Member of Parliament Radwan visits Alzheimer's Society
Created: 01/15/2023, 06:00
By: Peter Herrmann
Round of talks in a small group: CSU MP Alexander Radwan (centre) visited Gerlinde Berchtold and Dieter Kaufer (right) from the Alzheimer's Society.
They talked about support for relatives of people with dementia.
© Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Support is needed not only for people with dementia, but also for their families.
The Alzheimer's Society spoke to Bundestag member Alexander Radwan about this.
Wolfratshausen – Around 2700 people suffering from dementia currently live in the district.
500 of them are cared for in a nursing home – and the trend is rising.
Not only do they need support, but also their families.
The Isar-Loisachtal Alzheimer's Society, founded in 2017, is hoping for political help - including from CSU member of the Bundestag Alexander Radwan, whom she had invited to her advice center for an interview.
Few offers of day care and in short-term care facilities
“It is still primarily the relatives who ensure around-the-clock care and support for people with dementia for many years,” explained Dieter Kaufer.
The chairman of the Alzheimer's Society Isar-Loisachtal pointed out that the already tense situation had worsened since the beginning of the corona pandemic.
Affected families find it difficult to find outpatient care services.
In addition, there is a lack of day care and places in short-term care facilities that relieve the relatives at least temporarily.
According to the buyer, the sole care in hospitals is far from sufficient.
"Since 2020, we have had increasing reports of cases in which people with dementia are not receiving adequate nursing care in hospital and are then heavily sedated,
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Alexander Radwan noted these remarks with concern.
The 58-year-old was the only one of the politicians contacted by the Alzheimer's Society to accept the invitation to a round of talks.
"I just wanted to find out about the current situation," he said.
Although Radwan has no experience of dementia in his family, he did take care of his father, who was in need of care.
The member of the Bundestag supports the short-term implementation of the care reform announced in the coalition agreement, which aims to strengthen home care by making the care allowance dynamic and introducing a flexible relief budget.
"It's about prioritizing services," Radwan clarified.
Families of people with dementia need an overall care budget
He liked the fact that the Alzheimer's Society didn't just ask for more money for care facilities across the board, but rather specified specific use targets.
"The families of people with dementia need a general care budget so that they don't have to apply for each service individually," said Mr.
Gerlinde Berchtold, Wolfratshauser SPD city councilor and chairwoman of the AWO local association, agreed with him.
"For us, it's not about increasing the overall performance, but about a more targeted distribution," she clarified.
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In this context, buyers called for the expansion of care bases in the district.
"They could be contact persons for families who apply for benefits," hopes the former head of the AWO dementia center in Wolfratshausen.
He would also like a neurological outpatient clinic in the district and special facilities for people who develop dementia at a relatively young age of 40 to 60 years.
"They are difficult to integrate into homes with predominantly older residents and other illnesses," said Kaufman from his own experience.
Radwan was reserved on this point.
"That goes against the principle of inclusion," he said.
In any case, accommodation in a home is only the last resort for buyers to prevent the "collapse of the family unit".
The chairman emphasized:
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