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Press release No. 124 of 30 March 2023 Long-term care projection: 1.8 million more people in need of long-term care expected until 2055
The number of people in need of long-term care in Germany will go up by 37% until 2055 just because the population is ageing. Their number will increase from roughly 5.0 million at the end of 2021 to approximately 6.8 million in 2055, according to …
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Press release No. 554 of 21 December 2022 5 million people in need of long-term care at the end of 2021
In December 2021, 4.96 million people in Germany were in need of long-term care as defined by the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (German Social Code, Book XI). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people in need of …
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Press release No. N 026 of 11 May 2022 Number of people working in hospital nursing care up 18% in ten years
The demand for labour in nursing care has been growing for years. Since the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the skilled labour shortage and the working conditions in nursing care have come even more into focus. To mark International Nurses Day on 12 …
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Press release No. N 068 of 8 December 2021 Many elderly care workers work part-time
The caring profession has come particularly into focus during the coronavirus pandemic. In 2019, 954,000 people were employed in residential care homes or home care and support services, 616,000 of whom worked part-time. The Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. N057 of 29 September 2021 Nearly 6 million older people live alone
In Germany, most people in old age live in their own home. It also means, however, that increasing numbers of older people live alone. To mark the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that …
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Press release No. N 085 of 23 December 2020 3.63 million people employed in the health sector have direct contact with patients
People working in health occupations are to be given priority in the coronavirus vaccination programme – especially because many of them have a higher risk of getting infected because of their direct contact with patients. The Federal Statistical …
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Press release No. 507 of 15 December 2020 4.1 million people in need of long-term care at the end of 2019
In December 2019, 4.13 million people in Germany were in need of long-term care as defined by the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (German Social Code, Book XI). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people in need of …
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Press release No. N 083 of 18 December 2018 72,700 people in the highest care grade received care at home from relatives only at the end of 2019
The need to limit contacts to only a few, comply with sanitary measures and look after one another – the measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic have placed strains on daily life. Risk groups, including people in need of long-term care and their …
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Press release No. 501 of 18 December 2018 3.4 million people in need of long-term care at the end of 2017
In December 2017, 3.41 million people in Germany were in need of long-term care as defined by the Long-Term Care Insurance Act (German Social Code, Book XI). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people in need of …