Alarm in the nursing home: Seniors evacuated due to lack of staff!

Alarm in the nursing home: Seniors evacuated due to lack of staff!

Ernst-Thälmann-Straße 2, 14641 Nauen, Deutschland - On July 17, 2023, the house of the supervised shared apartment for seniors at Ernst-Thälmann-Straße 2 in Nauen became the setting for a dramatic incident. The police had to be alerted to evacuate the remaining residents from the facility.

were still five residents and a nurse in the flat share when the nursing management chose the emergency call around 3 p.m. The reason: acute lack of personnel, which no longer guarantee adequate care of the elderly. Two ambulances, an organizational director of the emergency services and a senior emergency doctor were quickly on site to help. The Situation on site was alarming, as the neighbor Siegfried Usarek reported, who spoke of unsustainable conditions, since only two nurses were responsible for 24-hour operation.

effects of personnel lack of personnel

Working in nursing is currently a real challenge. Around 1.7 million people are busy in this sector and fight difficult conditions every day. nursingot Germany emphasizes that the employment relationships are characterized by stress, time pressure and overtime. Especially in geriatric care - mainly in the outpatient area - experts observe a critical situation. Many nursing services no longer take up new patients or have to dissolve existing contracts, which in particular hits single seniors.

These reinforced structural problems in care are not new. Mayor Manuel Menger was respectful of the committed nurses and pointed out the profound challenges in the industry. He explained that many care facilities such as the Senior WG in Wachow, which was taken over after the Kenbi company, can no longer perform their tasks.

repeated incidents

A similar incident occurred on June 28, 2023 in another senior flat in Wustermark, where a lack of nursing staff also endangered the care of the residents. A affected senior even reported inadequate food - an alarming sign for an industry that has recently become more focus.

The MAZ had asked Pflekwerk to comment on the incidents, but had to wait for an answer until July 17th. It remains to be hoped that politics and those responsible will quickly find solutions to secure the quality of life of the senior citizens and to master the challenges in the nursing industry sustainably. The emergency call from Nauen is just another example of the fact that there is an urgent need for action in the area of care.