01.11.2024

Cureus completes Rathenow senior residence ahead of schedule and hands over 140 care places to compassio

• Modern building with 140 single rooms for full inpatient care and short-term care completed
• Building in sustainable Efficiency House 40 construction
• compassio Lebensräume & Pflege is operator
• Cureus – specialist for care properties is investor and developer
• Cureus properties focus on residents' needs
• Opening planned for November 2024
• Approx. 80 new, crisis-proof jobs have been created in Rathenow, employees can still apply
• Allocation of care places underway

Hamburg/Ulm/Rathenow, 1 November 2024. Cureus, an integrated property company that specialises in developing and actively managing its own care home portfolio, has completed the Rathenow senior residence at Fehrbelliner Strasse 20 in 14712 Rathenow (Brandenburg) and handed it over to the care specialist compassio Lebensräume & Pflege, which was acquired as an operating partner. The general contractor for the construction work was Schneider Systembau from Radeburg.

‘We are delighted to now be able to provide important and urgently needed care capacity for the residents in and around Rathenow in accordance with the latest standards and with attractive architecture. We are now around a quarter of a year faster than initially planned,’ says Helge Feuereiß, project manager at Cureus, which has already completed residences in Neuruppin and Cottbus in Brandenburg. ‘We are confident that with compassio, we have also gained an experienced and renowned operator in Rathenow that stands for personalised support and care. We wish the future residents and the compassio team all the best in this new senior residence, which will now open in November 2024,’ Feuereiß continued.

‘From November 2024, the residence in Rathenow will be our third location in Brandenburg to offer contemporary care and support, including all services for the elderly, and we will then gradually ramp up operations,’ says Johannes Knake, Managing Director of compassio, adding: ’With our range of long-term and short-term care, we want to offer a unique range of services for senior citizens from Rathenow and the surrounding area in the contemporary building. Modern and spacious care rooms with generous glazing and the bright, friendly building design offer a home where you can feel at ease and be cared for safely. compassio has always stood for professional, personalised support and care and always has the needs of its employees in mind.’

Living and working in the compassio Seniorenresidenz Rathenow

Anyone interested in care places in full inpatient long-term and short-term care can find more information on the website of the Rathenow senior residence https://www.compassio.de/standort/seniorenresidenz-rathenow or from 1 November 2024 by contacting the residence manager Yvonne Rose on +49 3385 5529-300.

The senior residence will create around 80 new, crisis-proof and modern jobs in the areas of care, administration, building services and services. There are still vacancies for nursing staff and assistants, mainly in the area of care and support. Interested parties can find information, contact and application options at https://www.compassio.de/standort/seniorenresidenz-rathenow/#karriere.

‘The team for the start of operations has already been found. We are very optimistic that we will succeed in recruiting more employees from Rathenow and the surrounding area,’ Johannes Knake is convinced. ‘compassio is an attractive and reliable employer. In addition to permanent employment contracts, attractive remuneration and numerous training and development opportunities, we offer our employees a wide range of additional benefits, such as shopping opportunities at top conditions via our employee portal, a company pension scheme allowance, childcare costs and, as a special benefit, JOBRAD leasing. We also create optimal working conditions in Rathenow. The modern new building offers an attractive working environment, and state-of-the-art tools and equipment make work processes easier,’ adds Knake.

About the Rathenow senior residence with its extensive range of services

The compassio Seniorenresidenz Rathenow was built on a plot of around 8,800 square metres directly in the city centre and comprises around 7,400 square metres of gross floor area. The J-shaped building was constructed as an energy-optimised KfW Efficiency House 40. It is heated in an ecologically sustainable manner by a combined heat and power unit (CHP), which also generates electricity.

The barrier-free residence extends over four full storeys and a staggered storey. There are 140 modern care places available for future residents in generously designed single rooms with en-suite bathrooms, half of the rooms are wheelchair accessible. In addition to a nurse call, each room has its own telephone, internet and television connection. It is possible to furnish the rooms yourself to ensure privacy and as a private retreat. The rooms are divided into eight independently organised residential groups with their own kitchen and lounge area as well as a balcony or terrace to ensure a familiar, social atmosphere.

A residents' restaurant with its own kitchen and sun terrace has been created on the ground floor of the senior residence. A hotel-style reception with an inviting foyer, a fireside lounge, a hairdresser and modern care bathrooms round off the services on offer in the property.

The friendly, spacious outdoor areas in the inner courtyard invite residents to exercise and socialise outdoors. However, they will also offer plenty of opportunities to linger in nature.

Optimal location and accessibility

Located directly in the centre of Rathenow, local shopping, social and cultural facilities as well as churches and doctors are within easy reach. Public transport connections are also guaranteed and 20 car parking spaces on the premises, two of which are disabled-friendly, as well as bicycle parking facilities ensure optimal accessibility for residents, visitors and employees.

Well thought-out standard ensures individuality and the highest construction quality

The compassio senior residence in Rathenow was built in accordance with the Cureus standard for system care properties. This places great importance on uniform, high quality standards and is oriented, among other things, towards the requirements of the operators, focusing on the residents and care staff. In this way, the structural processes and all properties are optimised from the inside to the outside: This concerns, for example, the size and arrangement of rooms to optimize space and walkways. Cureus care homes are also designed and equipped for maximum utility: interior corridors benefit from as much daylight as possible, every room has floor-to-ceiling windows that provide attractive views of the surrounding area, and the modern bathrooms and window fronts always follow the same standardised system approach. Each complex’s architecture and facade incorporate individual touches and are constructed to the highest quality standards, integrating seamlessly into their surroundings. The Cureus system approach also prioritises sustainability, both in terms of a care home’s long-term economic viability and its impact on the environment. All Cureus care homes are, for example, constructed in accordance with the ‘Effizienhaus-40-Standard’ (former KfW 40 energy-efficiency standard), while the bulk procurement of floor coverings or elevator systems, for example, ensures cost synergies and long-term maintenance contracts covering several properties also reduce costs for care home operators. The constant review and optimisation of the Cureus system care home standard guarantees the construction of care homes that truly meet demand.