Health – Munich – Holetschek: Do not burden those in need of care – Bavaria
Health – Munich:Holetschek: Do not burden those in need of care
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Munich (dpa / lby) – According to Bavaria’s Health Minister Klaus Holetschek (CSU), the collective wage obligation in care facilities that will apply from September should not burden those in need of care. “It is clear that additional costs for standard wages must be taken into account in the remuneration negotiations. However, the resulting additional costs must not be passed on to those in need of care in the form of higher care-related personal contributions,” he said on Wednesday in Munich. Long-term care insurance should make a significant contribution to securing the financial risk so that it is unlikely that future generations will be expressly burdened.
Holetschek called the collective wage obligation a single step. Good care and good staff can only be achieved through payment and attractive framework conditions. He sees the federal government as having a duty. They must take immediate measures so that care facilities can continue to operate economically and that those in need of care and their families do not get into financial difficulties. He called for the willingness of society as a whole to invest more money in nursing care. In addition, more people should be encouraged to work in nursing.
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