The official opening of the new 'Tre Cuori' residence for the elderly in Fontanafredda, in the province of Pordenone, is set for Wednesday, 24 April 2024.

The new Friulian residence for the elderly, a three-storey, H-shaped building with 120 beds, represents an important opportunity in terms of accommodating the non-self-sufficient elderly, with a view to absorbing the very high demand for beds in the area between Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto. Behind the new building, equipped with single and double rooms, in addition to the refurbishment of the service part of the outpatient clinic, there are 34 parking spaces for visiting family members and a public park with an adjoining bocce court.

But a total of 500 new beds have been opened or will be opened in the first half of 2024 for the Group - more than 45 million invested - which combines the management of residences for the elderly with the construction of its own facilities. There are five new openings in Italy: in addition to the 'Tre Cuori' Rsa in Fontanafredda, two new residences in the province of Turin, in San Gillio, which opened two months ago, and in La Loggia, due to open in May; the Rsa in Sanluri in Sardinia and the 'Villa dei Glicini' residence in Palermo.

In addition, the purchase of an existing and operating Rsa, formalised in recent days, and already currently managed by Sereni Orizzonti in Genoa: the 84-bed Rsa 'Sestri Ponente' for post-acute care, with a significant health impact.

The opening of the new Rsa in Fontanafredda is part of the development plan that Sereni Orizzonti has recently launched and which envisages the construction, over the next five years, of 20 new residences for the elderly: six sites are already operational, the others are about to start.

"We plan to build 2,400 new beds over the next five years, which we believe will be useful in a country, Italy, where there is still a shortage of supply for the elderly compared to the average of the leading European countries," says majority shareholder Massimo Blasoni. "We want state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable and more domotic residences for the elderly: in other words, more green spaces, single rooms and increasingly digital medical records, but also the use of artificial intelligence.

"The creation of new beds will have a significant impact on employment," adds CEO Gabriele Meluzzi. "It is estimated that more than 1,000 professional figures, such as social workers, nurses, doctors and physiotherapists, will be needed to complete the operation.