There is a lack of staff – no shelter for 100-year-old woman from the Mühlviertel

Is that society’s gratitude for a 100-year-old? The relatives of the elderly woman from the Mühlviertel were desperate to find a foster home for her mother. The current solution is limited to three weeks.

The inhabitant of Freistadt lived independently in her apartment for up to a hundred years. The children living in Linz, who are 75 and 70 years old, regularly visited them and supplied them with groceries because their mother did not want to leave the house anymore. June 20, 2022 everything changed. Maria K. had an unfortunate fall, broke her coccyx, is in severe pain and can only lie down. The woman from Freistadt was released from hospital on Monday. Even before that it was clear that she could no longer live completely alone. needs care.

The family went into battle in search of a foster family – in the Mühlviertel, in Linz and the surrounding area. “In some houses, beds are available, but there is a lack of staff,” says Karin S., the son’s partner. For cost reasons, 24-hour care is not an option. “We also thought about temporary shelter. The family would have been merged if you had been guaranteed that there would be a permanent shelter afterwards.”

Currently home care, but not a permanent condition
Maria K., who was widowed early and raised two children on her own, is currently cared for by her family in their apartment in Freistadt. Daughter and son alternate. A nursing bed had already been ordered to be delivered to the son’s small apartment in Linz, where he would then take care of the mother. Roman K. was a nurse for 30 years. On Tuesday there was a first small glimmer of hope for the family. A bed is available for Maria K. in the Lasberg nursing home for three weeks. “From that moment on, we’ll see how it goes. We just hope she can stay,” says Karin S.