By Ellie Buchdahl PUBLISHED: 09:55 EST, 17 September 2013 | UPDATED: 06:15 EST, 18 September 2013 Germany is in the throes of a 'grandma export' as one in five Germans say they are considering sending their elderly relatives to a care home abroad. A survey released by German pollster TNS Emnid shows the so-called 'Oma-export' is becoming a trend as the cost of residential care rockets out of the remits of the state insurance. German citizens enjoy long-term care insurance that pays out €1,550 (around £1,300) a month, but this covers less than half of the €3,250 (£2,730) average monthly cost for care inside Germany.
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'Grandma export' now recognised phenomenon in Germany
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Eastern European care homes charge average €2,000 (£1,680) less per month
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Germany expected to have oldest population in world by 2050
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Many Germans say Polish standard of care better on average
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