End of life abroad (Swiss Press Text 2017, by Andreas Schmid)

End of life abroad

NZZ am Sonntag

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2017

Andreas Schmid

Retirement and nursing homes in Eastern Europe are vying for seniors from Switzerland. Because care costs here are becoming unaffordable for many retirees, they move to Hungary, for example, in their old age, where they are cared for by German-speaking staff and find a standard of care similar to that in Switzerland. But they are far away from their relatives and their homeland. A report from Hungary.

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Andreas Schmid / Swiss Press Award

Andreas Schmid

Redaktor, Zürich, 1965

Studium Phil I (Germanistik, Publizistik, Philosophie). Abschluss 1992; 7 Jahre als Radiojournalist (Lokalradio und DRS), seit 1999 Print (Bundeshaus Südostschweiz, Facts, freiberuflich, NZZ am Sonntag, NZZ, seit 2014 wieder NZZ am Sonntag, Inlandredaktion). Hobby: Laufsport Familie: verheiratet, ein Sohn (Jahrgang 2013)

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