Advinia HealthCare

Advinia Healthcare Ltd is one of the biggest private care providers in the United Kingdom.[1] Advinia operates 38 care homes and 3,250 beds across England and Scotland.[2] The group specialises in complex dementia and Alzheimer’s care.[3] The senior management works in partnership with staff, residents, family and social workers.[4]

Advinia Healthcare
IndustryHealthcare management
Founded1999
FounderDr Sanjeev Kanoria and Sangita Kanoria
Headquarters
Finchley Central, London
,
United Kingdom
Websitehttps://advinia.co.uk

History

Advinia Health Care was founded in 1999 by Dr Sanjeev Kanoria, Who is founder of SUASTH HOSPITAL MUMBAI, The hospital which is not paying balance payment of STERICOX company for its supply of mortuary refrigerator worth 4 Lacs INR. Company Announcement - FT.com|website=markets.ft.com|language=en-us|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>[5] Sanjeev is also the owner and deputy chairman of Austrian Anadi Bank.[6]

In 2011, the company acquired a number of under-performing care homes.[7][8]

In 2012, Advinia opened the first specialist unit for residents suffering from memory loss caused by alcohol abuse in the North East of England. They have similar units in London and Scotland.[9]

In February 2018, the company acquired a further 22 care homes, including 11 in Scotland, with 2,700 beds, from Bupa for an undisclosed amount. This saw the business grow by over 500 percent, putting the company in the top 10 private care providers in the UK. Advinia took over the employment of the 3,700 staff at the Bupa homes.[10][11]

As reported in 2019, the firm was under investigation by regulators, the latter stating Advenia Group was "failing to co-operate with a regulatory inquiry into its finances." The Guardian wrote that the Care Quality Commission (CQC) "has become seriously concerned in recent months about the group’s cash flow and financial management, as well as its refusal to submit" to an independent audit of its finances. "Advinia’s submissions to the CQC...showed the company was not generating enough cash to meet capital and interest repayments in the next few months". Failure to comply may result in the revocation of its license.[12]

Technology

From November 2018 to October 2019, Advinia Health Care trialled humanoid robots[13] at its care homes in the context of the EU-Japan project CARESSES [14] led by University of Genova.[15] The 2 million euro EU-funded project in partnership with University of Genova, Middlesex University, University of Bedfordshire, Örebro University, SoftBank, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nagoya University and Chubu University, started in January 2017 [16] and ended in January 2020. The Pepper robot,[17] owned by Softbank, was embedded with an Artificial Intelligence developed in the project and designed to interact with older people in a culturally competent way to address their needs.

The company is also developing new technology that will support care home managers in resident care, such as medicines management software and specialised recruitment and training modules.[18]

References
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  6. Donnellan, Aimee (2015-04-12). "Surgeon in bank transplant". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  7. CLARKE, By IAN. "Care home near Dereham bought out of administration". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  8. "Cumbrian care home saved in buyout". Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  9. "Unit will treat memory loss in heavy drinkers". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
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  11. "Care home provider takes on over 3,700 Bupa staff in deal". Nursing Times. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  12. Butler, Patrick. "One of UK's biggest care home operators investigated over finances". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  13. "Talking robots could be used to combat loneliness and boost mental health in care homes". CNN. 2020-08-09.
  14. "CARESSES Culture Aware Robots and Environmental Sensor Systems for Elderly Support". CARESSES. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  15. "EU-funded robots to be tested by care group to aid UK staff". Care Home. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
  16. "'What about that human touch?' Elderly will be cared for by ROBOTS to solve staff shortage". The Daily Express. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  17. "SoftBank announces emotional robots to staff its stores and watch your baby". The Verge. 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
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