Most recent articles by Annalena Junggeburth
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Culturally sensitive care for the elderlyA little bit of home in an adopted country
A number of German retirement homes have discovered that the cultural diversity of their residents and staff is a bonus: people from a number of different cultures can live and work together very happily under one roof. Annalena Junggeburth visited the Haus Andreas retirement home, which is run by the Clarenbachwerk social welfare service in Cologne
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Book review: Emel Zeynelabidin's "You grow up only in this life"The headscarf is not a gauge of devoutness
In her book "Erwachsen wird man nur im Diesseits" (You grow up only in this life), the Turkish-German author Emel Zeynelabidin reflects on the period of her life when she wore a headscarf and explains why she stopped doing so without abandoning her faith. By Annalena Junggeburth