Social - Up to 45 Degrees: Verdi Survey Shows Extreme Heat Exposure in Nursing Homes

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Temperature records in nursing homes and large fires in NRW – but heat protection often fails due to the competency struggle. The SPD now makes a proposal.

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In some nursing homes it gets dangerously hot: Employees have measured temperatures of up to 45 degrees during a Verdi survey. Effective countermeasures are already considered necessary from 30 degrees onwards.

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According to trade union reports, many nurses and home residents experience temperatures this summer that violate health and safety laws and are hazardous to health.

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A Verdi survey shows terrifying conditions in German care facilities. The high temperatures are therefore partly life-threatening for residents and unbearable for the staff. The union even reports of suspected deaths due to the heat.