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Hundreds of care places are missing in the Freising district

2021-08-02T06:08:55.832Z


In the next four years, the number of people in need of care in the Freising district will increase sharply - and the need for care places and nursing staff.


In the next four years, the number of people in need of care in the Freising district will increase sharply - and the need for care places and nursing staff.

Freising - This was the result of an expert report by the Free State, which is also available to the district.

There they are aware of the enormous explosiveness of the topic - which is why District Administrator Helmut Petz has made senior citizens' policy a top priority.

Society is getting older and more and more people, especially those over 80 years of age, need to be cared for - at home or in retirement homes.

According to the report by the Berlin IGES Institute, the number of people over 80 in the comparatively young district of Freising will grow from 7,389 in 2017 (the "base year" of the survey) to 2025 by a further 2,000.

In the year 2040, more than 13,000 over 80-year-olds will be living in the district, ten years later (2050) it should be just under 18,000.

5814 people in need of care in 2040

Many of them will depend on the help of their fellow human beings.

For the year 2025, 4244 people in need of care are calculated, almost 800 more than in 2017. For 2040, 5814 are expected - an increase of 2365 people who need to be cared for.

According to the IGES report, as already today, a little more than half of these very old people will be cared for at home - but there would still be a huge space requirement in nursing homes.

Full inpatient: Ten more homes needed

A demand of 1,434 inpatient care places is forecast for 2025, 316 more than in 2017 when the IGES data was collected.

But not much has changed since then: there are currently 1,121 places in 13 inpatient care facilities for the elderly in the district, in 2017 there were three fewer.

The district needs another 200 care places by 2030, and by 2040 there should be around 1000 more places than now.

That would be around ten large nursing homes that would have to be built in the Freising district by then.

The demand for part-time inpatients is also increasing

According to the expert opinion, the need for day or night care will also increase significantly - from around 150 places in 2017 to almost 250 in 2040. The same applies to short-term care places, which are particularly important because they provide short-term relief mean for caregivers.

Nursing staff urgently wanted

The “staff in care and support” - PPB for short - is already missing at the back and front.

Still not much has changed in terms of pay, and the sharply rising rental prices are making it more and more difficult to find staff.

But the district needs more and more of this.

774 full-time positions are required in 2025 - an increase of 170 nursing staff.

15 years later, more than 300 additional nurses would have to look after the senior citizens in the Freising district.

Not really surprised by the numbers "

“We were not really surprised by these numbers,” says Petra Lichtenfeld, who heads the “Care and Support” department at the Freising District Office.

They are currently in the process of completely revising the district's overall concept for senior citizens in close cooperation with the cities and municipalities.

Demographic change does not stop at the relatively young Freising district either.

In general, the district will therefore have to position itself more broadly in all areas that concern older citizens, emphasizes Lichtenfeld.

And District Administrator Helmut Petz also make it a top priority.

For example, the position of a “social planner” is to be assigned to the district administrator - a key figure who should give important impulses to the political committees, according to Lichtenfeld.

Deficits: day care and assisted living

It is already clear that certain offers are in high demand, but are underrepresented in the district.

Lichtenfeld mentions the day care that needs to be expanded.

Caregiving relatives could thus be relieved and those in need of care could stay at home longer.

There is also some catching up to do with “assisted living”.

And the issue of dementia is rolling towards the district with full force.

With increasing life expectancy, this is coming more and more into focus.

And caring for people with dementia, emphasizes Lichtenfeld, “is very much a matter of substance”.

“Here we have to think about it,” says the department head, “about alternative forms of living” such as the dementia shared flat in Eching.

The circle must get even more involved in such projects.

“The topic must be thought differently in the future”.

And how do you remedy the shortage of skilled workers and care places?

Lichtenfeld: “Basically, that's big politics.

But this is not just about wages and salaries - it also has to do with the attitude of a society towards its older fellow citizens ”.

However, the district could show its colors here and, for example, proactively approach potential investors in order to force the construction of retirement homes.

You would have to take money in hand to create important supporting infrastructure - apartments for employees, childcare.

The IGES report will now be viewed - and will be included in future decisions.

The district has to get fit for the future here - and has a responsibility: "Older people", Lichtenfeld knows, "don't have a lobby."

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The number of people up to 65 years of age in the district will remain roughly the same up to the year 2040 - but the elderly are increasing enormously.

© graphic: MM, source: IGES

Source: merkur

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