Carinthia is expanding alternative habitats: a new home for many!

Carinthia is expanding alternative habitats: a new home for many!

in Carinthia, which is the only federal state that offers the "alternative habitats", a significant change recently. Since this year, these facilities have been able to take up to nine residents instead of six. These new regulations enable a life in community, similar to a large family. An example of this is the House of Sunnseitn in Afritz, in which 87-year-old Irmgard Otti has lived for a year. She reports of a beautiful community in which craft activities and walks are also part of everyday life, such as orf Carärnten reported.

extensions of the facilities and economic aspects

The operator Sintija Ofner has increased the capacity of her house by expanding two additional rooms, which was made possible by the changed home law. In addition to the new premises, the financial framework was also adapted: the state of Carinthia has increased the base amount slightly for every resident. This had become necessary because the economic conditions were challenging due to increasing personnel costs and energy costs. Seis employees are currently employed in the Haus Sunnseitn and there are hardly any free places in the "alternative habitats". The operators run long waiting lists, which underlines the high demand. According to Beate Prettner from the SPÖ, this concept has proven to be successful, and it would also like to expand this offer, as also highlighted by Genderator

In addition, the alternative habitats are very popular with farms, which offers operators an additional source of income. So far there are 18 such facilities in Carinthia with a total of 106 care places that make life more attractive for older people.