Overview

• Health Minister Nina Warken pledged to halt the rapid increase after vdek data showed average resident contributions jumped to €3,108 per month as of July 1.
• Warken urged state governments to relax stringent construction and investment regulations that are driving up facility costs and being passed on to residents.
• A federal-state reform commission, convened by Warken, is due to deliver systemic overhaul proposals for the Soziale Pflegeversicherung by the end of the year.
• Patient groups have demanded immediate settlement of €5.5 billion in corona-related debts, payment of €3.5 billion in carers’ pension contributions and full public funding of care-home investments, while the ASB insists on a legal cap on co-payments and rejects mandatory supplemental insurance.
• Regional senior councils warn that escalating fees are turning nursing-home care into a luxury good, pushing low-income seniors toward poverty and social assistance.