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Brazil’s largest homecare group Dal Ben to increase volumes with HMOs

Dal Ben, which claims to be Brazil’s largest homecare company, aims to diversify its client base through partnerships with Health Maintenance Organisations (HMOs), as well as expanding into nursing homes and acute hospitals. We speak to Marcelo Fonseca, board member of Dal Ben, about the future of homecare in Brazil.

Budget issues hit private operators

Despite being rescued by a deal with the central government, the heavily indebted Italian region of Lazio continues to pursue cuts to public services. This means tough times for private healthcare operators, such as for-profit Gruppo Garofalo and not-for-profit player IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana.

Report: Elderly care in emerging markets

Across the world, people are living longer. But many emerging economies face a horrible question that is not posed in Europe: will too large a section of the population be old before the country is rich enough to provide for them? Here we look at the very different ways that elderly care is developing in China, India, the UAE and Brazil.

Care UK sells off three divisions

Care UK has sold its learning disabilities division to specialist care provider Lifeways Group, two weeks after the sale of its mental health unit to Partnerships in Care. Leonid Shapiro, managing partner and founder at Candesic, says the group is reshaping its strategy.

Orpea acquires Germany’s third largest rehabilitation operator Celenus Kliniken

Orpea, Europe's second largest residential care group, has acquired Celenus Kliniken, Germany’s third largest provider of rehabilitation and psychiatric services. German brokers say that prices have soared with reha and care home opcos up from four times EBITDA in 2013 to a base line of six times with some bidders not flinching at 8-10 times. We speak to Bruno de la Rochebrochard, equity research analyst at investment bank Bryan Garnier, about the deal and the sector.

Czech nursing home sector set to expand

Anavita, one of the three largest nursing home groups in the Czech Republic, plans to grow from six homes with 800 beds to 10 homes in the next 2 years. We caught up with David Volny, the co-owner of Anavita at the annual Healthcare Europa conference and talked to him about the Czech private nursing home sector.

UK on brink of care home bed shortage despite private growth

There will be massive unmet demand for nursing home beds in England according to a new report from advisers Healthcare Property Consultants. A perfect storm of an ageing population, low public tariffs and competition for land will lead to big shortages. We spoke to HPC director Nigel Newton Taylor about the report and the state of care homes in England.

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