Nursing emergency

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Nursing emergency is a political or professional catchphrase in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. It denotes an acute shortage of staff, especially in the care institutions . It was used for the first time in the 1960s and 1970s in the Federal Republic of Germany when, due to the expansion of the hospitals there, many foreign nursing staff were deployed to avert massive staff shortages.

The staff shortage prevailing in the years after 2000 is largely due to the financing system of the homes and social centers . In Germany, this is closely related to long-term care insurance . Existing staff cannot be employed either.

The term care emergency also criticizes the inadequate health policy responses to this situation. Demographic change, poor working conditions in the care sector, below-average salaries, the influence of temporary employment agencies, the trend towards inpatient care and the fact that more and more relatives are ceasing their care activities are named as the main drivers of the care emergency.

Neither long-term care insurance in Germany nor the long-term care allowance in Austria cover the costs of permanent home care . For this reason, a new type of labor migrant emerged : the care migrant from abroad, who is often employed in an illegal job . In Germany mainly Polish women , in Austria Slovak women under unregulated working conditions and for low wages in home care.

2013/2014 Care on the ground campaign

To express the opinion that the situation for nurses had tightened considerably in the past decade, making since October 2013 in Germany every month always on the second Saturday Flashmobs or Smartmobs on "care on the ground" to the nursing crisis closely. Care on the ground is an association, independent of political parties, trade unions and professional associations, of people who work in the care professions or caring relatives and people who care about care. By February 2015, people had participated in the events in 171 cities across Germany.

In the spring of 2018, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced a comprehensive emergency program against the staff shortage in view of the intensification of work that had taken place in clinics and nursing homes in recent years.

Current situation

For years, the situation in care facilities and hospitals has resembled an emergency .

In October 2018, the NDR reported on the nursing emergency at a children's clinic in Hanover . Although doctors and infrastructure were in place, the transfer of partly seriously ill patients from other clinics to the children's clinic for care had to be refused due to a lack of nursing staff. In 2017, the MHH was unable to accept 417 children for treatment.

In view of the care emergency, the Federal Health, Federal Family and Federal Labor Ministries launched a concerted care campaign in July 2018 .

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  1. ↑ Nursing emergency - cause, outlook and solutions. In: Careloop. June 29, 2020, accessed on July 6, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ The flash mob "Care is on the ground" ( memento from March 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on FrauTV on January 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Spahn promises significantly more caregivers. In: Spiegel online. April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ NDR: Everyday life in the children's intensive care unit at the MHH. Retrieved October 21, 2018 .
  5. ^ NDR: Nursing emergency calls Minister on the scene . ( ndr.de [accessed on October 21, 2018]).
  6. ^ Concerted Action Care. In: Glossary. Federal Ministry of Health, June 4, 2019, accessed on September 22, 2019 .