Kontaktstelle PflegeEngagement Marzahn-Hellersdorf
We support social commitment, self-help and neigbourhood initiatives in the area of home care. Most of the people, even people who are in need of care, want to be independent and live in their familiar surroundings. To enable this, the contact centre PflegeEngagement supports people in need of care of all ages and lighten the load of family carers and lonely elderly people living alone. These people are connected with people open to help and volunteer. The most important tasks and targets are improving the living situation of people in need of care, strengthen volunteering structures and reinforce self-help as well as cooperate with the different stakeholders like family members, care facilities and care services.
About Kontaktstelle PflegeEngagement Marzahn-Hellersdorf
Target group(s)
Relatives providing care, people living alone and in need of care.
People who are willing to make voluntary social commitments for this target group
Founding year
Paid staff
Funding
We are funded by the State of Berlin, the Senate Administration for Health, Nursing and Equality, the regional associations of nursing care insurance funds in Berlin and the Association of Private Health Insurance Companies.
Objectives
Promotion of self-help in the area of home care; creating offers to support and relieve caring relatives, these are mainly accompanied discussion groups for caring relatives as well as visiting and accompanying service by volunteers. Promotion of neighbourhood help; organisation of neighbourhood initiatives.
Your support helps
Volunteers in the visiting and accompanying service relieve the burden on relatives providing care; they give time and work against the loneliness and social isolation of people with special care needs.
Volunteers accompany and moderate discussion groups for family carers, exercise and leisure activities and neighbourhood initiatives.
