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Care homes offer comfortable future

Care homes have been at the centre of efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 and therefore have come to the attention of many investors
Care homes have been at the centre of efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 and therefore have come to the attention of many investors
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The challenge of how to care properly for our ageing population isn’t something that Britain is facing in isolation (Greig Cameron writes). Nations worldwide are trying to work out how to cope with the pressures that demographic changes are causing. The problem, however, has rarely been as prominent in the public consciousness as it is now.

The reason, of course, is the coronavirus outbreak, which struck early and devastatingly in care homes across the country last year, but the issue is a fundamental one that will long outlive the pandemic. It concerns everybody, from political leaders and the health sector to every family in the country — and to the City and the stock market.

Target Healthcare Reit is at the centre of the investment