Risks of Accidents, Infectious Diseases and Lower Occupancy Rates at Elderly Care Facilities
First written in FY2018. 3 of 10 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-07-10.
Medical Ikkou Group moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2022.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2022: 3 of 8 companies on the "Worse" side.
2 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- 2026-07-10MitigatedEarnings
「In the healthcare business, both residential and home-based nursing care services recorded year-on-year improvements in occupancy or utilisation rates, and net sales increased.」
The disclosure states that occupancy and utilisation rates for nursing care services improved year on year. - FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「Because the healthcare business serves older adults, we exercise the utmost care in managing safety and hygiene at our facilities, including preventing falls and outbreaks of infectious diseases. However, if an accident or other incident were to occur, the Company could suffer reputational damage and face claims for damages in litigation, potentially affecting the Group's performance.」
Continues to disclose the risks of accidents, infectious diseases, litigation and lower utilization at facilities for older adults. - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「Occupancy at residential nursing care services and utilization of home-based nursing care services both improved slightly year on year, and revenue increased.」
Occupancy and utilization at the nursing care services improved slightly year on year, indicating an improvement in the lower-utilization risk that had emerged through the previous year. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「Because the healthcare business serves older adults, we exercise the utmost care in managing safety and hygiene at our facilities, including preventing falls and outbreaks of infectious diseases. However, if an accident or other incident were to occur, the Company could suffer reputational damage and face claims for damages in litigation, potentially affecting the Group's performance.」
Continues to disclose the risks of accidents, infectious diseases, litigation and lower utilization at facilities for older adults. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In the healthcare business, demand for both residential and home-based nursing care services is on a gradual recovery trend.」
Regarding the infectious disease and lower-utilization risks that emerged in the previous fiscal year, it states that demand for both residential and home-based nursing care services is gradually recovering. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「In the healthcare business, multiple clusters of COVID-19 occurred intermittently throughout the fiscal year at day-care nursing facilities and residential facilities. As a result, utilization declined in part because new users, particularly of day-care services, refrained from using the services.」
Multiple clusters occurred intermittently at nursing care facilities and residential facilities throughout the fiscal year, and the risks related to accidents, infectious diseases and lower utilization materialized as reduced new-user intake and lower utilization. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「Although infections temporarily subsided thereafter, clusters have occurred at multiple facilities recently as infections resurged during the eighth wave.」
Even after infections temporarily subsided, clusters recurred at multiple facilities as the eighth wave resurged, and risks to facility utilization and performance have continued and expanded. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「However, the Group remained in a situation that required continued vigilance, as the impact on performance caused by clusters that occurred at some of its operating facilities from March through April this year was particularly pronounced. Although the clusters have now subsided, both occupancy at residential facilities and utilization at day-care facilities remain at levels where a full recovery will take some more time.」
Clusters actually occurred at operating facilities, and the risk has materialized in the form of an impact on performance and delayed recovery in occupancy at residential facilities and utilization at day-care facilities. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「However, if an accident or other incident were to occur, the Group could suffer reputational damage and face claims for damages in litigation, potentially affecting its performance. In addition, if residents were forced to be hospitalized for health or other reasons, occupancy could decline, potentially affecting the Group's performance.」
Continues to disclose the risks of accidents and infectious diseases at facilities for older adults and lower occupancy due to hospitalizations. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「However, if an accident or other incident were to occur, the Group could suffer reputational damage and face claims for damages in litigation, potentially affecting its performance. In addition, if residents were forced to be hospitalized for health or other reasons, occupancy could decline, potentially affecting the Group's performance.」
Discloses the possibility that falls at facilities, outbreaks of infectious diseases and lower occupancy due to hospitalizations could affect reputation, litigation exposure and performance.