Skm Aachen E.v.

Name

Skm Aachen E.v.

Legal name

SKM – Katholischer Verein für soziale Dienste in Aachen e.V.

Website

https://skm-aachen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1912

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Elderly Care and Social Services

NAICS

Continuing Care Retirement Communities (623311), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Religious Organizations (8131), Other Residential Care Facilities (62399)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Nonprofit / Faith-Based CCRCs (HLADAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Rental / Fee-for-Service CCRCs (HLADAEAB), Nursing Homes (Non-SNF) (HLAFAFAC), Guardianship, Conservatorship & Special Needs Trust Services (FSAEAKAG)

Keywords

• Elderly residential care
• Social counseling services
• Legal guardianship support
• Ambulatory supported living
• Family sponsorship programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Aachen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Statutory long-term care insurance (SGB XI): Core financing for the two senior residential centers (Heilig Geist and Rothe Erde). Revenue is generated through daily rates billed according to the resident's care level (Pflegegrad). Residents receive nursing care allowance (Pflegegeld) from their long-term care insurance. Additional public funding mechanisms include Pflegewohngeld and Hilfe zur Pflege (SGB XII).
2. Social welfare funding – Ambulant betreutes Wohnen (§§ 67ff. SGB XII): Ambulatory supported living services are financed by the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR). Service is provided free of charge to clients (income-independent). Revenue is based on a help plan (Hilfeplan) agreed with the LVR.
3. Social welfare funding – General counseling and guardianship services: Various services (General Social Service, legal guardianship, guardianship/pflegschaften, etc.) are publicly funded under social codes SGB II, SGB XII, and related legislation. Services are provided free of charge to clients.
4. Donations and fundraising: The organization actively solicits donations to supplement its service offerings. Donations support specific programs including Familienpatenschaften, senior center activities, children and youth services, and ambulatory support. The organization issues donation receipts (Spendenquittungen). All activities are non-profit and exclusively serve charitable, welfare, and ecclesiastical purposes under §§ 51ff. AO.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SKM Aachen e.V. operates two senior residential centers (Seniorenzentrum Heilig Geist and Seniorenzentrum Rothe Erde) and delivers ambulatory social services including general social counseling, supported independent living, legal guardianship, guardianship for minors, family sponsorship programs, and domestic violence perpetrator counseling. The organization is a registered Catholic charitable association funded primarily through statutory long-term care insurance (SGB XI), social welfare (SGB XII), and donations.

Product overview

SKM Aachen e.V. (Catholic Association for Social Services in Aachen) is a social services organization offering a portfolio of interconnected services primarily focused on elderly care and social support. The core offerings include two senior living facilities (Seniorenzentrum Heilig Geist and Seniorenzentrum Rothe Erde) providing residential care, along with diverse ambulatory counseling and support services. These encompass general social services, supported independent living (Ambulant betreutes Wohnen), legal guardianship, guardianships for minors, family sponsorship programs, and the Gewaltlos STARK domestic violence perpetrator counseling project. A supplementary service is the Kita-Küche meal delivery service for daycare facilities. The Care Connect telepflege module represents a digital add-on enhancing the Rothe Erde senior center's care capabilities through telemedicine partnerships.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Seniorenzentrum Heilig Geist Senior residential facility at Heinrichsallee 56 in central Aachen providing full nursing care, daily activities, dementia care, and end-of-life care for elderly residents. The location allows residents to participate in urban life with shops within walking distance.
• Seniorenzentrum Rothe Erde Senior residential facility at Barbarastraße 17 in Aachen with capacity for 54 residents in 36 single and 9 double rooms, each with wheelchair-accessible bathrooms. Features three residential sections of 18 people each and a shared garden.
• Allgemeiner Sozialdienst (General Social Service) Social counseling service providing support with applications to authorities, debt and financial difficulties, partnership problems, child-rearing challenges, custody issues, illness or age-related problems, housing difficulties, school or workplace problems. Open consultation hours available without prior appointment.
• Ambulant betreutes Wohnen (Supported Independent Living) Ambulatory social-pedagogical support service for people with social difficulties according to §§ 67 ff. SGB XII, aimed at sustainable stabilization of living circumstances and prevention of impending or existing need for care. Free of charge for clients, financed through LVR.
• Rechtliche Betreuung (Legal Guardianship) Legal guardianship service for adults who cannot handle their affairs due to illness or disability. Tasks include health care, residence determination, financial matters, and postal affairs. Services can also be provided voluntarily.
• Vormundschaften & Pflegschaften (Guardianships & Custodianships) Guardianship and custodianship services for minors when parents cannot fulfill their responsibilities. SKM Aachen e.V. is recognized as a suitable organization by the state youth office to serve as guardian, including for unaccompanied minor refugees.
• Familienpatenschaften (Family Sponsorship Program) Cooperation between SkF Aachen and SKM Aachen in collaboration with the City of Aachen. Volunteer family sponsors spend approximately 3 hours weekly with families, providing attention and reliability. Coordinators advise, mediate, support and train volunteer family sponsors.
• Gewaltlos STARK Project for counseling and accompanying perpetrators of domestic violence. Targets adult men in Aachen or the StädteRegion Aachen who have exercised, exercise, or fear exercising domestic violence. Provides free counseling through individual sessions for both voluntary and court-mandated clients.
• SKM Kita-Küche Catering service for daycare facilities (Kitas) providing child-appropriate dishes, individual menus including vegetarian options, and reliable delivery service with same-day quantity adjustments. One menu line received DGE (German Nutrition Society) certification under the DGE Quality Standard for Catering in Daycare Facilities.
• Care Connect (Telepflege) GKV-Spitzenverband-funded project for testing telemedicine applications in nursing at Seniorenzentrum Rothe Erde. Includes a telepflege and telemedicine system with specialized camera, blood pressure and pulse measurement, and stethoscope for digital consultations with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and general practitioners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Care Connect project operating 01.06.2024 – 31.08.2025, enabling regular digital consultations with Uniklinik RWTH Aachen and GP practices

