Geriatronics confronts the problems of demographic change and the shortage of nursing staff
As can be seen in the figures from the Federal Statistical Office, the proportion of older people in society continues to rise due to increasing life expectancy.
At the same time, the number of people employed in care professions is falling drastically. Also according to the Federal Statistical Office, the demand for trained and untrained care workers could double by 2050 - in an extreme case even to 1.5 million care workers in full-time employment. Looking at it another way, the forecast is as follows: in the best case scenario, there will be a shortage of 280,000 nursing staff in 25 years, in the worst case 670,000.
Over the past five years, the team at the Geriatronics Research Center has been working hard to find solutions to this structural problem. The researchers' most famous development to date is the care assistant robot GARMI, whose aim is to become a universal care assistant for everyday use.
