Postcard flood for seniors: Joy from all over the world in St. Ingbert!

Residents of the St. Barbara Caritas Care Center receive international postcards that bring joy and vacation mood.
Residents of the St. Barbara Caritas Care Center receive international postcards that bring joy and vacation mood. (Symbolbild/NAG)

Postcard flood for seniors: Joy from all over the world in St. Ingbert!

In a beautiful campaign, the residents of the St. Barbara Caritas Care Center in St. Ingbert recently received handwritten postcards from different countries. As FAZ , the maps come not only from Germany, such as Dresden and Unna, but also from distant countries like France, Holland, Greece, Africa, India, Thailand, Thailand, Even Hawaii.

A call to the card campaign was published by the employee Isabell Meyers on social media. The goal of this initiative is to enable the residents a mental journey and to loosen up everyday life a little. Karina Titze, the head of the center, emphasizes that every card brings joy and vacation mood into daily life. Within a few days, an impressive number of over 400 cards was collected, many with personal vacation experiences and wishes for the residents.

enthusiasm and memories

The campaign not only received positive feedback from the residents, but also remarkable support from the community. For example, a woman brought 30 cards past, while another contributed a collection book for postcards. The project is based on a similar project that was launched in the Caritas-Altzentrum Heilig Geist in Frankenthal in 2016. Evelyne Bahr, the social service manager, was surprised by the great encouragement and hopes that this campaign will not remain unique. She would be happy if other geriatric centers receive postcards.

The incoming cards encourage residents to exchange their own holiday memories. The 86-year-old Hildegard Hellenthal reported on her travels to France and Crete. The different motifs of the cards contribute to the entertainment and the creation of a cheerful atmosphere. A sender even left her address, which opened the possibility for return answers.

Solidarity full care insurance

In parallel to this positive change in everyday life, there are also more serious concerns in the area of ​​care. A broad alliance has launched a postcard campaign that aims at solidarity fully maintenance insurance to illustrate public support for this concern, as activate.net . According to a Forsa survey, 81 percent of those surveyed are for fully maintenance insurance.

The initiatives are supported by the Verdi union, the German Professional Association for Nursing Professions (DBfK) and the Federal Association of Local Senior and Disabled facilities (BKSB). Ulrich Schneider, general manager of the parity overall association, emphasizes that the need for care becomes increasingly a poverty trap. The alliance calls for long -term care insurance that pays all care -related costs, regardless of whether care is inpatient or outpatient.

nursing insurance benefits

In order to support the different needs in the nursing sector, reference is made in the different types of care facilities, which include outpatient care services, individual care staff, nursing communities as well as day and night care facilities, such as bundesgesundheitministerium.de . The care facilities are there to support those in need of care and relatives in care at home.

In recent years, three nursing strength laws have been introduced, in particular the services significantly expanded and flexible. These laws provide for a significant increase in most benefits and allow those in need of care to take advantage of day and night care services in addition to outpatient care, care allowance or combination services.

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