adages

What adages does

Adages is a French association m\u00e9dico-sociale (loi 1901), headquartered in Grabels and operating across the H\u00e9rault department in southern France. Founded approximately 40 years ago (circa 1985), the organization runs 75 establishments, services, and activities delivering medico-social care to roughly 7,000 persons per year with a workforce of approximately 1,800 professionals. Its mission spans the full lifecycle: children and adolescents with intellectual, motor, psychological, or autistic disorders (via CMPP, DITEP, IME, IEM, EEAP, SESSAD), adults with disabilities (MAS, EAM/EANM, ESAT/adapted enterprises, SAMSAH, SAVS, PCPE), elderly dependent persons (EHPAD, SSIAD), and persons in social precarity (CHRS, LHSS, LAM, ACT, social housing).

The operating model is public-sector tariff-funded. Care and accommodation services are predominantly financed by French S\u00e9curit\u00e9 Sociale (full coverage for CMPP consultations and DITEP stays), the Conseil D\u00e9partemental de l'H\u00e9rault (co-financing of disability and social services), and ARS Occitanie (regulatory oversight and funding). EHPAD daily rates are tariffed by dependency level (GIR classification), with all-inclusive daily rates between \u20ac109 and \u20ac119; social residence housing yields rental income of approximately \u20ac532 per studio per month. Admissions for disability and social services are channeled through official orientation systems (MDPH, SIAO) and the national ViaTrajectoire digital platform, while ESAT-adapted enterprises (\"Les Ateliers de l'Adages\") generate a supplementary commercial revenue stream. Donations and the 2026 Taxe d'Apprentissage campaign provide additional funding diversification.

Therapeutic practice combines structured pedagogical methods (TEACCH, ABA, PECS) with adoption of rehabilitation hardware including Virtualis VR therapy, Medimoov, and the Gloreha glove, alongside immersive robotics such as Awabot for remote presence. Technology is sourced from third-party specialists and deployed across the network; the organization itself does not appear to develop proprietary care technology. Distribution is exclusively physical and territorial within H\u00e9rault (Montpellier metropolitan area, Lunel, B\u00e9ziers, S\u00e8te, Lod\u00e8ve), and growth levers include programmatic diversification (e.g., PCPE \u00c9tudiants), cultural-inclusion partnerships (MHSC, Op\u00e9ra de Montpellier, Mus\u00e9e Fabre), and ecosystem coordination (Communaut\u00e9 360, Philado Network).

Name

adages

Legal name

Adages

Website

https://adages.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Adages is a French medico-social non-profit association operating 75 establishments across the H\u00e9rault department, serving approximately 7,000 children, adults, elderly dependent persons, and people in social precarity annually with a workforce of 1,800.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medico-social Care Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Temporary Shelters (624221), Individual and Family Services (6241)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), Personal Care & ADL Assistance (bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility) (HLADAGAA), Down Syndrome & Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Childcare (HSAAAIAC), Respite Care for Adults with Disabilities / Special Needs (HSABAGAI)

Keywords

• Medico-social services
• Disability care
• Elderly care
• Social housing
• Autism support

Headquarters

HQ city

Grabels

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Public Health Insurance (Sécurité Sociale): Medical and care services are primarily funded through French Social Security reimbursements. CMPP consultations are fully covered without resource conditions. DITEP stays are entirely covered by Social Security.
2. Departmental Council Funding: Social and medico-social services receive funding from the Conseil Départemental de l'Hérault for certain disability and social support programs.
3. ARS Occitanie Regional Health Agency: Regional health agency provides funding and regulatory oversight for healthcare and medico-social establishments.
4. Social Housing Rent: Résidence Sociale Mas de Prunet generates rental income from temporary housing: studio T1 at €532/month with charges, APL possible at €414/month for apprentices, shared room at €75/week.
5. Social Donations: Individual donations support concrete actions and improve accompaniment quality for supported individuals.
6. Adapted Enterprises (Entreprises Adaptées): Les Ateliers de l'Adages operates adapted enterprises and ESATs generating commercial revenue through production activities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Adages operates a network of 75 medico-social establishments and services across the Hérault department in France, delivering specialized care and support for approximately 7,000 persons annually. Services span childhood disabilities (IME, IEM, DITEP, EEAP, CMPP, SESSAD), adult disability accommodations (MAS, EAM, EANM, ESAT), elderly care (EHPAD, SSIAD), home-based support (SAMSAH, SAVS), and social reintegration programs (CHRS, LHSS, housing).

