Et is late within the morning, and which means in “Haus Rheinaue”: The preparations for lunch are in full swing. Pangasius fillet is on the menu right this moment. Two staff deal with the rice and the dill sauce, two residents sit at a desk and peel potatoes, one other snips the bananas for the fruit salad. Then Hedwig Mainardt turns the nook. At this time she did not really feel like serving to with the cooking, she most well-liked to go for a stroll. She is going to clear the dishes later. She thinks it is good to assist. “What else are you speculated to do all day?”
Simply as with cooking, the residents of the care facility within the 4,000-inhabitant city of Wyhl close to Freiburg are concerned in every part: gardening, ironing, adorning. Kaspar Pfister, managing associate of the Benevit Group, to which Haus Rheinaue belongs, is satisfied that those that are wanted stay longer. He has written a complete guide on the topic. “Usually every part is taken away from the individuals within the nursing residence. As a end result, they deteriorate shortly each bodily and mentally,” he says. In Wyhl, then again, their situation typically even improves. Pfister takes a fast look: Of the present 46 residents, 19 might be downgraded to a decrease stage of care, one in three. This isn’t solely good for every particular person. It additionally reduces the prices for the long-term care insurance coverage funds.
