Great Results for the Bad Homburg Nursing School After Its First Year
Successful final exams and three new nursing classes starting in the fall of 2026 in Bad Homburg
“I’ve grown and matured as a person”—many graduates expressed sentiments along these lines to Aurora Matticoli, director of the Bad Homburg School for Geriatric Care Assistants at the EVIM Flersheim Foundation, during their graduation ceremony. The school, which opened last year, has now seen its first class of nursing students complete their final exams. The results are impressive: 15 out of 19 students successfully passed the state exam, and one more student is still taking the makeup exam. And this, too, is part of the success story: 13 of them plan to continue their education and become generalist nursing professionals.
Class president Nikola said, “Thank you for igniting a flame within us that we will now carry out into the world with courage and responsibility—to all those who need us so desperately!”
In class representative Nikola’s thank-you speech, it was clear what had kept the class going and brought them together: the encouragement, a listening ear, and the care they received from Principal Aurora Matticoli, as well as the enthusiasm of the teachers and clinical instructors for the field of nursing. For most of the students, the decision to return to school for vocational training—to attend classes, read specialized literature, do homework, and give presentations—was a major step. Their ages ranged from 16 to 50—many had often been working for years as unskilled nursing assistants, some had families, and had to manage their daily lives.
New Classes and a New Training Program
School operations are now well established: In April and September, the next classes for state-certified geriatric care assistants began. Due to demand (including, incidentally, from surrounding care facilities), the school—which is part of the renowned Academy for Nursing and Social Professions—will also offer the three-year training program for generalist nursing professionals for the first time in Bad Homburg starting in October. These are highly sought-after professionals, not only in the Hochtaunus district. For 13 of the new trainees, it will be a joyful reunion—they are the successful graduates from this past summer who now wish to continue their education. (mk, Mission Leben)
Contact: Aurora Matticoli, School Administration
+49 151 74 49 60 16 | ps-hg@akademie-mission-leben.de
Academy for Nursing and Social Care Professions | Mission Leben – Lernen gGmbH
Paul-Ehrlich-Weg 4 | 61348 Bad Homburg
www.akademie-mission-leben.de
Quick Facts: Academy for Nursing and Social Care Professions
The Academy for Nursing and Social Care Professions offers practice-oriented training and continuing education in the fields of nursing, education, and therapeutic care. Each year, approximately 2,000 people lay the foundation for their professional careers here. Our locations are Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, and Bad Homburg. The Academy is supported by the diaconal organizations Mission Leben, EVIM, and Nieder-Ramstädter Diakonie.
Our educational institutions have many years of experience: The Darmstadt School of Nursing was founded in 1959, and the Technical School for Therapeutic Nursing has been in existence since 1981.