How family caregivers can find advice and help
When a person needs nursing and care, the question arises: who takes on this responsibility? In Austria, 80 percent of people in need of care are looked after and cared for at home by their loved ones. Relatives take on a wide variety of tasks: They often run important errands, take care of meals or accompany the person in need of care to examinations or other appointments. They often take on the role of caregiver themselves.
You can find a summary of useful information for family caregivers in the Caritas brochure. It contains an overview of the regulations throughout Austria.
You can access it at the following link:
Are you caring for someone at home? Then this checklist from the City of Vienna may be helpful:
Information on support and relief options can be found under the following links:
Young Carers
Young Carers are children and young people under the age of 18 who regularly care for a family member with care needs, disability or long-term illness. They take on caring tasks like adult carers relatives.
Affected children and young people as well as parents, teachers and other caregivers can find out more at the following link.
Support services for dementia
Under the following link you will find tips and information on support services for dementia
On the following page you will find multilingual information videos for 24-hour caregivers. The videos offer both caregivers and relatives of people with care needs valuable instructions and tips on how to cope with everyday life:
Last updated: June 26, 2025
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