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Nursing allowance record: More than half a million recipients in Germany!
In May 2024, the number of people receiving care allowance in Austria exceeded the 500,000 mark for the first time. Demographic changes and an increasing need for care are responsible.
Nursing allowance record: More than half a million recipients in Germany!
More and more people in Germany are dependent on care. According to current statistical surveys, there are now 500,554 recipients of care allowance, which corresponds to an increase of 10,841 people or 2.2 percent compared to the previous year. This was done by exxpress.at reported. The increase in May 2024 also shows an increase in the number of people eligible compared to the previous month, when 499,112 people received care allowance.
Demographic change and increasing life expectancy are leading to more people who are eligible and applying for care allowance. Loud destatis.de The number of people in need of care in Germany has risen rapidly in recent years. In December 2023, 5.69 million people were already in need of care, which greatly exceeds the 4.13 million in 2019.
Illustration of the need for care
The distribution of those in need of care per care level is as follows (April 2024):
| Level of care | portion |
|---|---|
| Stage 1 | 29.1% |
| Stage 2 | 20.5% |
| Stage 3 | 18.8% |
| Stage 4 | 14.5% |
| Level 5 | 11.2% |
| Level 6 | 4.2% |
| Level 7 | 1.7% |
The majority of those receiving care allowance are women, with 306,541 women (61.2%) and 194,013 men (38.8%).
Forecasts and challenges
Forecasts indicate that the number of people in need of care will continue to rise, particularly in old age. Around 11 percent of those aged 70 to 74 need care, while 87 percent of those over 90 need care. These developments represent an increasing challenge, especially in view of the associated shortage of skilled workers in nursing.
The personnel situation in nursing will continue to worsen due to the aging of society. Many older nursing staff will retire in the coming years, which could worsen the already critical situation. Pflegenot-deutschland.de points out that the career profile of nursing is becoming increasingly unattractive for young people, which leads to high dropout rates in training. There is therefore an urgent need to improve working conditions and attract more young people to the nursing profession.
The current situation leads to the succinct conclusion that the challenges in care must be addressed both in the short and long term in order to ensure adequate care for those in need of care in the future.