The individual needs and desires of older individuals are the focus of a new study from the Berlin Institute. How are our values changing in a time of demographic change – and what does this mean for our approach to death and dying?

How can we control our anxious thoughts? What will enable us to thrive in a crisis? What gives us strength? ACT e.V., a Berlin-based educational initiative, is creating solidarity and interpersonal connection during the pandemic, both within and beyond its acting groups. Together, its members are establishing long-distance connections that will counteract social isolation and suffocating boredom.

Around nine million people in Germany rely on help at home every day – mobile outpatient services take on only a small proportion of these tasks. In order to provide relief to the also often elderly family members during the corona crisis, «deinNachbar e. V.» from Munich now supports other organisations and local authorities nationwide in placing volunteer helpers exactly when and where they are needed.

The Friends of Waldorf Education have set up an emergency hotline for children, adolescents and parents to cope mentally with the coronavirus crisis. The nationwide hotline can be reached daily by calling 0721-680786622. The confidential phone counselling support is provided during the pandemic in cooperation with the outpatient clinic for emergency pedagogy at the Parzival Zentrum Karlsruhe and the outpatient clinic for emergency pedagogy in Munich – Tessin gGmbH.  ...

Social farming combines organic agriculture with social therapy, nature pedagogy, and other experiential fields. A master’s thesis is examining its health-promoting value, using the organic farm Hofgut Oberfeld in Darmstadt as a case study. SAGST is a long-time supporter of the farm’s establishment and expansion.