This does not reflect the general reality of German nursing homes at all. My experience with them is that most of them are just very grim places where old people are put to die quickly. The average time an elderly person lives in a nursing home in Germany is 2 years. That alone says a lot. It’s a profitable industry driven by overworked low-income workers. And it’s very expensive, even for the most basic of nursing homes. Having witnessed these horrors personally it makes me angry to read propaganda like this. Sure, there might be places where elderly are treated like this, but only if you can afford it. The vast majority of nursing homes are hell-holes. Germany can’t teach the world anything about good care for elderly people.

I agree. The Nursin Home from the article cost you about 3000 € a Month. Its not comparable to the shitholes normal people have to die in that I’ve worked in.

That’s a regular price for a basic nursing home as far as I know. We paid 3500 per month (7000 for two parents) for a nursing home that looked good at first but turned out to be horrible. Due to what I would call criminal negligence they both died after 1 1/2 years.

3500€ is like twice the average pension and more than normal people earn a month in Germany.

Also in Germany, there is a lot of negligence in nursing homes. I also wouldn’t trust NatGeo on info about Europe anymore.

If you want a reliable source about how things are in Europe, try DW (Deutsche Welle).

twice the average pension and more than normal people earn a month in Germany.

I know, but that’s the effective cost. You can get financial assistance though, it depends on things like “Pflegegrad” and other factors. But still, the system is horribly broken.