Financial deficit

Caritas hands over nursing home in Admont to private owners

The nursing home in Admont is located right next to the pilgrimage church.(Bild: Caritas)

Changes at the nursing home in Frauenberg (municipality of Admont): Caritas is handing over the home to a private operator on November 1. However, nothing will change for staff and residents, it is emphasized.

First the announced closure of the dementia day center in Graz, then the withdrawal from the mobile care sector (which will be taken over by Volkshilfe) - now Styrian Caritas is implementing yet another change in the care sector: The home in Frauenberg (municipality of Admont) will be handed over to a private operator on November 1: the Mavida Group from Carinthia.

The 30 employees and 36 residents have been informed in the past few days; nothing will change for them. There is a one-year protection against dismissal for the staff. "The predominant feeling was relief that things are continuing after rumors of a closure had caused unrest," says Caritas.

Pandemic, difficult structural substance, staff shortage
Caritas President Nora Tödtling-Musenbichler explains the background: "We took over the care home from Admont Abbey at the beginning of 2020 - just before the difficult coronavirus pandemic began. It has a difficult structure with three floors." This means more staff are needed. In addition, the state's standard cost model, which is based on 70 beds, puts small homes at a financial disadvantage.

A financial deficit therefore remains, in addition to the constant lack of staff. After four years, the decision was made: "We are returning the home to the foundation." It has found a new sponsor in Mavida. "A good solution," says Tödtling-Musenbichler.

Other residential care homes remain
The 15 other Caritas care homes in Styria with 850 employees will remain, she assures us. A new location can also be envisaged in the Liezen district in particular - as a kind of replacement for Rottenmann. The home there has been uninhabitable since water damage a year ago and is no longer likely to be renovated by the municipality.