50 years of care with heart: BRK celebrates great anniversary in Weiden!

Am 6. Juli 2025 feierte der BRK Kreisverband Weiden und Neustadt das 50-jährige Bestehen der Ambulanten Pflege mit Ehrungen und Festakt.
On July 6, 2025, the BRK district association Weiden and Neustadt celebrated the 50th anniversary of outpatient care with honors and ceremony. (Symbolbild/MW)

50 years of care with heart: BRK celebrates great anniversary in Weiden!

Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Deutschland - A truly festive day was July 6, 2025 for outpatient care in the BRK district association Weiden and Neustadt an der Waldnaab. The 50th anniversary was celebrated with an atmospheric ceremony. Despite summer heat and simultaneous events, the celebration was well attended. Oberpfalz currently reports that district managing director Sandro Galitzdörfer opened the celebrations and numerous current and former employees, patients as well Were present guests.

In her speech, nursing director Tina Hösl looked back on the beginnings of outpatient care, which was founded in 1975 under the direction of Hans Sollfrank and Wally Zwick. What started as a small facility at the time today developed into a company with around 100 employees and around 450 cared for patients. The history of the house is an exciting journey that had to withstand many challenges, including strict winter inserts and the corona pandemic.

a review and awards

In the past 50 years there have also been a change of leadership. According to Hans Sollfrank, Adolf Dendorfer and Franz Rath, followed by Edeltraud Sperber. Sandro Galitzdörfer has played the role of the district manager since 2017 and receives support from Josef Ott and Andreas Wöhrl. The nursing management switched over the years from Wally Zwick to Christa Scheck, Elisabeth Geuß, Martina Günther and today Tina Hösl and Nicole Roder.

The BRK companions were particularly honored. Wally Zwick, Edeltraud Sperber and Franz Rath. The honors for many years of engagement in outpatient care also come from other celebrations, such as the one in Lobkowitz-Schloss, where district administrator Andreas Meier praised the commitment of volunteers and pointed out the importance of the volunteer. Oberpfalz Echo also reported to members with 25, 40 and even 50 years of service.

The future of care in view

With an ongoing digitization process and the aim of maintaining the high quality of care, everyone is looking forward to a promising future. In the last exams, outpatient care received the top grade 1.0, which underlines the quality of care. The basic values ​​that lead the team - cohesion, respect, responsibility and also a little humor - are of central importance.

The physical well-being of the guests provided grill and crepe stands as well as homemade cakes from employees. An all -round successful day, which gives hope that outpatient care will continue to accompany many patients with heart, competence and energy. The reporting on the development of nursing, especially the historical perspectives, is also supported by experts like Prof.in Dr.in Anja Katharina Peters, such as dg-pfleg-wissenschaft.de

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