Day care appeals to people who are looking for social contacts and employment, for example after a stay in hospital or rehabilitation, when those affected need a strengthening or activation of their abilities in order to be able to cope with the problems of everyday life as independently as possible.
Who profits the most from 1-day care, in my insignificant opinion:
For seniors who are doing well, who do not want to be alone, but rather in company or even want to do something with others, an institution such as a retirement home or 1-day care may be a good solution. This is certainly an option, especially for single people without children or other family connections.
For people who need regular support in caring for relatives, be it to relieve themselves or because they no longer have time reserves due to their professional activity, the solution is often day or night care. Many relatives desperately fall back on such offers. Relatives who are burnt out and seek relief, work full-time, live miles away or, for whatever reason, prefer not to take care of their relatives, benefit from the time-out that a good 1-day care brings with it. If the facilities are less good, however, the bad conscience remains, which could destroy the recovery time.
But is day or night care also a suitable solution for people who need regular care? Unfortunately, there are not many services, facilities or residences for this group of people that have well-trained personnel and at the same time an optimal personnel key to ensure the enormous amount of time spent by those affected. However, as a relative you can only be sure that your relatives are in good hands. But good personnel is still scarce and expensive. Even if the care insurance companies pay for part of the costs depending on the level of care, I know from my own experience that this is not enough back and front, especially for people with higher levels of care. Unless you are so well-off and can pay the difference for good accommodation out of your own pocket. For the normal Otto consumer, however, the vicious circle of a bad conscience and more free time or more work and more money to pay for care closes here, and no longer has to care for relatives around the clock. As my father used to say: „Better rich and healthy than old and sick“.
The question remains whether an old people’s home or a nursing home would be the better solution – but probably not!
