Is there a need for a New Deal for care? Panel discussion on April 27th at the leading trade fair ALTENPFLEGE / live stream
24.04.2023 15:59
The Care Support and Relief Act (PUEG) passed the cabinet - but not without further cuts. Does the urgently needed 'Law for Support and Relief in Care' deserve its name?
“The federal government's previous reform approaches do not provide any answers to the pressing questions of demographic stability and the future viability of nursing care, completely ignore the economically explosive and existence-threatening situation of many nursing facilities and do not even include the measures decided in the traffic light government's coalition agreement to relieve the burden on those in need of care and provide financial security of nursing care insurance,” says Norbert Grote, Managing Director of the Federal Association of Private Providers of Social Services, and adds. “The existential economic threats to care facilities are becoming a problem for society as a whole.”
Leading experts from associations will discuss what a sustainable care reform, a “New Deal” for care, should look like on the third day of the ALTENPFLEGE trade fair.
The panel with leading experts from the professional associations
“We need fundamental flexibility in performance law, responsibility and creative freedom for companies, the preservation of economic business operations and a reduction in control bureaucracy,” demands Thomas Knieling, Managing Director of the German Association for the Elderly and Disabled (VDAB). Other experts on the podium are Norbert Grote, Managing Director of the Federal Association of Private Providers of Social Services (bpa) and Claus Bölicke, Head of the Health, Age and Disability Department in the AWO Federal Association and member of the Federal Association of Independent Welfare Associations. V. (BAGFW). The BAGW advocates a new “overall concept instead of small-scale bureaucratic manipulation of facilities and services”, including strengthening home care for relatives and relatives as well as more support offers.
Sabine König, Member of the board of the Southeast regional association of the German Professional Association for Nursing Professions (DBfK) and managing director of the visit group, will report from practice on the situation in practical training and the current wave of insolvencies, as well as on cash negotiations and the implementation of collective wages.
moderators are Luke Sander, Editor-in-Chief Home Care and Steve Schrader, editor-in-chief Altenheim & care concrete, both Vincentz Network, the leading publisher in the care sector and organizer of the leading trade fair.
The schedule on April 27th in the NürnbergMesse and in the live stream
- 10:00: Introduction, introduction of the speakers
- 10:10: Opening statement from the association representatives, perspectives for solutions
- 10.35: Discussion – Is Germany heading into a nursing emergency? Is the big wave of bankruptcy coming? What is needed now to improve the economic situation of providers?
- 10.50: Discussion – How dramatic is the shortage of skilled workers? What needs to be done about it? How satisfied are nursing employees? How do measures such as PeBeM and collective bargaining compliance regulations work in practice? Can digitalization help?
- 11.05: Discussion – What expectations do the associations have of politics? What does the PUEG bring? How should the regulation to curb temporary work be assessed?
- 11.15: New Deal in care: What needs to be done to make care future-proof and to ensure security of supply even as the number of people in need of care increases? What needs to be done in order to have enough qualified and committed staff in the facilities in the future?
- 11.30: Moderation and closing remarks
The discussion will also allow questions from the audience.
The live stream will be broadcast on the ALTENPFLEGE homepage from 10 a.m.: Live stream here.