Care & Relatives

The new list of freelance nurses recently published online by the Austrian Healthcare and Nursing Association (ÖGKV) provides support in the search for nursing staff, especially when help is needed very quickly.

Day care centers are places of encounter: They give older people a sense of community, participation and a new zest for life. At the same time, they relieve the burden on relatives - and show how valuable support can be...

A recent study from Berlin shows that a third of people don't even want to know certain diagnoses. The consequences of this - and how to prepare for a challenging appointment with the doctor.

Care will increasingly have to take place at home. Cuts in support for those affected and their family carers are out of place and will only generate short-term savings. The costs will merely be higher and simply shifted to other...

More than half of those surveyed in a study are concerned about poverty in old age and fear that they will be a burden on their family in old age. In future, however, care will take place at home. And...

Nursing is often a 24-hour job. What is often missing is a break. This is exactly where MAS Alzheimerhilfe comes in: Vacations with dementia - without separating partners.

People who are lonely are more likely than others to develop cancer, heart attacks, strokes, depression and dementia. About loneliness and its serious consequences for health.