Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland

What Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland does

Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland (PBSL) is a municipal association (Gemeindeverband) — an inter-municipal cooperative owned collectively by municipalities in the Gantrisch region of Canton Bern, Switzerland — that delivers long-term care and support services to elderly and care-dependent residents. It is headquartered at Guggisbergstrasse 7 in Schwarzenburg and is described in source material as one of the leading long-term care providers in the Canton of Bern and a major regional employer. Its core service portfolio is delivered through six operating units: Pflegezentrum Schwarzenburg (a stationary nursing facility with an integrated dementia ward), Alterszentrum Rüschegg, Alters- und Begegnungszentrum Riffenmatt, Spitex Schwarzenburgerland (home-based nursing and assistance), the Tagesstätte für Senioren (adult day care), and Seniorenwohnungen (independent senior apartments), supported by an on-site Restaurant Cafe Bourg. Together the stationary institutions provide 103 residential beds. Service delivery is direct-to-consumer through physical facilities and home-visit Spitex operations, with revenue generated via recurring care fees covered under the Swiss statutory health insurance (KVG) framework and public funding. The organization operates family-style living groups, maintains open visiting hours outside the dementia ward, and places emphasis on palliative care and pain management.

From a technology and capability standpoint, PBSL runs no proprietary platform; its core technology is care services infrastructure (residential facilities, dementia unit, day care center, Spitex operations) rather than software. Its digital footprint is limited to standard tooling: a website maintained by Qube AG, use of OPAN for online Spitex patient registrations, and Google Analytics for basic web traffic measurement. The organization has obtained the terz Stiftung quality labels in 2024 (residents and family/relatives) and an EFQM Quality Certification, providing third-party validation of service quality. It is a member of the dedica regional network. Its business model is essentially that of a publicly chartered, regulated long-term care utility rather than a commercial enterprise: there is no equity base, no external investors, no funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no disclosed financial figures. Expansion is bounded to the existing municipal catchment, and growth is driven by underlying demographic aging rather than active commercial expansion.

Name

Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland

Legal name

Gemeindeverband Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland

Website

https://pbsl.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland (PBSL) is a municipal association in Canton Bern, Switzerland, delivering integrated long-term elderly care — 103 residential beds across three institutions, Spitex home care, day care, and senior apartments — to residents of the Gantrisch region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Long-term Elderly Care Services

NAICS

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (623312), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Large Campus / Multi-Building Assisted Living Communities (HLADABAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Non-Hospice Serious-Illness / Community-Based Palliative Care (In-Home) (HSABAFAF), Home & Community-Based Services (HCBS) Coordination & Case Management (HSABAIAM)

Keywords

• Elderly care services
• Residential nursing care
• Home health care
• Dementia care services
• Senior day care

Headquarters

HQ city

Schwarzenburg

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Residential Care Services: Inpatient care and accommodation services for elderly and care-dependent people at three residential institutions. The municipal association operates as a public healthcare provider.
2. Home Care (Spitex): Spitex Schwarzenburgerland provides hospital-external nursing care and help at home for residents of the Schwarzenburgerland region.
3. Day Care Services: Adult day care center (Tagesstätte für Senioren) providing daytime care services for seniors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland is a municipal association (Gemeindeverband) operating three inpatient care institutions with a combined 103 beds for elderly and care-dependent residents, including an integrated dementia care ward. The organization also operates Spitex Schwarzenburgerland for hospital-external home nursing care, a Tagesstätte (day care center) for seniors, and Seniorenwohnungen (senior apartments). All services are delivered in the Gantrisch region of Canton Bern, Switzerland, structured around family-style living groups with open visiting hours and a focus on palliative care and pain management.

Product overview

Pflege und Betreuung Schwarzenburgerland is a municipal care consortium (Gemeindeverband) operating multiple long-term care facilities in the Gantrisch region of Canton Bern. The organization provides a comprehensive portfolio of elderly care services including three stationary nursing institutions (Pflegezentrum Schwarzenburg with integrated Demenzzentrum, Alterszentrum Rüschegg, and Alters- und Begegnungszentrum Riffenmatt) serving approximately 103 residents, home-based Spitex services, senior apartments, and a day care center. The facilities operate in familial living groups with open visiting hours (except dementia unit) and emphasize Palliative Care and effective pain management. All services are supported by an on-site restaurant (Restaurant Cafe Bourg) offering discounted meals to staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Restaurant Cafe Bourg: On-site restaurant at Pflegezentrum Schwarzenburg offering meals to residents and visitors

Products and services

• Pflegezentrum Schwarzenburg
• Alterszentrum Rüschegg
• Spitex Schwarzenburgerland
• Alters- und Begegnungszentrum Riffenmatt
• Seniorenwohnungen Schwarzenburgerland
• Tagesstätte für Senioren
• Demenzzentrum

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Spitex SchwarzenburgerlandcoreOthersIntegrated home care organization (Spitex) providing hospital-external nursing care and assistance at home. Part of the Gemeindeverband PBSL service network.
• dedicaminorOthersRegional network/organization. The organization is listed as a member of dedica.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Senevita AG: Swiss operator of residential care and assisted living homes; directly comparable in offering multi-site elderly residential care with similar service mix, but operates as a private for-profit group rather than a municipal association.
• Domicil Bern: Bern-area residential and long-term care provider operating multiple homes in the same Canton Bern; the closest regional peer given shared canton geography and comparable nursing/elderly care services.
• SeneCura Switzerland: Swiss residential care home group with comparable service offering across assisted living and nursing care; directly comparable in product/service mix though operating across multiple Swiss regions.

Others

• Spitex Verband Schweiz: National association representing Swiss home care (Spitex) providers; thematically related to PBSL's Spitex Schwarzenburgerland service line, providing ecosystem context though not a direct operator of competing services.
• Pro Senectute: National Swiss foundation providing elderly support, home help, and advisory services; thematically related through shared elderly-services mission and overlapping Spitex-adjacent offerings, but not a direct operator of residential care facilities.

Broad incumbents

• Emeis Suisse (formerly ORPEA Suisse): International nursing and residential care chain with Swiss operations; broadly comparable as an incumbent multi-site elderly care provider, though at significantly larger scale and with private-pay exposure.
• Tertianum Group: Switzerland's largest private residential and assisted living operator with ~80+ sites; broadly comparable as a multi-site elderly care provider, though Tertianum operates at national scale with a more premium, private-pay positioning than PBSL's municipal model.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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