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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?

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When an organisation is marred by a reputational scandal so harmful that it jeopardises the bottom line, often a corporate rebrand is the only solution. This course of action is nothing new and there are countless examples of successful makeovers across industries, and health care is no different.

Ireland’s ‘Fair Deal Scheme’ for nursing homes under fire

As an Irish nursing home is pulls one of its homes out of the public funding scheme citing “extreme financial pressure”, and elements in the government appear increasingly hostile to for-profits in the sector, HBI speaks to a market expert and asks if this is a blip, or a trend.

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.

HC-One placed under embargo by concerned council

Leading nursing home operator in the UK HC-One has issued a formal apology to the families of three deceased former residents for shortcomings in one of its homes. In response, the Cambridgeshire City Council (CCC) has placed an embargo on the operator, halting all admissions until at least 2024. Click here to read more about […]

UK CQC strike escalates – inspections could be delayed

Hundreds of staff at UK government watchdog the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have voted for further industrial action amid an ongoing dispute over pay. A one-day strike took place last week on Monday, April 17 and another is expected to happen next week on Tuesday, May 2.

Is any German nursing home truly safe from bankruptcy?

The nursing home industry in Germany has been rocked by a spate of bankruptcies in recent months. As another operator bites the dust, it has left many wondering - are more to come? HBI speaks to two market experts to decipher whether the ‘once is a mistake, twice is a coincidence, three times is a pattern’ adage holds any water.

Two Korian cooks to face manslaughter charges

Two cooks working for multinational French elderly care giant Korian are being charged with manslaughter over the deaths of five elderly care residents in a food-poisoning incident which took place at one of the group’s French nursing homes in 2019.

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