Care living

Between January 2019 and February 2021, this facility was part of the pilot project "Queer in old age - opening up elderly care facilities for the LGBTIQ* target group" led by the Arbeiterwohlfahrt Bundesverband e.V. and implemented together with six AWO pilot locations across Germany and funded by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth. Two outpatient and four fully inpatient AWO elderly care facilities took part as model locations. From the outset, the pilot project was supported by an advisory project committee, which also included various nationwide self-representation organisations of the queer communities, such as the Bundesinteressenvertretung schwuler Senioren e.V., the umbrella organisation Lesben und Alter e.V., the Federal Association of Intersexual People, the Federal Association of Trans* e.V. BiNe - Bisexual Network e.V. As part of the project, further training and practical support was offered to staff at the model locations.