Welcome 

Honoured Ladies and Gentlemen,
Dear Colleagues,


The 12th E.D.E. Congress in Prague will deal with the taboos in long-term care: "care light", residents vs. costs, death and dying, violence and sexuality in care homes.

People who live and work in care facilities often run up against these and other taboos, without ever having a chance to address them adequately. Largely ignored by society, these questions are thus frequently avoided in the homes themselves: what is care for the elderly and the needy worth, how do we want to be cared for in our old age, how do we want to live as elderly people?

Yet these taboos must be addressed, to sow the seeds for a dignified life in old age and to work out forward-looking solutions to the problems in long-term care.

I cordially invite you to join us in Prague on 29 September, 2011.


Prof. Dr. Wilfried Schlüter
President of the E.D.E.