Overview
- In phone comments quoted by Bild and relayed by Promiflash, the actress said she can no longer see and described herself as blind.
- FOCUS Online reports she receives only a small pension, which her friend says rules out a nursing home or a full‑time paid caregiver.
- Schnitzler, who shares the home, says she assists with daily tasks and reads correspondence that van Bergen can no longer answer herself.
- The pair met decades ago in prison, a longstanding relationship now central to her informal care, according to the coverage.
- Van Bergen’s situation follows a long career with more than 200 screen credits and a 2009 win on RTL’s Dschungelcamp, as noted in the reports.