Spitex Region Lueg

What Spitex Region Lueg does

Spitex Region Lueg is a Swiss non-profit home care provider headquartered in Hasle-Rüegsau, Canton Bern, serving approximately 500 active clients across 11 municipalities in the Emmental region (~24,000 residents). Founded in 2008 through the merger of five predecessor Spitex organizations and converted to an Aktiengesellschaft (AG) in April 2022, the organization operates four branch locations (Hasle-Rüegsau HQ, Weier i.E., Wynigen, Sumiswald) and employs approximately 160 staff.

The organization's core offering is outpatient home nursing and care services delivered in clients' homes, including basic care (Körperpflege), treatment care (Behandlungspflege), psychiatric care, dementia support, palliative care, and wound care. These services are delivered under a cantonal service agreement with the Canton of Bern and billed primarily through Swiss mandatory health insurance (KVG). Beyond clinical services, Spitex Region Lueg offers supplementary household and daily-life services — meals, emergency call systems, hairdressing, foot care, and household help — partly through a partnership with BelleVie Suisse, and dementia-specific services through a collaboration with Alzheimer Bern. The organization holds the concrect quality label and maintains education partnerships to staff its workforce.

The revenue model combines KVG-reimbursed nursing services for clinical care with unit or subscription pricing for supplementary services and member contributions. Customer acquisition is referral-driven through hospitals, physicians, and self/family referral. Operational technology is limited to a Heyflow recruitment tool, a standard employee portal, and outsourced HR/payroll. The operating model is fundamentally labor-intensive with no evidence of AI, automation, or proprietary technology platforms.

Name

Spitex Region Lueg

Legal name

SPITEX Region Lueg AG

Website

https://spitexlueg.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Spitex Region Lueg is a Swiss non-profit home care provider in the Emmental region (Canton Bern), delivering outpatient nursing, dementia, palliative, and household services to ~500 clients across 11 municipalities via four branches and ~160 staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Home Healthcare Services

NAICS

Home Health Care Services (621610)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Duty 24/7 Nursing (RN/LPN) In-Home Care (HSABAHAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wound, Ostomy & Continence Care (WOC) at Home (HSABACAE), In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), Care Transitions Management (Hospital/SNF-to-Home) (HSABAIAC), Dementia/Alzheimer’s Respite Care (Specialized) (HLADAKAG)

Keywords

• Home nursing care
• Outpatient care services
• Palliative home care
• Dementia support services
• Wound care treatment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hasle-Rüegsau

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Nursing care billing (Krankenkasse): Medically prescribed nursing and care services are billed directly to health insurers (Grundversicherung). Tariffs are set by the Federal Council (Bundesrat) under a service agreement with the Canton of Bern. Patients pay a co-payment (patient participation) for nursing services.
2. Meal delivery service: Meal delivery service at CHF 19.00 per meal, covering soup, salad or compote, main course, and dessert, delivered on porcelain with a thermal box.
3. Mobile hairdressing service: Mobile hairdressing (coiffeur) at CHF 25 per 15 minutes, including care products and travel compensation.
4. Emergency call system (Spitex-Notruf): Emergency call system rental: CHF 83/month with Spitex readiness, CHF 58/month without. One-time setup fee CHF 100.
5. Household services (via BelleVie Suisse): Household services (cleaning, laundry, shopping, transport, companionship) provided through BelleVie Suisse partner, covered by supplementary insurance or supplementary benefits (Ergänzungsleistungen).
6. Donations and membership fees: Charitable donations and membership fees (CHF 25/year) flow into a social-purpose fund to support clients in financial hardship, non-subsidized services, and prevention initiatives.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Spitex Region Lueg delivers physician-prescribed home nursing and care services to approximately 500 clients across 11 municipalities in the Emmental region of Canton Bern, Switzerland. The portfolio spans basic and treatment nursing (Grundpflege, Behandlungspflege), specialized care for psychiatric, dementia, palliative, and wound patients, plus supplementary services — meal delivery, 24/7 emergency call, mobile hairdressing, medical foot care, and housekeeping — coordinated through four branch offices and billable primarily through mandatory Swiss health insurance.

