Health Three new nursing homes opened by Silver Stream Healthcare following €65m investmentThe move will double the group’s capacity to 750 beds and increase the number of homes it operates to 11
Commercial property European investors still keen on Irish care home marketThough activity has cooled a little, interest is still strong in homes run by top operators in future-proofed buildings, with more than €200m invested in the first four months of the year
Nursing homes to reduce waiting period to admit patients after Covid outbreaksNursing homes have been given permission to take in hospital patients within seven to ten days of the last case of Covid-19 being detected, rather than 28 days
Orpea faces claims of abuse in French nursing homesNew book alleges large-scale mistreatment of elderly residents in France by giant care home operator, which recently bought into Irish market
The Big Interview: Tom FinnThe chief executive of Silver Stream Healthcare is full of praise for the Irish healthcare system, but believes the government made an error in separating community healthcare from acute hospital services
Pair of eye-catching Dublin properties come to market from HoraNo 43 Fitzwilliam Square in Dublin 2 and Castle Manor on the Swords Road are guiding at €3.75m and €1.5m respectively
The battle against Covid: is vaccine immunity already on the wane?Israel is rolling out a booster programme as Covid-19 cases spike, while outbreaks in nursing homes here are suggesting reduced vaccine efficacy
ESRI predicts health spending will rise due to growing and ageing populationIncreased demand for non-hospital care and price hikes for high-tech medicines are among the factors expected to push up costs
Significant potential for institutional investors in senior careThe nursing home sector is growing in demand and will require proper policy and planning in the years ahead
Orpea buys out shares in Brindley HealthcareFrench care home group has bought remaining shares in firm having already bought several nursing homes in the past year
Nursing home opportunities lie in converted hotelsTwo recent deals show that bedroom size is a major reason why some hotels are being looked at in terms of potential to be used as nursing homes
SignaCare to be acquired by Virtue for €35mThe south-eastern nursing home group, run by Margaret-Anne and John Dargan, has 233 beds across four homes
HSE reviews visitor ban and serial testing in nursing homesWith most staff and residents vaccinated, the health service is expected to make new proposals to Nphet for this sector
Lifting of ban on visits to nursing homes now urgedGeriatric specialists say vaccination has reduced the risk hugely, and that leaving the elderly to die alone in homes is ‘inhumane’
Taoiseach willing to have an inquiry into nursing home deathsMicheál Martin has previously indicated his opposition to a full-blown state inquiry into Covid-19 deaths
Ireland faces severe lack of nursing home beds within a decadeRate of new developments is significantly off the pace required to serve the country’s growing elderly population, property industry experts warn
Susan O’Keeffe: Nursing home residents have been failed again in vaccine rolloutWithin the first three weeks of Covid-19 vaccines arriving, just 10 per cent found their way to nursing homes, while residents accounted for 37 per cent of all January deaths
