The proportion of the migrant population in the over-65 age category is increasing in a similar way to the non-immigrant population in this age group. Back on 31/12/2018, there were already 3,000 foreigners aged over 65 living in Leverkusen. The guide for senior citizens (Senior*innenwegweiser) issued by the City of Leverkusen (Stadt Leverkusen) provides an overview of general, outpatient and inpatient services for the elderly.
Guide for senior citizens in Leverkusen (PDF)
General services
We list below countless meeting and social centres run by independent agencies for older people. Apart from offering social interaction, they also provide a wide range of advisory services on matters of relevance to the elderly:
Doktorsburg
House for the Elderly
Rathenaustraße 63, 51373 Leverkusen
Phone: 0214 / 3106721
AWO-Begegnungsstätte u. Beratungsstelle für Senioren und ihre Angehörigen (Meeting and Counselling Centre for Senior Citzens and their Relatives)
(AWO Kreisverband Leverkusen)
Königsberger Platz 28, 51371 Leverkusen
Phone: 0214 / 23153 und 8202597
Seniorenbegegnungsstätte (Senior Citizens' Meeting Centre) „Am Aquila-Park“
(Evangelische Altenheime des Diakonischen Werkes gGmbH)
Robert-Blum-Straße 15, 51373 Leverkusen
Phone: 0214 / 69294
ATS Begegnungsstätte im Wohnpark Bürgerbusch (Meeting Centre at Bürgerbusch Residential Park)
(Caritasverband Leverkusen e.V.)
Theodor-Gierath-Straße 4, 51381 Leverkusen
Phone: 0214 / 85542444
Altes Bürgermeisteramt e.V. Begegnungszentrum der Schlebuscher Bürgerinnen und Bürger (Meeting Centre for the Citizens of Schlebusch)
Bergische Landstraße 28, 51375 Leverkusen
Phone: 0214 / 503686
GBO-Begegnungsstätte Bruno-Wiefel-Haus (GBO-Meeting Centre)
Kölner Straße 100, 51379 Leverkusen
Phone: 02171 / 404030
Begegnungsstätte für Alt und Jung (Meeting Place for old and young) DRK – OV Bergisch Neukirchen
Burscheider Straße 178, 51381 Leverkusen
Phone: 02171 / 30569
Quartierszentrum Upladin (Neighbourhood Centre Upladin)
Opladener Platz 2, 51379 Leverkusen
Phone: 02171 / 408-0
DRK Seniorentreff Hitdorf im DRK-Katastrophenschutzzentrum (Senior Citizens' Meeting Center Hitdorf)
Hitdorfer Str. 61, 51371 Leverkusen
Phone: 02173 / 690148
Meeting every first and third Thursday from 4 to 6 pm
Seniorenclub im DRK-Ortsverein Opladen (Senior Citizens' Club at the DRK-local association Opladen)
Fürstenbergstraße 16–18, 51379 Leverkusen
Phone: 02171 / 397839
Every last Thursday at 3 pm at the DRK-building
Nachbarschaftscafé Mathilde (Mathilde Neighbourhood Café)
Caritasverband Leverkusen e.V.
Spandauer Straße 20, 51377 Leverkusen
Phone: 02171 / 9460380
Meeting every Monday from 9:30 to 10:30 am at Mathiastreff
Here are the contact details of welfare organisations that offer extensive services for older people and provide opportunities for volunteering:
Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Leverkusen e.V.
Phone: 0214 / 2606-0
Caritasverband Leverkusen e.V.
Phone: 0214 / 85542-0
Deutsches Rotes Kreuz – Kreisverband Leverkusen e.V.
Phone: 02171 / 4006-0
Der PARITÄTISCHE – Kreisgruppe Leverkusen
Phone: 02171 / 949495
www.leverkusen.paritaet-nrw.org/
Diakonisches Werk Leverkusen
Phone: 0214 / 382-70
Assisted living is a type of housing with services that enable older people to live an individual and independent life while having access to the support they need where necessary:
Wohnpark Alt-Schlebusch – Caritasverband Leverkusen e.V.
Phone: 0214 / 85542-541
Wohnpark Bürgerbusch – Caritasverband Leverkusen e.V.
Phone: 0214 / 85542-541
K-plus Seniorenwohnungen
Phone: 0214 / 89290-130
CBT Wohnhaus Upladin
Phone: 02171 / 408-0
Arbeiterwohlfahrt – Kreisverband Leverkusen e.V.
Phone: 0214 / 2606257
Outpatient and inpatient services
Help and care at home or in an institution
Older people who wish to stay in their own homes need appropriate support services. Good information and advice from the relevant contact points in the city is needed to arrange medical alarms, meal services, home help, taxi services and, not least, outpatient care in one’s own home. Outpatient care services and social centres offer comprehensive and professional home-based geriatric and nursing care. The alternatives are day care, short-term care and full-time inpatient care. The respective forms of care can provide tangible respite from caring roles for family members, right up to full-time care when it is no longer possible to care for the elderly person in their own home.
The City of Leverkusen (Stadt Leverkusen) offers services and information for senior citizens in particular in various departments:
Fachbereich Soziales (Department of Social Affairs)
Independent advice on care and living options
Phone: 0214 / 406-5058
Phone: 0214 / 406-5068
Phone: 0214 / 406-5423
Phone: 0214 / 406-5413
Email:
Appointments by arrangement, home visits also if required
Fachbereich Soziales (Department of Social Affairs)
Counselling Centre for Disabled People
Phone: 0214 / 406-5064
Email:
Fachbereich Soziales (Department of Social Affairs)
Disability Law
Phone: 0214 / 406-5032
Email:
Fachbereich Soziales (Department of Social Affairs)
WTG-Behörde (Heimaufsicht) (WTG-Authority Home Supervision)
Phone: 0214 / 406-5007
Email:
Further advice on care is available here:
AWO Begegnungsstätte und Beratungsstelle für Senioren und ihre Angehörigen (meeting place and advice centre for senior citizens and their families)
(ArbeiterwohlfahrtKreisverband Leverkusen e.V. (Worker’s Welfare Association of Leverkusen))
Phone: 0214 / 8202597
Ambulante Dienste Caritasverband Leverkusen e.V. (outpatient services)
Outpatient care
Phone: 0214 / 85542-440
Financial assistance
People are in need of care if they have had a considerable need for everyday assistance for at least six months. Nursing care insurance through the statutory health insurance system takes effect here, with corresponding benefits adapted according to the assistance needs. However, old-age basic income support and housing benefit are also available if living costs cannot be covered by one’s own income. The Department of Social Affairs (Fachbereich Soziales) of the City of Leverkusen (Stadt Leverkusen) can be contacted with regard to this.
Stadt Leverkusen – Soziale Leistungen
Fax: 0214 / 406-5008
Email:
