If you’re searching for a standalone “Altenpfleger/in Ausbildung,” you’re looking for something that stopped accepting new entrants on 1 January 2020. This is what happened to it.
The 2017 Pflegeberufereformgesetz merged what used to be three separate training paths — general nursing, paediatric nursing, and Altenpflege (elderly care) — into one generalist qualification: Pflegefachfrau/-mann. For the first two years, everyone trains on the same generalist curriculum. In year three, you choose: continue generalist, or specialise.
Choosing the elderly-care specialisation in year three still earns you the legacy title Altenpfleger/in on graduation — the name survived, even though the separate three-year training that used to carry it didn’t. For duration, pay, entry requirements and the B2 language bar for full recognition, see the main Pflegefachkraft page — they’re identical for the first two years regardless of which specialisation you’re aiming for.
Practically, elderly-care-specialised graduates typically work in Altenpflegeheime (residential care homes) or ambulante Altenpflegedienste (home-visit care services) — a different day-to-day setting from the hospital-heavy employers common for the general or paediatric specialisation.