The Swedish government proposed a new budget totalling €7.3bn (SEK74bn) to the parliament, Riksdag, on Monday (September 20). Roughly SEK2.5bn (€247m) is being allocated to elderly care to help the sector recover from COVID. Despite improvements, HBI hears lack of level-playing field between municipalities remains a real struggle.
Ambea and Nordlandia are the only major Nordic groups still operating for-profit care homes in Norway, and although neither group has current plans to leave, we hear that future prospects for the sector do not look good.
This is a sector that is likely to see massive growth as nations retreat from public provision and as new business models allow new entrants to compete with mom’n’pop. So what are the new models in franchising and digital? And which market sectors and which countries offer the best opportunities? Confirmed speakers to include: James […]
Large groups now have a holistic offering that embraces everything from homecare and assisted living to severe Alzheimers. But what are the real synergies? And while for-profit West European markets grow at 2-4% there are huge opportunities in middle and low-income countries. And will older populations outweigh the steady decline in the average length of […]
Domidep, one of the top 10 for-profit care home operators in France by revenue, has expanded in the German market which it entered last year. It has acquired Römergarten Senioren-Residenzen GmbH (Römergarten) which comprises eight care homes providing a total of 660 beds.
On Tuesday, September 7, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his UK government announced a new health and social care tax to fund both the NHS and social care. While it is hard for operators to be ungrateful for extra funding in social care, many are asking whether the plan goes far enough. HBI talks to market experts to find out more.
Reports abound of a looming crisis in recruitment and retention in the UK care home sector when the government’s no jab no job policy comes into force in November. HBI catches up with market expert Clare Connell, founder and CEO of Connell Consulting Limited, who sees a slightly different picture.
Belgian healthcare REIT Aedifica has been expanding and made acquisitions in Finland, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland amounting to €151 million. HBI breaks down its latest spends.
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