Linz secures Community Nursing: Support for seniors is retained

Linz secures Community Nursing: Support for seniors is retained

In Linz there are important news for the social care of older people. From January 1, 2025, the city's Nursing project will no longer be dependent on funding from the EU, but will be financed entirely from urban funds. This means that the valuable performance of the project will continue to be available after the EU funding expires at the end of the year.

social officer and vice -mayor Karin Hörzing emphasized that community Nursing is of central importance for Linz. "Older people should be able to stay in their familiar environment as long as possible - and caring relatives, who often have a very large burden, urgently need relief," she explains. It turns out that the city of Linz takes responsibility, especially where a nationwide solution is missing. The city does not leave its older citizens and their families alone.

offer remains completely

With an annual budget of almost half a million euros (430,000 euros), Linz ensures that the community Nurses will continue to be active in the city senior citizen centers Dornach-Auhof, Franckviertel and Kleinmünchen. Their tasks include preventive home visits and the implementation of consultations that remain free of charge for users. Popular initiatives such as the "smartphone round table for seniors" and the "moving pharmacy" are also to be continued.

The main tasks of the community Nurses are diverse and are primarily aimed at older people and their caring relatives. They offer support so that older people can live in their own four walls for as long as possible and ensure that the nursing relatives are relieved. They also promote health competence and self -help for older people.

stronger networking

From 2025, the Community Nursing will be reorganized by closer cooperation with urban social counseling centers, including the compass social advisory center and the district centers. The idea behind this measure is to tailor support and support even more specifically to the needs of the older citizens and their families. "The Community Nursing project thus becomes an integral part of the social infrastructure of our city," emphasizes Hörzing.

Robert Ritter-Kalis, Managing Director of the Social Service of the City of Linz (SZL), is optimistic about the developments: "I see it very positive that the city of Linz enables the continued existence of this important offer for senior and their relatives." At the same time, he regrets that many similar projects are hired in Upper Austria, which is a missed opportunity to effectively counter the challenges of an aging society.

With these steps, Linz becomes a pioneer in older human care in Austria, while the city continues to proactively concern the challenges of demographic changes. The essential information about these developments is worth further details, which is also in a report at www.tips.at can be found.