Product overview

Spitex Region Lueg operates a platform-plus-modules home care service model centered on core nursing care (Pflege) with supplementary support services (Zusatzleistungen). The core offerings include Grundpflege (basic care), Behandlungspflege (treatment care), and specialized services for psychiatry, dementia, palliative care, and wound treatment. The supplementary module portfolio includes Spitex-Notruf (emergency call), Mahlzeitenangebot (meal delivery), Hauswirtschaft (housekeeping via BelleVie Suisse), Coiffeur (mobile hairdressing), and Fusspflege (medical foot care). Quality assurance, case management, and tariff information support the service portfolio. The organization serves approximately 500 clients across 11 municipalities in the Emmental region of Canton Bern, Switzerland, with four physical locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grundpflege (Basic Care)

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves approximately 500 clients in 11 municipalities across the Emmental region with ~160 employees

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BelleVie SuissecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBelleVie Suisse is a specialized comfort services company that provides household and domestic support services (cleaning, laundry, shopping, transport, companionship) to clients of Spitex Region Lueg. These services are not covered by basic health insurance but may be covered by supplementary insurance or Ergänzungsleistungen. Spitex Region Lueg refers clients to BelleVie Suisse for non-subsidized domestic support services.
• Alzheimer BerncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpitex Region Lueg collaborates with Alzheimer Bern to offer dementia counseling services for people with dementia and their relatives. This partnership provides specialized advisory services beyond Spitex's core nursing care.
• Berner Bildungszentrum PflegeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for training nursing students at the Höhere Fachschule (HF) level. Spitex Region Lueg provides practical training placements for students in collaboration with the Berner Bildungszentrum Pflege.
• Bildungszentrum Gesundheit Zentralschweiz XUNDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEducational partnership for training nursing students at the Höhere Fachschule (HF) level. Spitex Region Lueg provides practical training placements for students in collaboration with XUND in Luzern.
• impunix AGminorOthersimpunix AG is Spitex Region Lueg's data protection advisor (Datenschutzberater), providing full-service data protection compliance under Swiss data protection law (DSG). Contact: [email protected], Lagerhausstrasse 18, CH-8400 Winterthur.
• Social insurance and health insurerscoreOthersSpitex Region Lueg collaborates with health insurers, social insurance providers, and accident insurers for billing of medically prescribed care services under the KVG/BKV. Also works with supplementary benefits (Ergänzungsleistungen) authorities for client cost coverage.
• Hausärzte/-innen, Therapeuten/-innen und FachpersonencoreOthersInterdisciplinary collaboration with family doctors, therapists, and specialist professionals for coordinated psychiatric care and broader nursing care delivery.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights10 records

Broad incumbents

• Senevita AG: Swiss operator of residential care and assisted living communities with selected home care services. Comparable as a broader Swiss elder-care incumbent with overlapping customer segments, but focused on residential rather than purely home-based delivery.
• Tertianum Gruppe: Large Swiss operator of senior residences and care services. Comparable as a broad incumbent in Swiss elder care with adjacent service offerings, though Tertianum's primary footprint is residential rather than home-based.

Regional players

• Domicil Bern AG: Bern-based operator of residential and care homes for the elderly. Comparable to Spitex Region Lueg in serving the same regional elderly population in the Canton of Bern, though Domicil's primary model is residential rather than ambulatory home care.

Others

• Pro Senectute Kanton Bern: Swiss foundation providing elderly services including home help, advice, and complementary support to Spitex. Comparable as a related ecosystem player addressing the same elderly demographic through different but overlapping services.
• BelleVie Suisse: Swiss provider of household, accompaniment, and comfort services to elderly clients at home; existing channel partner of Spitex Region Lueg. Comparable as a complementary home services provider addressing the same end customer through non-medical support.

Direct peers

• Home Instead Schweiz: International franchised home care operator active across Switzerland, providing non-medical companionship and personal care in clients' homes. Comparable to Spitex Region Lueg in the home-based elderly care delivery model, though Home Instead typically focuses on non-medical services rather than KVG-billable skilled nursing.
• Spitex Kanton Bern (umbrella): Cantonal association of Spitex organizations in the Canton of Bern, of which Spitex Region Lueg is a member. Operates the same KVG/Leistungsvertrag model and serves overlapping geography, making it the closest structural and operational comparable.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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