Rejection of the Claim for Child Care Services as a Medical Measure of the Disability Insurance

Facts

[V.] , born in 2007, suffers from a medulloblastoma, a congenital defect. The IV-Stelle Schwyz (Disability Insurance Office of the Canton of Schwyz) covered the costs for various medical measures, but granted a helplessness allowance and an intensive care supplement. However, it rejected the application for cost coverage for child care services at home. The Administrative Court of the Canton of Schwyz dismissed the appeal filed against this decision.

Considerations

The Federal Supreme Court confirms the decision of the lower instance. The services of the child care services do not constitute medical measures within the meaning of Art. 13 para. 1 in conjunction with Art. 14 para. 1 lit. a InvIA. Although the parents provide an immense care effort, this cannot be qualified as a medical measure. The use of the child care services to relieve the parents also does not fall under the concept of a…