Brandenburg demands nursing reform: urgent need for action is pending!

Brandenburg demands nursing reform: urgent need for action is pending!

On July 7, 2025, the federal-state working group will take up its business in the Federal Ministry of Health. Brandenburg's Minister of Social Affairs Britta Müller will take part in the first meeting. The minister underlines the need for a fundamental reform of long -term care insurance, which has currently become a case of care. According to Müller, it is of the utmost importance to check the services and adapt to the increasing challenges, especially with regard to the new assessment assessment (NBA), which has been used to assess the need for care in Germany since 2017. A strong increase in those in need of care exceeds the demographic expectations and lets the original goals of long -term care insurance, which were formulated in particular in 1995.

The causes of this need for action are diverse. While the nursing costs are increasing regularly, the income from long -term care insurance is not the same. This means that the own shares of those in need of care are increasingly perceived and care is increasingly perceived as priceless. Müller demands sustainable financing to avoid unchecked premium increases. Your concern is to ensure that people in need of care can continue to be cared for in their familiar environment and relatives are relieved.

Pact for care and new challenges

A significant aspect of the reform policy considerations is the so -called “Pact für Care” from Brandenburg. This pact aims to strengthen home care and local care. Advice structures are to be expanded and specialists are to be secured. An innovative approach is the recognition of neighborhood helpers as offers for everyday help. In Brandenburg, over 214,000 people are currently in need of care, with 57% of this group over 80 years old and 89% of those in need of care are cared for at home. An increase of 16% since 2021 means that the proportion of those in need of care in the population has increased from 7.3% to 8.3%.

But what does the new government actually have in the coalition agreement between the Union and the SPD? On July 6, 2025, the introduction of a relief budget for short-term and preventive care was announced. At the same time, however, performance cuts are also under discussion. This leads to critical discussions about the financial shortage of the nursing care fund, which is not only due to increasing care cases, but also due to non -insurance costs. The care contribution was raised by 0.2 percentage points in early 2025 to prevent the long -term care insurance.

The shadows of the reform

A central topic that appears again and again in the discussion about the reform is the possible introduction of maternity hours. This could mean that those in need of care do not receive benefits from long -term care insurance immediately and, if necessary, have to pay for their care up to a certain period of time. The economist Bernd Raffelhüschen, who already proposed a maternity leave of one to three years in 2010, sees nursing care insurance a "snowball system at the expense of future generations" and calls for a gradual introduction of this maternity period. This would result in significant reductions in benefits for those in need of care and could continue to burden the already tense financial circumstances.

In a constantly changing social landscape, the course for care supply is of enormous importance. It remains to be seen whether the new measures meet the needs of those affected and how the desired reform will be implemented in practice. However, it is clear that the coming weeks and months will be decisive for the future of long -term care insurance and the disillusionment of those affected.

The mills of reforming are slowly turning, but there is still a lot of work in front of the new government. This is the only way to ensure that today and tomorrow's care will also be secured in the future.