requirements of human dignity are no longer being met, he said. That was certainly the case for many residents before the church launched Carl Blum House.
Living conditions in Zadoro- zhye, as described by German pastor and home co-founder Heye Osterwald, the Lutheran superin- tendent of the Kaliningrad region from 2002 to 2008, are difficult for seniors.
“Road conditions make shopping
nearly impossible,” he said. “Winter can be fatal if one is homebound due to a disability or if the heating sys- tem breaks down. … State homes for the aged are really only involved in the safekeeping of people in six- to eight-bed rooms. Therefore, those without families still try to manage at home even after conditions have become unbearable.” Initially residents said they could hardly believe this was a house for the elderly. Three meals are served daily. There is regular medical care. And residents enjoy library services and concerts, including perfor- mances by children’s choirs. But the costs of this initial effort were high: $405 a month per bed, while the region’s low pensions rarely allow a resident to pay more than 40 percent ($165) a month. Brauer admitted that the church
initially had “not fought hard enough for state funding.” Yet one positive result of this is that “we have there- fore created a particularly convinc- ing sign of our willingness to [accept state funding],” he said. Brauer believes the municipal-
ity’s portion of funding would be higher if the home were located in a larger city. A church website reports: “The authorities have promised financial support. But their aid, if it ever arrives, will cover only a small portion of the total need.” In nearby Gusev, the Lutheran-
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run “Haus Salzburg” offers day care for elderly people in the com- munity, as well as a meal program for schoolchildren. Tatyana Wag- ner, the new director of Carl Blum House, also serves as a pastor in Gusev.
Elsewhere in Russia, Lutherans
continue to take up the mission of providing day or respite care for the elderly and their caregivers.
Who was Carl Blum?
Carl Blum (1841-1922) was a Baltic German born in Latvia and buried in Estonia. Yet he spent most of his years as a pastor in the Russian heartlands. His written collection of sermons and songs were vital to Soviet Lutherans during the years of repression when they were forced to survive (outside of the Baltics) with- out clergy.
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