Senior citizen survey: There are no shopping facilities or a meeting place in Moosburg
Created: 01/15/2023, 09:00
A challenge for seniors: As here in the Rosenhofpassage, senior citizens have to overcome many obstacles with slopes and cobblestones.
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The needs of older citizens in Moosburg were the focus of a survey.
What the seniors lack: a place where they can meet and shopping in the Westerberg district.
Moosburg
– Almost 1,500 Moosburg seniors were interviewed by the city and the Munich Social Science Institute – about their situation, satisfaction with the infrastructure and future needs.
At the presentation, the city council received praise and new homework to take with them.
Werner Fröhlich, head of the Munich Social Science Institute, presented the city council with a survey of senior citizens that was carried out at the end of 2021.
With 1484 answers and thus about 25 percent of the seniors, the city of Moosburg received a relatively high response.
In other municipalities, the rate is sometimes below 20 percent.
There was some positive news: Seniors have generally been living in Moosburg for four decades, 75 percent of those surveyed own their own home and 80 percent want to stay at home even if they need care.
Clear signs of the quality of life are satisfaction with the living environment (92 percent), good neighborhood relations (82 percent) and a high sense of security (89 percent during the day, 72 percent at night).
Fröhlich confirmed that the values are above average and that neighborhood relationships in the city of Munich in particular are causing major problems.
However, the survey also revealed weaknesses.
Despite the great will
wanting to continue living at home, there is a great need for care services.
Public transport received poor ratings in the survey.
A quarter of the seniors stated that important places could only be reached with difficulty.
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Dagmar Seghutera, chairwoman of the Moosburg senior citizens' advisory board, initiated the survey with her committee and made it clear in her statement on the results that the first plans were already being made before Corona.
Together with Bauhof boss Martin Holzner, a list was drawn up of how small, not too expensive measures can be used to achieve initial improvements.
The city council now wants to start concrete implementation steps with these quick measures.
"It's often not a financial problem, but an organizational problem," said the chairwoman of the senior citizens' advisory board, "that calls for a neighborhood manager." gardening.
"Nice toilet" should be realized
Johannes Becher suggested that the city of Moosburg – like other municipalities in the district – should implement the “Nette Toilette” project.
With manageable financial support for restaurateurs, one can achieve that toilets are opened to the general public.
A very clear result across all parts of the city was that people miss a seniors' club/meeting place.
The lack of shopping facilities in the Westerberg district has been criticized.
On the other hand, the fact that the cobblestones in the city center were repeatedly rated as an obstacle was nothing new.
Nico Bauer
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