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Germany looks to emerging markets for care workers

As an aging population compounds Germany’s workforce crisis, the search for staff continues to expand outside Europe. With the government launching an initiative to attract skilled care workers from Brazil and beyond, HBI speaks to two market experts to find out more.

Another German nursing home restructuring due to financial issues

Last month Berlin-based Dorea - a subgroup of European care homes Groupe Maisons de Famille - became the latest German nursing home operator to file for restructuring due to financial difficulties. As the number of companies financially struggling ramps up at an alarming rate and in quick succession, HBI speaks to two market experts to find out what’s going on.

Interview: Stephane Pichon, Your Care Consult

HBI catches up with Stephane Pichon ahead of the Investing in Health Care Property panel at HBI 2023, to discuss the dramatic changes of the past year and how this has impacted health care real estate investment, and the long term outlook for the health care sector.

EDG “pulled from sale”

HBI hears the sale of Nordic-owned multinational dentist-led European Dental Group (EDG) is no longer going ahead. Multiple well-placed sources tell us more.

Is Kursana a Cinderella?

Dussmann, the big European facilities management company which also owns Kursana, the fifth largest German nursing home group, saw revenue grow 20% to €2.8 billion in 2022. The company claimed that this was “almost exclusively organic.” But the Care & Kids division which is mainly Kursana didn’t grow at all. Is it a Cinderella?

€1bn+ German outpatient group sale to shake up market

German out-of-hospital intensive care provider Deutsche Fachpflege is reportedly up for sale, in a deal that could value the company in excess of €1bn. HBI understands other players in the sector may also be coming up for sale in the coming months.

Orpea restructuring: What will it look to sell?

It has been almost six months since under-fire French nursing home giant Orpea announced plans to get its core business back on track, restructure its debt, and sell around €1.2bn worth of real estate over the next three years. As discussions separating the wheat from the chaff go on behind closed doors, HBI asks three experts where, and what it might sell, and reviews what other French operators like Korian are doing to repair reputation.

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