When it comes to care for the elderly, Burgenland is promoting a decentralized approach. The youngest residential and nursing home is located in Schandorf – with a special concept.
The first residents have been moving in since February, there are currently over 40 – yesterday the nursing competence center in Schandorf was inaugurated. With numerous representatives from politics, from the Samaritan Association, residents and relatives. There is room for a total of 60 long-term and up to six short-term care places, and it is also the first trilingual nursing home in Burgenland – with German, Croatian and Hungarian. “Werner Gabriel, mayor at the time, was very persistent,” recalls Governor Hans Peter Doskozil. “As you can now see, he had this excellent idea for the small community.” “Place of connection” The center is run by the Samaritan Association, President Franz Schnabl: “It is a place of connection and encounter with regional anchoring.” And, as Mayor Bernhard Herics explains, brings an increase of 25 percent in main residences to 336. The Burgenland – decentralized – way, also with the care support model, seems innovative and future-oriented.
