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Residential care costs of dementia care soar

Alzheimer’s is one of the world’s most expensive diseases, costing around $1 trillion per year globally, research estimates. As cases are forecast to triple by 2050, this figure is only going to increase. To make matters worse, new research suggests that the per-person cost of treatment is also growing.

New Dutch cabinet looks to shift elderly out of care homes

Elections in the Netherlands last year saw Mark Rutte, the Liberal prime minister, return for a fourth term, and belatedly we now have a new cabinet. Could we see a new direction for healthcare following this new mandate?

Quin collaborates with symptom checker Ada

Dutch telehealth group Quin has collaborated with the company behind one of the world's most popular symptom checkers, Ada Health, in order to integrate its symptom-checking tool into the Quin platform. HBI catches up with Quin's CEO and Ada's chief clinical officer to find out more.

Dutch competition authority blocks two acquisitions

The Dutch Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has blocked two major healthcare acquisitions, marking what some observers believe is a new level of proactiveness for the antitrust body.

CVC invests in FutureLife

CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a co-controlling holding in pan-European IVF provider FutureLife, alongside the company’s current investor Hartenberg Holding.

Affidea sale – potential price and buyers

European imaging and cancer treatment provider Affidea is for sale according to multiple sources. HBI chats to an operator source to find about more about the sale and to speculate on price and purchasers.

Interview: Prof. Daan Dohmen, Founder, Luscii Healthtech

Covid has been good for Dutch digital health player, Luscii, which creates virtual wards at home, keeping patients out of hospital. Its platform has processed almost 25 million registrations for both chronic conditions, and patients undergoing episodic care. Active in the Netherlands, the UK, Ireland and several African countries, it is now moving to Germany.

Dutch elderly care group goes bust

Dutch nursing home group Ontzorgd Wonen Groep has gone into administration. We speak to a consultant to find out what led to this failure - and what it tells us about the Netherland’s elderly care sector.

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