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Too Many Poor Elderly People – Is the District Hoping for a Biological Solution?There are still too many poor elderly people in the district who need to be placed in nursing homes. These individuals cannot finance their stay themselves and must therefore apply for assistance from the district authority. 
It’s not the first time that District Administrator Götz Ulrich has pointed out this situation in his report. The number of eligible applicants filing requests with the social welfare office continues to rise, he states (see video – just click play). There are especially many affected in the area of inpatient care. By the end of March 2025, 1,570 applications had been submitted. An additional 161 people have applied for outpatient or semi-inpatient care benefits. Processing times still exceed eight months, said District Administrator Ulrich. 
Solutions? None!Those who have followed recent district council meetings may recall that this problem is not new. The district lacks personnel to process such applications more quickly. Hiring more staff in this area either seems impossible or undesired. Or is the district administration hoping for a biological solution – I didn’t want to say “death” – so that the situation resolves itself? No applicant, no application to process.The Protection of the Elderly Used to Be a Top PrioritySome may remember that not so long ago, protecting the elderly and vulnerable groups was the state’s highest priority. Lockdowns, restrictions of basic rights, mandatory masking, obsessive testing, and the mass injection of new experimental substances (also known as vaccines). Especially in the medical field, this was seen as the gold standard. A general vaccination mandate was almost introduced. This protection of the elderly was decided by politicians – and paid for by the public with hundreds of billions of euros in tax money.But when it comes to placing these very same elderly people in nursing homes, a completely different picture emerges. The administration clearly doesn’t just approve the costs for nursing home care without question. Cost coverage must be applied for. If pensions and contributions from long-term care insurance aren’t enough, the social welfare office checks how much the affected person owns in assets. Is there a house, a piece of land, a condominium that can be sold? If not, it is then assessed to what extent the biological children can be made to contribute financially to the care home placement, so that the social welfare office doesn’t have to cover the costs. Could Politics Change This?Of course it could. Even the district administrator could send notes of protest to the state and federal governments. Because the question is: Why do the elderly receive so little in pensions, why are the contributions from care insurance so low, and why are nursing home costs so high? Why isn’t this financed in other ways so that those affected and their relatives don’t have to worry – and so the administration doesn’t have to process applications for months? But such sentiments were not heard from the district administrator.Hundreds of billions for armaments – that gets decided spontaneously. The suspension of the debt brake pushed through quickly. When it comes to becoming war-ready, politics finds creative ways. But when it comes to giving the elderly a worry-free twilight of life in nursing homes, the necessary creativity seems to be missing – and, oddly enough, so is the money. The elderly obviously aren’t as important as was constantly claimed during the pandemic years. Author: AI Translation - Michael Thurm | 13.05.2025 |
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