Korian Is Expanding Its Offering in the Heart of Communities & Confirming Its Ambition to Develop Its “outside the walls”...
21 Janvier 2021 - 5:40PM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Korian (Paris:KORI), the leading European care services group
for elderly and fragile people, is strengthening its local “outside
the walls” services implanted in the communities where it is
present, by offering a coordinated and extended range of support
services for seniors experiencing a loss of independence, in line
with its “In Caring Hands” plan and continuing its strategy of
diversifying outside of healthcare and medico-social
facilities.
These additional services supplement Korian’s
existing range of home-care services and will be rolled out in
coordination with the Petits-fils agency network – France’s
second-largest private sector home-assistance network for seniors1
– which currently comprises 160 agencies and whose services have a
97% customer satisfaction rating2.
This network has attracted a loyal customer base of more than
20,000 families with its range of local services and qualified
carers, selected using a particularly rigorous process, who provide
everyday assistance to almost 8,000 elderly persons.
To help people continue living independently at home and to
offer services suited to the various types of fragility experienced
by the elderly, Korian has formed a partnership with ORKYN’, a
provider of home-based healthcare services in France and subsidiary
of Air Liquide Healthcare. The aim is to strengthen Korian’s
offering in terms of helping people remain independent by making
their homes safer (supplying and installing fall prevention
equipment) and helping them manage everyday situations with care
beds, mobility assistance, technical aids for preparing meals and
cleaning etc. Joint initiatives with the Petits-fils network and
based in local pharmacies will also be developed, with the aim of
promoting home-based care.
Korian has also continued its various initiatives to create an
ecosystem of solutions allowing it to develop local care pathways
and provide support to elderly and fragile people living at
home.
As part of this effort, the ramp-up of the OMEDYS range of
telemedicine services, accessible locally within communities, is
continuing, with more than 8,000 remote consultations since the
start of 2020 and new remote consultation centres being opened in
the Eastern France, Loire and Occitanie regions.
In addition, the Group has entered into a strategic partnership
with auditory health specialist VivaSon, in which Korian has
acquired a minority stake. VivaSon was founded in 2006 by Michel
Touati, and is a family-owned SME with extensive experience in
hearing implants. The company has grown rapidly by developing an
innovative store concept, selecting the best technological advances
and focusing on high standards of quality and expertise when
serving and supporting its customers. VivaSon’s mission is to make
hearing devices more mainstream in France, in order to limit the
effects of hearing loss among elderly people and the related risks
of losing social, cognitive and physical independence. VivaSon
currently operates a network of almost 50 hearing centres and is
aiming to open 20 new centres per year, including franchise
stores.
Olivier Lebouché, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Korian
France in charge of new activities and Chairman of Petits-fils,
said: “With these initiatives, Korian is stepping up its strategy
of diversifying by developing “outside the walls” services in the
heart of communities, thereby improving the standard of care and
quality of life for elderly people living at home. These services
fit well with those offered by the Petits-fils agency network and
its 4,500 carers. Petit-fils is aiming to accelerate its growth and
to have 300 agencies by 2025, particularly by opening agencies in
medium-sized towns and cities.”
About Korian
Korian, the leading European care services group for elderly and
fragile people. www.korian.com
Korian has been listed on Euronext Paris
Section A since November 2006 and is included in the following
indices: SBF 120, CAC Health Care, CAC Mid 60, CAC Mid & Small
and MSCI Global Small Cap Euronext ticker: KORI - ISIN:
FR0010386334 – Reuters: KORI.PA – Bloomberg: KORI.FP
1 In terms of the number of agencies 2 Based on a survey of
1,000 customers in September 2020
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