Updates on the "Pflege 2030" model project
Conclusion of “Pflege 2030”: Model project presents practical handbook for the nursing of the future
Munich, July 8, 2026 – After three and a half years of intensive development, testing, and research, the "Pflege 2030" pilot project was officially concluded on July 8, 2026, with a closing event at the Korian Haus Karlsfeld care facility in the Dachau district. At the same time, the project partners presented a modular practical handbook that summarizes the project's key findings and is intended to serve as a practical guide for inpatient care facilities in implementing staffing levels, digitalization, and organizational development.
Focus on Pflege 2030 – an interview with Korian CEO Christian Gharieb in care konkret
The nursing home of the future is a task for society as a whole. Christian Gharieb, CEO of Korian Deutschland GmbH, is convinced of this. In an interview with the magazine care konkret, he talks about the model project "Pflege 2030", about innovation, securing skilled workers, and how care can be designed to be humane, sustainable, and future-proof.
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Technology check with an active care team – article in the nursing home
The "Pflege 2030" project, specifically the section on technology checks, was featured in the December 2024 issue of Altenheim magazine. Read the article here.
Pflege 2030 meets Europe – How a model project creates new perspectives
On June 23, 2025, an international delegation visited the model facility Haus Curanum Karlsfeld as part of the Pflege 2030 project. The excursion was organized by the province of North Brabant (Netherlands), High Tech NL Robotics, and Odense Robotics (Denmark).
Bavaria's State Minister for Health, Care and Prevention, Judith Gerlach, visits the "Pflege 2030" model facility Haus Curanum Karlsfeld
Munich, November 27, 2024 – Judith Gerlach, Bavaria's State Minister for Health, Care and Prevention, visited the Haus Curanum Karlsfeld care facility in the Dachau district yesterday to learn about the progress of the "Pflege 2030" pilot project. Funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Health, Care and Prevention and initiated by the Korian Foundation for Care and Dignified Aging, the project is testing how digital care technologies and a new staffing assessment procedure can improve the quality of care in inpatient facilities in the long term.
Korian Foundation: First interim report on the funded model project "Pflege 2030"
Munich, December 7, 2023 – One year after the start of the “Pflege 2030” project, the Korian Foundation for Care and Dignified Aging presents a first interim report at the “Haus Curanum Karlsfeld” care facility in the district of Dachau.
The "Pflege 2030" model project – in real time
Read the full article from the 4th edition of Pflege Management 2023 here.
New approaches to nursing care. The "Pflege 2030" project remains exciting.
Read the full article from the 3rd issue of Korian aktuell from August 2023 here.
The staffing assessment procedure is being tested in real-time operation.
Read the full article from the 35th issue of Care Konkret, dated September 1, 2023, here.
Pflege 2030 at the 2023 Elderly Care Trade Fair
Nuremberg, April 25–27, 2023 – Three exciting and interesting days at the Altenpflege trade fair 2023, Germany's most important trade fair for the care sector. The Korian Foundation for Care and Dignified Aging was there together with its project partners to present the "Pflege 2030" project.
The country needs a new approach to care: Article in Korian Aktuell
Read the full article about the Pflege 2030 model project from the 1st issue (February 2023) of Korian Aktuell here.
The future of care in a pilot project: Article about Pflege 2030 in Care Konkret
Read the full article from the 5th issue of Care Konkret, dated February 3, 2023, here.
Pflege 2030: Korian Foundation and Bavarian Ministry of Health launch model project in a care facility in Karlsfeld
Munich/Karlsfeld, December 19, 2022 – A model project for the future of care, entitled “Pflege 2030”, is starting today at the Haus Curanum inpatient care facility in Karlsfeld.
Our project partners
For the "Pflege 2030" model project, the Korian Foundation for Care and Dignified Aging and Korian Deutschland GmbH are collaborating with the University of Bremen (Prof. Heinz Rothgang) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS. The three-year project is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention.
