Status: 20.10.2023, 12:00 noon
By: Elena Royer
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There were many happy faces at the anniversary celebration of 25 years of the Caritas day meeting "Outlook". The ceremony was accompanied by the music therapy group. © Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
25 years of the Caritas day meeting "Outlook": The meeting for the mentally ill took this anniversary as an opportunity for a celebration with honors.
Geretsried – For a quarter of a century, the Caritas day meeting place "Outlook" has been in existence in Geretsried. For a quarter of a century, it has been an important point of contact for people with mental illness in the district. The 25th anniversary was celebrated in the premises on Sudetenstraße.
"Outlook" is a meeting place for adults with mental illness
The day meeting point was created in 1998 as a "day care center for mental health" from a volunteer supervised afternoon meeting, Caritas informs. This is where adults who are threatened or affected by mental illness meet. According to Caritas, this includes disorders such as psychosis, depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders or personality disorders.
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In the festively decorated, light-flooded rooms, the head of the meeting point, Andrea März, first welcomed the guests. Afterwards, Caritas district manager Wolfgang Schweiger took the floor: "With this celebration we express our appreciation," he said. "All the services here are vital help. The day meeting point helps many people every day." This is made clear again in an information sheet of Caritas: "People with mental illnesses often find it difficult to give meaning and structure to the day, to maintain contacts and to make friends," it says. "Often, those affected live in isolation for long periods of time and do not know how to make the day meaningful. " Outlook" is designed as an open meeting place where community, daily structuring and meaningful activities can be experienced."
Day clubs in Geretsried and Bad Tölz share places financed by the district
In addition to Geretsried's second mayor Sonja Frank, city pastor Andreas Vogelmeier, deacon Michael Baindl and numerous other guests of honour, Christine Böhm from the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen Mental Health Steering Association was also present. She expressed her delight that there are two such day care centers in the county. In addition to "Outlook" also "Upwind" in Bad Tölz. "They both share the number of seats that the district finances," she explained. That's 40 places. In both institutions, family contact is in the foreground, she said. "You can really say it's a success story."
Flowers for the volunteers: (from left) Eva Hamatschek, Inge Biedermann, Michael Biedermann and Martin Perkuhn. Gunda Gürtler and Angelika Schellhorn are missing. © Sabine Hermsdorf-Hiss
Volunteers honored - Without them, the diverse offer of the meeting would not be possible
Before the cozy part of the celebration began, long-standing volunteers were honored with flowers and a gift from the creative workshop – one of the many offers of the day meeting. Without them, the wide-ranging program of the day meeting point would not be possible. It includes, among other things, music therapy, Nordic walking, memory training, sitting yoga, horse-assisted therapy and various discussion groups, reports Caritas. Deacon Michael Baindl, for example, invites you to a "conversation about God and the world".
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The day meeting is open from Monday to Friday and is visited by about 20 people a day. The visit is free of charge. The team consists of two social pedagogues, a remedial education nurse, a work instructor and a housekeeping assistant as well as a recovery companion. It is supported by volunteers.
By the way, the name "day care center" has recently become a thing of the past. The facility is now called "Day Meeting Point" and is abbreviated to "CaTa" for "Caritas Day Meeting Point".
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