Nursing home and home care services in 2021 In 2021, no increase in nursing home personnel for first time since 2006
By 2022, almost half of all nursing homes were privately owned
11.11.2022 - Nursing home personnel represented 100 361 full-time equivalent jobs in 2021, a decline of 0.2% compared with 2020. Between 2006 and 2020, employment in this sector saw continuous and steady average annual growth of 2.5%. In 2021, activity picked up with more new admissions than before 2020, a year marked by an exceptional number of deaths in nursing homes. At 89.6%, the occupancy rate is struggling to return to pre-pandemic values (2019): 94%), according to the Statistics on Nursing Homes and Home Care Services from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO).
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