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The state is promoting over 80 new care places to provide relief in the region
The Baden-Württemberg state government is funding new care places with two million euros to relieve the burden on relatives and people in need of care.
The state is promoting over 80 new care places to provide relief in the region
In Baden-Württemberg, more than 600,000 people are dependent on care, with 85 percent of them being cared for in private households. What is particularly noteworthy is that around 65 percent of those cared for at home rely exclusively on the support of relatives. This has prompted the state government to take measures to support family caregivers. On October 14, 2025, Social and Health Minister Manne Lucha announced in Stuttgart that a total of around two million euros would flow into facilities in the districts of Heilbronn, Rastatt, Esslingen and Ludwigsburg.
The main aim of this funding is to relieve the burden on family carers and to stabilize the home care environment. In 2025, the focus will be on the creation and further development of day and short-term care offerings. In total, this initiative will create 80 new care places, including 65 day care places and 15 short-term care places, in order to address the existing challenges in care.
Innovations in care
The Care Innovation Program promotes new types of care and care models to enable people in need of care to live a self-determined life at home. Short-term care plays a central role because it helps to relieve and stabilize home care situations. Around three million euros are earmarked for the 2025 funding program for the expansion of short-term, night and day care services. In 2024, the state government will provide around 6.3 million euros to significantly improve supply structures.
The past few years have shown that there is a need for additional nursing places. As part of the funding rounds, for example, 14 day and short-term care projects were supported with around 6.2 million euros in 2023. These initiatives have resulted in the creation of around 100 new places. In previous years, the focus was always on the promotion and further development of short-term care as well as day and night care. From 2022 and 2021, numerous projects were launched that are aimed at caring relatives, volunteers and professional nursing staff.
The intention behind these extensive support measures is clear: the state government wants to strengthen outpatient care and, in particular, relieve the burden on caring relatives. In conclusion, it can be said that these steps are not only necessary to cope with demographic change, but also help to sustainably improve the quality of life of people in need of care and their relatives. Information about the funded projects and their progress is available on the state government and ministry websites.
For further details on supporting caring relatives and innovative approaches to care, please visit the website Baden-Württemberg and Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Social Affairs.