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Uniklinik RWTH AachencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024Clinical partner in the Care Connect telepflege pilot project (01.06.2024 – 31.08.2025). The Uniklinik conducts digital consultations with the senior center Rothe Erde as part of testing telenursing and telemedicine applications under GKV-Spitzenverband funding.
• Care Connect GmbHcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 June 2024Technology partner providing the Care Connect telenursing/telemedicine system deployed at the senior center Rothe Erde. The system includes specialized camera, blood pressure/pulse measurement, and stethoscope for remote clinical assessments.
• Caritasverband für die Regionen Aachen-Stadt und Aachen-Land e.V.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024SKM Aachen is ordered to the Caritasverband Aachen (affiliation since founding). The Caritas association provides the regulatory and institutional umbrella, shared standards, and network resources. SKM is part of the Caritas network of social services in the Aachen region.
• StädteRegion AachenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024Partner in the Care Connect project and broader social service network. The StädteRegion is involved in the pilot evaluation and represents the local public authority level in which SKM operates.
• Hausarztpraxen (GP practices)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2024General practitioner practices in Aachen participate in the Care Connect telepflege project, conducting regular digital consultations with the Rothe Erde senior center to improve medical care access for residents.
• Stadt AachencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Municipal partner in the Familienpatenschaften Fachstelle (cooperation with SkF and SKM) and the Care Connect project. Provides funding, referral pathways, and institutional support for social welfare programs.
• SkF Aachen (Sozialdienst Katholischer Frauen Aachen)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2006Long-standing strategic partner in the Familienpatenschaften program (jointly launched March 2006) and the Gewaltlos STARK domestic violence intervention program. Jointly manage the Familienpatenschaften Fachstelle as a three-way cooperation with the City of Aachen.
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung e.V. (DGE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDGE certifies a meal line of the Kita-Küche under the DGE Quality Standard for Catering in Daycare Facilities (Kitas). The certification ensures meals align with current nutritional science, support disease prevention (obesity, Type-2 diabetes), and incorporate sustainable practices (predominantly plant-based). The DGE logo marks certified menu lines.
• AWO-Arbeiterwohlfahrt Kreisverband Aachen-Stadt e.V.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJointly with SKM Aachen and SkF Aachen, AWO operates the joint guardianship volunteer recruitment program for the Aachen region, seeking interested citizens to take on voluntary guardianship responsibilities for minors.
• Staatsanwaltschaft Aachen / Familiengericht AachencoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCourts refer defendants to Gewaltlos STARK as a condition or order of criminal/family court proceedings. The program serves both voluntary clients and court-mandated perpetrators of domestic violence as part of legal sentences.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Caritas Deutschland: The national Caritas federation that includes SKM Aachen as an ordered member. Operates the broader German Catholic welfare umbrella encompassing senior care, social services, and family support — comparable in service mix, far larger in scale, and the source of the regulatory/brand moat SKM Aachen enjoys.
• Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. A large faith-rooted social services and healthcare organization in Germany providing ambulatory care, senior services, social counseling, and emergency social work. Comparable in service breadth to SKM Aachen but with national footprint and substantially larger scale.
• Malteser Deutschland gGmbH: A large Catholic social and healthcare organization operating nationwide, with senior care, ambulatory services, and social counseling portfolios. Compares to SKM Aachen in mission and faith-based positioning, but at a national scale with significantly larger service volume.
• SKM Bundesverband e.V. (Katholischer Verband für soziale Dienste): The national SKM federation of which SKM Aachen is a founding member. Coordinates federal advocacy, shared service standards, and member support across German SKM chapters that provide the same guardianship, ambulatory, and senior care services as SKM Aachen.

Regional players

• Lebenshilfe Aachen: A regional disability-services provider in Aachen offering residential care, family support, and social-pedagogical services under SGB XII. Adjacent rather than directly overlapping, but competes for similar public funding streams and skilled caregiver talent in the same geography.

Direct peers

• Caritasverband für die Regionen Aachen-Stadt und Aachen-Land e.V. The affiliated Catholic social-services umbrella for the same Aachen region, offering parallel senior care, social counseling, family support, and refugee programs. It is the closest structural peer and a partner (Familienpatenschaften, Care Connect) of SKM Aachen, with near-identical service portfolio and target population.
• SkF Aachen (Sozialdienst Katholischer Frauen Aachen): The Catholic women's social services association in Aachen, jointly running the Familienpatenschaften program with SKM Aachen since 2006. Operates comparable ambulatory counseling, guardianship, and family support services for the same client base in Aachen.
• Sozialwerk St. Georg e.V. A Catholic-affiliated social services network in North Rhine-Westphalia offering residential care, supported housing, and social-pedagogical services under §§67ff SGB XII. Operates a similar ambulatory and residential care model with a comparable client base in the same German state.
• Diakonie Aachen: The Protestant counterpart welfare federation for the Aachen region, offering senior care, social counseling, family support, and refugee services. Directly competes with SKM Aachen for public contracts and statutory funding in the same service categories and geography.
• AWO Aachen-Stadt e.V. (Arbeiterwohlfahrt): The local workers' welfare association in Aachen, jointly running the guardianship volunteer program with SKM and SkF. Provides adjacent senior care, family support, and social counseling services to overlapping vulnerable populations in the same city.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

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