Korian is a French company specialized in Nursing home care for the elderly, named EHPAD (Établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes) in France. Korian has nursing homes in six European countries (France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Netherlands).
History
Korian is the result of the merging of the corresponding companies Finagest and Serience in 2003.[1][2]
Criticisms
COVID-19 epidemic
On 4 April 2020 an investigation by France Inter revealed grave shortcomings in a Korian EHPAD in Clamart, where Korian refused to acknowledge the existence of COVID-19 cases.[3]
At the same date, the number of deceased from COVID-19 in another EHPAD managed by Korian in Mougins amounted to 29 people among 110 residents.[4] According to the president of the Alpes-Maritimes department, this residence had almost as many victims as all the department.
On 19 April Libération revealed that 511 residents died from COVID-19 in EHPAD managed by Korian since 1 March, adding that the death toll was probably higher because residents deceased at hospital were not included in these figures.[5]
On 26 April Sophie Boissard, Korian CEO, announced 606 deceased in EHPADs managed by Korian.[6]
On 19 May a joint criminal investigation was started following families complaints about several EHPADs in Hauts-de-Seine.[7]
^"Décès dans un Ehpad : le groupe Korian sous le feu des critiques, et ce n'est pas la première fois". France Inter. 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2020-05-17. Né de la fusion des quatre sociétés de maisons de retraite (Finagest, Sérience, Réacti-malt et Medidep), dans la foulée de la canicule de 2003, le groupe affiche depuis d'excellents résultats : un chiffre d'affaires de près de 3,34 milliards d'euros en 2018, en hausse de 6,4% par rapport à 2017, pour un bénéfice de 123 millions d'euros.
^"Dans les Ehpad Korian, "engloutis par la vague" du Covid-19". Libération. 2020-04-19. Retrieved 2020-05-19. Le leader du marché des maisons de retraite, coté en Bourse, a-t-il failli dans sa gestion de la crise ? Les premières données montrent une forte surmortalité dans ses établissements et les témoignages pointent des négligences.