Health
The countryside, the sea, chalk, marshes, salt water and lakes are the perfect ingredients for staying and becoming healthy. Thanks to a modern infrastructure and a network of services in fields such as wellness, prevention, rehabilitation or quality management, Western Pomerania offers everything a region needs in the sphere of health.
In the recognised air spas, the air is particularly clean and healthy. Thanks to the interaction of lakes, forests and clean air, these places have excellent, health-promoting climatic conditions for recreation. They are perfect oases, which offer a lot of peace and relaxation for those seeking recreation.
![[Translate to English:] Eine Krankenschwester spaziert mit einem alten Mann durch den Park.](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/1/csm_Parkklinik-11_Medigreif-min_7046334000.jpg "[Translate to English:] Optimale medizinische Betreuung in Vorpommern.")
![[Translate to English:] Eine junge Mutter sitzt mit ihrem Neugeborenen im Arm in der einem Krankenbett auf der Wochensation in Greifswald.](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/0/csm_Rooming_in-2_Uniklinikum_HGW_36a1bca717.jpg "[Translate to English:] Ankommen und gut versorgt sein in Vorpommern.")
Pregnancy and birth
Starting a family or letting it grow is one of the most beautiful moments in life. Western Pomerania offers ideal conditions for this chapter of life. Whether it is support by midwives, home births or giving birth in a delivery room – all of these wishes can be realised here. Precautionary and postpartum care is also provided, and paediatricians are available nearby.
![[Translate to English:] Eine Rentergruppe geht spazieren. Im Vordergrund schiebt eine Renterin mit einem Rollator.](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/5/csm_Zelck_DRK_Pflege_2-min_d8424d99e4.jpg "[Translate to English:] Gut betreut alt werden")
Nursing and care
Being a health region, Western Pomerania also has suitable offers for the older generation. The state has senior citizens' residences and assisted living facilities in its portfolio and offers a highly developed medical infrastructure and an above-average number of rehabilitation clinics.
The offers in Western Pomerania in the field of nursing and care are varied, ranging from day care, assisted living, outpatient care to mobile advisory services. The different actors help people in need of care and assistance and their families to cope better and more easily with the challenges associated with ageing.