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Interview: Ricardo Soares, CEO, Brasil Senior Living

Brasil Senior Living (BSL) is establishing a network of elderly and assisted living homes in Brazil - and currently has little by way of organised opposition there. Healthcare Nova talks to CEO and co-founder Ricardo Soares about his plans for the future, why he'd welcome a rival, and what he makes of Orpea's plans to enter the market.

Jack-of-all-trades French player plans €1bn in revenue by 2022

French healthcare platform Doctegestio has been buying heavily in health and social care over the last few years, reaching a revenue run-rate of €240m which makes it a top 20 player in the country. We talk to its healthcare COO Benjamin Vitre about the thread holding a seemingly disparate group of healthcare assets together, and where he hopes the company will be in five years time.

Interview: Nick Sanderson, CEO, Audley Group

In 2017 UK institutional investors finally discovered the assisted living sector, with Legal and General and Axa both buying operators.  Yet the sector remains tiny in the UK, thanks to older Brits fixation with remaining in their own homes as well as severe planning restrictions.  Nonetheless, there is high demand, property investors have fallen in love with the sector and governments the world over are rethinking their attitude to the sector. Audley Group is the largest player in the sector, Nick has been in the sector since 1986 and chairs the sector’s trade association, Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO).

Attendo to sell Finnish healthcare business

As predicted in October by Healthcare Europa, Attendo, the largest Nordic care group, plans to sell its Finnish healthcare business while retaining its core business of elderly care, social psychiatry and care for people with disabilities.

Perennial rapidly grows healthcare services in China

Singapore-based property developer and Chinese health care service operator Perennial Real Estate Holdings reported soaring profits in 2017. We look at its strategy of building hospitals and care homes, often close to high-speed rail hubs. Perennial is pouring some of its profits as a real estate developer into building health care services in China. Perennial remained […]

Are you ready for GDPR?

The clock is ticking for businesses to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on May 25. Healthcare Europa talks to Aetna International's CIO Alan Payne to find out what the data handling regulations mean for healthcare insurers and operators, and the challenges on the path to compliance.

M&A pushes Attendo’s 2017 revenue higher

Income from recent expansions pushed pan-Nordic care home group Attendo’s revenue in 2017 higher, but the ailing Danish market has hit profit margin, the company said on 15 February. We also speculate on the new CEO.

MEDI System targets major Polish cities in its care home expansion

Poland’s largest elderly care home network group MEDI-System, owned by Orpea, is targeting major cities for expansion and branching into assisted living, the company tells Healthcare Europa. So what are the prospects for elderly care in the largest market in East Europe?

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