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Stuttgart / Berlin (dpa / lsw) - The Association of Private Providers of Social Services (bpa) is sounding the alarm: The corona test obligation for visitors to nursing homes, which has been in force since Monday (January 18), is bringing the facilities to the limit of their capacities, said Stefan Kraft, Head of the bpa office in Stuttgart.
The three times a week - instead of twice - testing of employees as well as testing of external parties such as craftsmen aggravated the situation.
"We can no longer do that," said Kraft of the German press agency in Stuttgart.
All help from soldiers to members of the rescue services to volunteers is urgently needed.
The use of permanent staff would affect the care of the elderly.
According to the association, 4,000 homes are organized in the bpa nationwide, 340 of them in Baden-Württemberg.
Kraft's colleague in Berlin also finds it difficult for the association members to implement the new rules.
Bpa Federal Managing Director Herbert Mauel would like more rules for implementing the mandatory test for visitors.
"We feel a little alone," he said.
The Baden-Württemberg ordinance reads: "The facilities must offer visitors and external persons the implementation of the test."
In addition, visitors must wear FFP2 or comparable masks.
Mauel thinks that in order to avoid discussions, the corona regulations of the federal states could have listed exemplary scenarios for the reduction of the smears.
For example, certain test times per day could have been named.
This would limit spontaneous visits, but avoid serious gaps in supply for the residents due to the withdrawal of care staff.
There could be no question of general visitor restrictions, Mauel emphasized.
The situation cannot be relaxed by hiring employees for the tests.
The market for nurses has been swept empty.
Mauel: "It's not about arbitrariness in dealing with visitors, but about the sensible use of a scarce resource."
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