A comfortable new home that you can make extremely cosy with your own furniture. Dedicated, motivated staff who are happy to cater to your individual wishes and needs. New housemates for stimulating conversations, shared activities or maybe even new friendships.
Häuser zum Leben are Austria’s largest provider of retirement care. We operate a total of 30 Häuser zum Leben in Vienna with around 9,000 residential and care places and 150 retiree clubs. 5,000 dedicated staff take care of the retiree home residents and the people who attend the clubs.
We promote quality of life, social interaction and community. Our aim is to enable retirees to enjoy a self-determined life. We therefore provide a variety of residential and care options: All the services in our 30 homes are tailored to your individual needs, because everyone has different requirements for a self-determined life.
Supported living
If you are no longer able to live at home for social, health or building-related reasons, then move into one of our Häuser zum Leben. Your new apartment, your new home, will be a comfortable, relaxing place. You can use your own furniture in your new apartment (single apartment or double for couples). You can enjoy an independent life and access our care and assistance services if required (even at short notice). Our Häuser zum Leben always provide excellent care in a comfortable setting.
The following facilities are available in all our homes:
- Reception with fixed opening times
- ‘Gast.Haus’ restaurant for daily meals with a stage for events
- Markt.Platz: grocery store, kiosk, regular social meeting place and cafe
- Freshly prepared, home-made cuisine, organic juice and salad bar
- Fitness or multi-purpose rooms for leisure activities (e.g. table tennis, bowling, keep-fit, music, arts and crafts, neeldework, etc.)
- Extensive grounds and lawns
- Internet
- Library
Assisted living
Live in your own apartment in one of our Häuser zum Leben and enjoy all the comforts of supported living while also receiving individual care and support according to your pre-accessed requirements regardless of your long-term care allowance. Supported by a multi-professional team, you receive the level of care that is right for you. This allows you to be fully integrated into the social life of the home yet still have the option to withdraw if necessary. We provide special care for special needs and these can vary depending on your pre-assessed requirements. Under certain conditions, the following services are available:
Day care
Our day-care service provides assistance with everyday life – alone or in a group. We offer activities such as gardening, dancing, theatre, memory training and much more. Our aim is to foster your independence, mental and physical fitness, as well as your emotional well-being for as long as possible. Our day-care service is available five hours a week from Monday to Friday.
Enhanced day care for residents with dementia-type illnesses
Our enhanced day-care service provides a supervised, structured daily schedule in all our homes. Your existing skills are challenged and fostered on a daily basis and you can even learn new ones. Meaningful everyday tasks and activities reinforce your self-competence and improve your quality of life. This delays and/or prevents the need for in-patient care.
Enhanced day care for people with socio-psychiatric needs
In certain homes we offer assisted living specifically for older people with socio-psychiatric needs. The focus is on supporting residents’ independence and self-determination, as well as providing assistance with meaningful tasks, social integration and activities. This specific care is carried out by specially trained staff and takes place in groups of maximum 14 people. This offer ranges from basic care and needs-based medical assistance to mental stabilisation as part of a structured, individual daily and weekly schedule.
Enhanced day care for people with disabilities
In Haus Mariahilf and Haus Neubau, we provide assisted living specifically for older people with disabilities. Cognitively and/or physically impaired residents are involved in structuring and organising their daily schedules, thus enabling them to lead a normal everyday life in their own apartments. Specially trained, experienced staff provide dedicated, professional support according to residents’ needs.
Support centres for people with dementia
In certain homes we offer support centres for people with dementia. These support centres provide an appropriate environment for mobile yet disoriented residents and offer them the highest possible quality of life and maximum level of freedom. Tried and tested concepts are used such as Naomi Feil Validation therapy, basal stimulation and aromatherapy. The collected biografy makes it possible to recognise wishes and needs and to foster existing ressorces.
In-patient nursing care
Every retirement home is linked to at least one in-patient facility. Qualified nursing staff are on hand to provide care and assistance around the clock, and at certain times you will also receive medical treatment from our doctors. Our focus is on resident-centered care, assistance and medical treatment. You are welcome to attend all the events in our homes and make use of the communal areas.
Physical rehabilitation centres at Haus Wieden, Haus Atzgersdorf and Haus Gustav Klimt
Seniors are encouraged to regain their mobility following a fall or as a result of illness so they can return to their own apartments. This includes reinforcing and restoring everyday skills and learning to use mobility aids independently. All our medical and nursing care is provided by interdisciplinary teams, consisting of doctors, occupational and physiotherapists, psychologists, social workers and nurses.
In-patient hospice at Haus Döbling
The in-patient hospice at Haus Döbling is designed for terminally ill patients over the age of 18 who are suffering from complex symptoms that require a high level of nursing, medical and psychosocial care. Terminally ill patients and their families receive mulitprofessional and holistic care. The focus is on maintaining and fostering the patients’ quality of life-, and allowing them to lead a self-determined, dignified life until the very end.
Support for relatives
Short-term respite care
Our short-term respite-care service is for carers who need some time for themselves. We offer short-term, temporary assisted living for people over the age of 60, who are in need of care. This is a specific service for family members who need short-term support due to holidays, illness or a sudden lack of time. This service is funded by Fonds Soziales Wien and can be used for a maximum of five weeks per year.
Temporary respite care
Our temporary respite-care service is for carers who would like to take a break and are looking for temporary care and support for their loved one. We provide a furnished apartment in one of our Häuser zum Leben for seniors in need of care and support. They will receive access to the same services as our permanent residents, including five meals a day, for up to 92 days per year. Condition for funding: out-patient care cannot be provided at home.
Home-cooked meals
They say that dining brings people together – in that case, we bring them together up to five times a day in our Gast.Haus restaurants! Breakfast, elevenses, lunch, afternoon snacks and dinner can be enjoyed together or by yourself in your room. Best of all, at Häuser zum Leben we serve freshly prepared, home-cooked meals every day focussing on delicious, enjoyable, healthy food. We provide a varied range of dishes, primarily using regional, seasonal and organic produce. Lunch is the highlight of the day. Our residents can choose between different meals, one of them is suitable for diabetics.
Markt.Platz – The place to meet
Our Markt.Platz combines a grocery store, kiosk and cafe, where you can enjoy coffee and cake or a light snack whenever you want. However, above all the Markt.Platz is a place for socialising and leisurely get-togethers.
How to apply at Häuser zum Leben
You have to fulfill the following requirements if you want to move in one of our houses:
- main residence in Vienna
- Austrian or equated citizenship (for detailed information please contact a service centre of Fonds Soziales Wien)
- demand of care
- Obtain an information and application folder for residential and care homes from Fonds Soziales Wien (FSW).
- a) Complete your application specifying your top three homes.
Then submit your application to FSW either in person or by post: 1030 Vienna, Guglgasse 7-9 or via email: post@fsw.at. If you are already registered with KWP, please make a note of this on your application so that it can be taken into account! - FSW will arrange to visit you at home to determine your personal care and support needs.
- Once your needs have been established, you will receive FSW funding approval by post.
- FSW will notify you as soon as an apartment becomes available in one of your chosen homes. KWP will then invite you to view the apartment.
- If you like the apartment, you can move in immediately. You can also reserve the apartment for a fee. To give you time to organise everything, you can move in using free rental furniture (subject to availabilty).
Our 30 Häuser zum Leben
For further information, please download the information folder from the download section.