Care & relief

Around 85% of people with support needs in Germany and Austria grow old at home. Christine Freymuth from the Kuratorium Deutsche Altershilfe explains how caring communities can improve local support.

A new guide from Familie & Beruf Management GmbH shows how care and work can be better reconciled in everyday life and what concrete measures companies can take to achieve this. This is urgently needed because more and more people...

International Women's Day is one of those days when women are discussed, analyzed and applauded. For free care work, for example. However, this system is just beginning to topple - just at a time when we have a greater need....

People who need medication in Germany rarely think about how fragile the supply has become. This is exactly what the pharmacists are drawing attention to on March 23. We explain why.

Often all it takes is a minor incident - such as a fire in the distribution box around the corner - and the power is cut in the neighborhood. Nicolas Tobaben explains the basics that make us capable of acting...

Crises don't affect everyone equally: for older, vulnerable people and households where care is provided at home, these incidents can quickly become existential. We spoke to experts about what you should look out for.

The most important buffer is often not technology, but relationships and networks: An interview with Sr. Cornelia on the most important basics of crisis management.

Christoph Sterbenz, regional secretary of the Carinthian Civil Protection Association, has seen for years how many people struggle with prevention. In this interview, he explains why a family emergency plan must always be tailored to individual life situations and why...

More concept and planning, instead of the principle: Someone out there will take care of it. In an interview, Elisabeth Potzmann explains why effective crisis management requires a nursing register and disaster nurses as clearly designated disaster care providers.

In the book "In my world", Bruno talks to his grandfather about life, transience, grief and loss. The touching book by author Sabine Bohlmann invites us to reflect together, with beautiful graphics by Simona Ceccarelli.