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To buy or not to buy – care homes in administration

Clare Auty, partner at Browne Jacobson, puts the case for and against Over the past year we have seen a dramatic rise in the number...

The height of luxury in the heart of London

CCMn gets an exclusive tour of Battersea Place, LifeCare Residences’ new extra-care scheme There are high-end retirement villages and then there is Battersea Place. Developed...

The self-pay sector: key market trend

LaingBuisson estimates that 167,000 or 41% of older or physically disabled residents in UK care homes received no state funding (apart from universal old...

The quest for the private paying clients’ ‘Holy Grail’

Sarah Whitebloom looks at how providers are faring trying to grow their self-pay business Self-funders...what’s not to like? Such residents not only can choose premium-cost...

Franchising – could it work for care homes?

Franchising works well in homecare. A prime example is Bluebird Care, which pioneered homecare franchising in Britain and at April 2016 boasted 86% good or outstanding ratings among those of its agencies which have been inspected under the fundamental standards regime, well ahead of the sector benchmark.

What US real estate investment trusts really want: Frieda Klotz takes a look at...

In 2015, Ventas, a REIT head-quartered in Chicago, acquired Canford Healthcare, a British luxury nursing home group; and Welltower, formerly Health Care REIT (HCN), bought a 9.9% stake in Avery Healthcare Group. In 2014 Sunrise Senior Living acquired Gracewell Healthcare and its estate of 11 care homes for £153m.

Specialist care growth opportunities in Scotland

It has been 16 years since the Same as You? learning disability policy was published - the first national review of learning disabilities in Scotland for 30 years.

M&A 101: a step-by-step guide to care transactions: Associate at Trowers & Hamlins, Sarah-Jane...

Brexit or not, there is still significant M&A activity in the UK healthcare market. Although no two deals are ever the same, in this M&A 101, I summarise some of the key issues you may encounter and highlight areas which may need particular focus and/or insight on a healthcare deal.

Getting ground rent transactions to take off: Kyle Holling of Trowers & Hamlins’ health...

Just under a week after CareTech’s £30m ground rent deal with Alpha Real Capital was announced in February, the real estate team in Trowers & Hamlins health and social care group closed another healthcare sector ground rent transaction.

Homecare providers suffering in Scotland: Suhail Mirza finds out how domiciliary care providers are...

It is not only the English homecare market that is facing tough times. Its counterparts in Scotland are also bearing the brunt of cuts to council budgets being passed on to providers through their contracts.