound calls

    Marie reminds, before time runs short.

    With your approval, Marie also makes calls herself: to clients, relatives and applicants you are already in touch with.

    • Counselling visit due: Marie reminds care allowance recipients in good time before the six months are up and books the appointment.
    • Callback after office hours: Anyone who inquired in the evening gets a callback the next morning with a suggested appointment.
    • Following up with applicants: Marie arranges the get-to-know meeting with the head of nursing.

    Only with a reason and a relationship

    • Marie only calls people who are already in contact with your service or have asked for a callback. No cold calls, as § 7 UWG (German Unfair Competition Act) requires.
    • She says in the first sentence that she is an AI.
    • She does not discuss care details over the phone.
    The limit

    Marie does not provide care. She organizes.

    Phone calls often involve people in a difficult situation. That is why it is clearly defined what Marie does and what she hands over to your team or the emergency services.

    No medical information

    Questions about medication, wounds or symptoms go to your nurses. Marie takes them down and arranges the callback.

    No care level assessment

    Which care level applies is clarified by your head of nursing at the initial consultation. Marie only helps find the appointment.

    Emergency means 112

    In case of a fall with injury, shortness of breath or chest pain, Marie says right away that 112 must be called.

    Urgent means on-call

    If something cannot wait for one of your patients after office hours, Marie connects straight to the nurse on call.

    Art. 9 GDPR

    Health data only as far as necessary

    Marie only asks what is needed for the next step.

    Art. 28 GDPR

    Data processing

    Servers in Frankfurt, the data stays in the EU. You receive the agreement before launch.

    § 203 StGB

    Confidentiality

    Service providers may be involved as contributing persons if they are bound to confidentiality. ScaleTalk is.

    Art. 50 AI Act

    AI disclosure

    Marie says in the greeting that she is an AI assistant.

    Numbers

    High demand, few staff, one phone.

    Most people in need of care live at home. Outpatient services are in demand like never before, and every open position stays open for a long time.

    15,549

    outpatient care services in Germany.

    Destatis, care statistics, reference date December 15, 2023

    1.1M

    people in need of care are looked after fully or partly by outpatient services, including support services.

    Destatis, care statistics, December 2023

    446,425

    people work in outpatient services, 126,251 of them full time.

    Destatis, care statistics, reference date December 15, 2023

    296 days

    was how long an open position in elderly care stayed vacant on average.

    German Bundestag, printed paper 20/13882, as of October 2024

    FAQ

    Frequently asked questions about the AI phone assistant for home care services.

    A voice AI that answers calls on your home care service's number while your team is out on their rounds. It takes inquiries from relatives, books initial consultations and counselling visits, cancels visits and accepts applications. Whatever it captures lands in your care software or arrives by email in the office.

    ScaleTalk starts at €99 per month. The price depends on your call volume, not on the number of your employees. We work out what it costs for your service in the needs analysis.

    Since January 1, 2026, care allowance recipients with care levels 2 to 5 must request the counselling visit once every six months. At care levels 4 and 5, a quarterly visit is additionally possible on request. At care level 1 the visit is voluntary. The care insurer covers the costs.

    Then the care insurer must reduce the care allowance appropriately and withdraw it in the event of repetition (§ 37 (6) SGB XI). That is why Marie asks about the deadline on every call about a counselling visit and books the next available appointment.

    If the prescription reaches the health insurer no later than the fourth working day after it is issued, the insurer covers the costs until it makes its decision (§ 6 (5) HKP Directive). When a practice or hospital calls about a new prescription, Marie therefore flags the case as urgent.

    No. Marie gives no medical advice and does not say which care level might apply. Your head of nursing clarifies that during the on-site consultation. Marie only asks for health data as far as it is needed for the next step.

    Yes. If your nurses tick off their visits in the route app, Marie sees through your care software's interface how far along the route is and how many visits come before the caller. She gives the approximate arrival time and alerts the nurse if something is urgent. She never mentions other patients or addresses.

    In acute danger, such as a fall with injury, shortness of breath or chest pain, Marie says right away that 112 must be called. If something is urgent for one of your patients after office hours, for example a missing medication, she connects straight to your on-call nurse.

    Marie speaks calmly, in short sentences, and asks only one question at a time. There is no keypad menu, people simply talk. If someone explicitly wants to speak to a person, she takes that seriously and arranges the callback. The best way is to hear it yourself in the test call.

    Yes. Since August 2, 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act requires that callers are told no later than at the first interaction that they are speaking with an AI. Marie introduces herself as an AI assistant in the greeting.

    MEDIFOX DAN connects partner solutions via the MD Orbit platform, Connext Vivendi has a web API, CuraSoft a REST API together with CuraGo. If your software has no interface, every case arrives by email already sorted, and Marie enters appointments in Outlook or Google Calendar. We work out which route fits in the needs analysis.

    Yes. Your number stays, and calls reach Marie via call forwarding. You decide when she takes over: always, only when the office is busy, or only outside office hours.

    Health data is specially protected under Art. 9 GDPR. Marie only asks what is needed for the next step. The servers are in Frankfurt, the data stays in the EU, we sign a data processing agreement with you under Art. 28 GDPR, and ScaleTalk commits to confidentiality within the meaning of § 203 of the German Criminal Code. Calls are only recorded with consent.

    Next step

    In a needs analysis, we clarify the rules of your service.

    30 minutes: which districts your routes cover, who conducts initial consultations, when the on-call service takes over, how applications reach you, which care software you use and what it costs for your service.