Monika (53) wholeheartedly looks after old people and gives them what they really want in addition to care, time, attention and attention.
Monika has time. Over a cup of coffee, she listens to worries, helps fill in forms and has no problem going shopping for her seniors in distress or running the dog. As head of her company "Senior Care and Nursing", she and her 14 employees look after over 60 elderly people in their apartments and houses. For Monika, who is affectionately called "Moni" by everyone, it is more than a job. It makes her happy because she loves what she does. That was not always so. Already in 2000, right after her divorce, Moni founds a nursing and care service and quickly gets to know the bitter everyday life of this industry. There is only one budget per patient. "The time is right for the bare essentials: washing, dressing, making bed. Then come on, the next 'turn', observes Monika and is always dissatisfied.
She has a different idea of how to look after people at the end of their lives. But only in her mid-forties can she show that it can be done differently. "I thought, if I want to live my ideals, then now. I did not want to bend any longer and act against my conviction. I was at an age where you want to be authentic. To stand what you do, with all your heart. That was more important to me now than earning money as quickly and easily as possible. "She is writing a new business concept that, in addition to nursing, leaves plenty of room for the personal care of her clients. In 2011, she receives the approval from the Ministry, is allowed to settle the "off-duty care" and finally has the longed-for time for her old people.
"How does she manage all this?" Monika smiles: "I do not look at the clock and not always at the billing, but at my customers. That is the whole secret."