Product overview

Adages operates as a network of 75 medico-social establishments, services, and activities organized into four main poles: Pole Enfance (childhood), Pole Adultes Handicapés et Personnes Âgées (adults with disabilities and elderly), Pole Social (social services), and Pole Prévention Protection Parentalité (prevention and parental protection). The portfolio includes specialized institutes (IME, IEM, DITEP, EEAP), reception establishments (EAM, EANM, MAS, EHPAD), home-based services (SESSAD, SAMSAH, SAVS, SSIAD), competence poles (PCPE), sheltered employment (ESAT), and social housing services. These integrated services support approximately 7,000 persons annually across the Hérault department, from children to elderly, addressing intellectual, motor, psychic disabilities, autism, polyhandicap, and social precarity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CMPP Marcel Foucault Centre Médico-Psycho-Pédagogique offering psychological, educational and behavioral support for children and adolescents with multiple antennes in Montpellier and Lunel.
• SESSAD Marcel Foucault Specialized Education and Home Care Service for children and young adults aged 0-20 with intellectual disabilities, operating in Montpellier area.
• DITEP Bourneville Therapeutic Institute for Children and Adolescents with psychological difficulties, offering residential, day, and outpatient care for ages 0-20.
• DITEP Le Languedoc Therapeutic Institute for Children and Adolescents with psychological difficulties, offering week-long boarding, day care, and outpatient services.
• EEAP Coste Rousse Establishment for Children and Adolescents with Polyhandicap, providing continuous, temporary, and sequential care at Prades-le-Lez.
• IEM La Cardabelle Motor Education Institute for children and adolescents with motor disabilities with associated disorders, offering externat (29 places) and sequential boarding (10 places).
• SESSAD La Cardabelle Specialized Education and Home Care Service for children with motor disabilities, the only SESSAD specialized in motor disability in East Hérault.
• IME Les Oliviers Medical-Educational Institute for children and adolescents aged 6-20 with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders, with specialized teaching units.
• EHPAD L'Ostal du Lac Housing Establishment for Dependent Elderly Persons with 41 permanent places and 2 temporary places, offering comprehensive care at Le Crès.
• SSIAD L'Ostal du Lac Home Nursing Care Service with 45 places providing technical and relational care to preserve autonomy at home.
• MAS Fontcolombe Specialized Home for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (TSA), providing accommodation for 40 adults with specialized individualized support.
• EAM et EANM Archipel de Massane Medicalized and Non-Medicalized Reception Establishments for adults aged 20-65 with developmental intellectual disorders, sometimes associated with TSA or rare genetic pathologies.
• EAM Les Fontaines d'Ô Medicalized Reception Establishment specialized in acquired brain injury rehabilitation for adults with sequelae from traumatic brain injury, stroke, cerebral anoxia, or operated brain tumors.
• EAM Le Hameau des Horizons Medicalized Reception Establishment for adults with stabilized psychiatric disabilities and/or intellectual disabilities at Clapiers.
• MAS et EAM Les IV Seigneurs Specialized Homes for Adults with Disabilities offering MAS for polyhandicap and severe intellectual disabilities, and EAM for intellectual disabilities with associated disorders.
• PCPE de l'Hérault Pole of Competences and Externalized Services for disabled persons aged 5-39, providing personalized support to prevent pathway ruptures.
• PCPE Étudiants Specialized support service for students with Autism Spectrum Disorders to succeed in studies and prepare professional projects.
• SAMSAH Les Vents du Sud Medico-social Support Service for Adults with Acquired Brain Injury, accompanying up to 75 persons aged 20-65 across Hérault.
• SAVS Lou Camin Social Life Support Service for adults with acquired brain injury aged 20-65 living at home, providing administrative, budgetary, and social support.
• Les Ateliers de l'Adages Sheltered employment services including Adapted Enterprise and two ESAT facilities (Saporta and Peyreficade) for disabled workers.
• Résidence Sociale Mas de Prunet Temporary social housing for people in transition toward residential autonomy, serving mainly apprentices and professional contract holders.
• Point Info Logement (PIL) Housing Information Point providing advice, guidance, and support for housing search, rights knowledge, and emergency situations.
• Astrolabe Reception center for asylum seekers (CADA, HUDA) and other accommodation programs (ALTER, CPH) in Montpellier.
• Plateforme Regain Comprehensive social platform offering emergency accommodation, health care (LHSS, LAM), social reintegration (CHRS), and specialized programs like Maman Oasis.
• SOAE Educational Orientation and Support Service for families and child protection at Béziers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 7,000 persons accompanied annually across all services
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature9 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major, moderate and minor.

