Question juridique clé
Whether a private care daily allowance of CHF 200 per day could be imputed as waived income from 1 April 2017.
Solution extraite
No. The insured was not required, under the duty to mitigate loss, to move to a less suitable recognized nursing home solely to trigger the private insurer's benefit.
Motifs extraits
The court found that the C.___ better matched her psychiatric and age-related needs than a listed long-term care home. The duty to mitigate does not extend to choosing a less suitable placement merely to obtain private insurance benefits.