Home Care

Only in SATURDAY: the key to survival under Support at Home

Jul 10 2025 Updated 16 hours ago

Caroline Egan

1 min read

Support at Home will fundamentally reshape the home care landscape, pushing providers to operate with greater precision, smarter IT systems, and bigger margins. For those lagging behind, the risk is not just diminished profitability, it is extinction.

What is the key to survival? In our latest issue of SATURDAY, Norbert Walther, CEO of home care providers Kinyara Health, and Jennene Buckley, Director of Enkindle Consulting, divulge their formulas for success.

Read SATURDAY to find out. Click to subscribe.

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