• ARS OccitaniecoreOthersRegional health agency providing funding, regulatory oversight, and strategic direction for healthcare and medico-social establishments in the Occitanie region.
• Conseil Départemental de l'HéraultcoreOthersDepartmental council providing funding for disability and social support services, co-financing accommodations and care programs.
• MDPH HéraultcoreOthersMaison Départementale des Personnes Handicapées providing orientation decisions, disability assessments, and access to rights for persons with disabilities.
• Communauté 360majorOthersTerritorial 360 community coordinating support and accompaniment for disabled persons to avoid ruptures in care pathways.
• MDA34 (Maison de l'Autonomie)coreOthersDepartmental house for autonomy providing notifications, evaluations, and orientations for disability services.
• Philado NetworkmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork facilitating coordination of care for children with disabilities in Montpellier area.
• Mission Locale Jeunesse MontpelliermoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal youth employment service supporting young people aged 16-25 in professional integration, partnering for DITEP vocational projects.
• Musée FabreminorGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor art museum in Montpellier partnering for cultural inclusion activities and artistic projects with disability establishments.
• Musée LattaraminorGTM or Marketing PartnerArchaeological and history museum in Montpellier for cultural inclusion activities with disability establishments.
• Sports Adaptés de l'HéraultmoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdapted sports federation organizing sporting activities and competitions for persons with disabilities in Hérault.
• MHSC (Montpellier Hérault Sport Club)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional football club partnering with Adages for inclusive sports projects including adapted football units and event access innovations (Awabot robot for immersive experiences).
• Opéra de MontpelliermoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerOpera house partnering for cultural inclusion projects such as choral work with IME Les Oliviers and concert access for SAMSAH beneficiaries.
• Centre Hospitalier Regional PartnersmoderateTechnology or IntegrationRegional hospital partnerships for Gloreha glove training and innovative rehabilitation technology integration.
• ViaTrajectoirecoreTechnology or IntegrationNational digital platform for secure admission requests to medico-social establishments, used for orientation processing across all Adages services.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• ADAPEI 34 (Association Départementale des Amis et Parents d'Enfants Inadaptés de l'Hérault): Direct regional competitor operating in the same Hérault territory, providing medico-social establishments and services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Both organizations are financed through ARS Occitanie and Conseil Départemental for overlapping IME, MAS, EAM, and SESSAD offerings.
• Les Papillons Blancs (Fédération Française): Federation of associations supporting people with intellectual disabilities, operating MAS, FAM, and IME facilities across France. Direct comparability in pediatric and adult intellectual-disability services funded through the same national medico-social tariffs.
• Fondation Apprentis d'Auteuil: French foundation operating DITEP, MECS, and youth-protection services for children and adolescents with behavioral or social difficulties. Overlaps with Adages' DITEP Bourneville and DITEP Le Languedoc offerings for at-risk youth.
• Emmaüs France: National federation running social reintegration activities, emergency housing, and adapted work programs. Comparable to Adages' Plateforme Regain (CHRS, LHSS, LAM) and Les Ateliers de l'Adages (ESAT) sheltered-employment services.
• Sauvegarde de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence (Fédération nationale): Federation of associations providing child protection, MECS, and educational support services for vulnerable youth. Comparable to Adages' SOAE service for child protection in Béziers and Espace Famille prevention programs.

Broad incumbents

• UNAPEI (Union Nationale des Associations de Parents, de Personnes handicapées mentales et de leurs Amis): National federation of French associations serving people with intellectual disabilities. UNAPEI coordinates 550+ member associations across France, providing advocacy, training, and shared services that overlap with Adages' disability programs.
• Croix-Rouge Française (French Red Cross): Major French social and medico-social operator running EHPAD, disability establishments, homeless shelters, and emergency housing. Operates in Hérault and overlaps with Adages across elderly care, disability support, and precarious-population services.
• APF France Handicap (Association des Paralysés de France): National disability association providing services for people with motor and multiple disabilities, including residential facilities, home support, and inclusive employment. Operates medico-social establishments competing for the same ARS and Departmental funding pools.
• Fondation Abbé Pierre (rebrand: Fondation pour le Logement des Défavorisés): Major French social-housing and homelessness advocacy organization. Comparable to Adages' Pôle Social services including Résidence Sociale Mas de Prunet and Point Info Logement for housing access.

Others

• Association Française de Gestion de Services et d'Établissements pour personnes Handicapées (AFGSEH - mutual/network entities): National network of associative medico-social operators sharing governance, HAS evaluation, and SERAFIN-PH reporting practices with Adages. Provides ecosystem-level benchmarking on reimbursement rates and operating models.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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