Around 80% of people in need of care in Austria are cared for at home by relatives. They are there for others every day and make an extremely valuable social contribution. Caring for a relative is often associated with uncertainty, but also with physical and psychological stress. On the national day of action for caring relatives, the Geriatric Health Centers of the City of Graz (GGZ), together with the interest group of caring relatives and politicians, drew attention to these people at a press conference.
Family is the largest nursing service in Austria
If a family member suffers from dementia or their partner is diagnosed with cancer, relatives suddenly become carers. Caring relatives are still the largest group of people in the area of nursing care. Every day, in secret, they take on an enormously important role for society as a whole and our healthcare system, usually without professional support.
Support carers
Support services are necessary so that carers do not reach physical and psychological limits. Approaches such as the pilot project for the employment of caring relatives in the city of Graz, support services from the interest group of caring relatives and courses for care at home in the Albert Schweitzer Training Center of the GGZ are already in place, but more comprehensive offers are needed that are tailored to this are adapted to the respective care situation. The day of action also aims to bring support offers closer to caring relatives.
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