Diakonie Center Salzburg
The Diakonie-Zentrum Salzburg is an institution of the Evangelical Diakoniewerk Gallneukirchen and includes a hospital, senior citizen work, assistance for the disabled, district-oriented social work as well as education and training in the social and health sector.
history
The history of the Diakonie-Zentrum Salzburg begins with the foundation of the Diakonissen-Krankenhaus Salzburg in 1935, when the former sanatorium Schwarzbach in Imbergstrasse in the center of Salzburg was acquired by the "Evangelical Association for Inner Mission" - today the Evangelical Diakoniewerk Gallneukirchen.
The accommodation at that time was the so-called "Saulich Schlössl", also called "Schloss Arnstein" (Imbergstrasse 31), which was owned by the Bohemian doctor Dr. Josef Schwarzbach was acquired in 1929. According to plans by Richard Bandian, the turrets and bay windows were demolished in 1931/32 in favor of a bare functional building and opened as a sanatorium in 1933. This building was recently revitalized (health center, apartments, fitness club). Nothing is left of the old residence or the additions made by the deaconesses.
The private hospital run by the deaconesses was constantly expanding, which in the 1980s led to cramped conditions. At that time, the city of Salzburg offered the Diakoniewerk a plot of land in Salzburg-Aigen - for the new construction of the hospital and a facility for the elderly. In 1994 the Diakonie-Zentrum Salzburg finally started operations in the Aigen district. In addition to the deaconess hospital, the diaconal cornerstones are the house for seniors with the Aigen day center and short-term care, mobile senior citizens' aid, the school for social care professions and a church. In 2001, the Diakonie-Zentrum's tasks were expanded to include district-oriented social work in the Aigen & Parsch, Gnigl & Schallmoos and Itzling & Elisabeth-Vorstadt resident services on behalf of the City of Salzburg. In 2006 the facility “Leopold-Pfest-Straße - Living and Support for People with Disabilities” was opened. Since 2008 the Diakonie-Zentrum Salzburg has been offering young people with disabilities or learning difficulties a job and training position at the Kulinarium Salzburg.
Fields of work
- health
- Wehrle-Diakonissen private clinic: Private clinic with focus setting (a company of the PremiQaMed Group and the Diakoniewerk).
- Therapy group : physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy and psychological counseling; Therapy center Pinzgau: Diakonie center in cooperation with Caritas : Therapy center for people with disabilities
- Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Senior work
- House for seniors : short-term care or living with integrated care, therapeutic offer (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy), psychological support and pastoral care,
- Day care in the day centers Aigen and Gnigl : day care for senior citizens
- Diakonie.mobil : hourly care and care at home
- Disability assistance
- Leopold-Pfest-Straße - Housing and funding : Housing for 30 people with disabilities
- Kulinarium Salzburg : Catering company that employs people with disabilities and learning disabilities.
- District work
- Resident service points : are a contact point and information hub for residents of all ages in the respective district; offer advice & information, interest support, improvement of infrastructure, mediation in conflicts, cultural activities, events, etc.
- Health and Social Center South : Health and social counseling, psychosocial counseling for people of all ages
- Volunteer Networks Salzburg: Model project in cooperation with the City of Salzburg; two coordinators accompany volunteers in the districts of Itzling and Elisabeth-Vorstadt as well as Aigen, Parsch, Herrnau and Salzburg Süd; they establish contacts with senior citizens who like to be visited by others
- education
- School for social care professions: training offers for work with the elderly, work with the disabled and support for the disabled
- Pastoral care
- Church in the Diakonie Center: Protestant, ecumenical and Catholic worship; Pastoral care by Protestant and Catholic Church; Voluntary visiting service in all work areas
management
Management Diakoniewerk Salzburg: Michael König