Our story

30 years of expertise and innovation

In the early 1990s, Jean-Paul Siret, founder and current Chairman, measures the impact of an ageing population with its corollary, a heightened need for medical facilities in care homes. He then opens his first Ehpad (care home for dependent elderly people), La Chézalière, in Nantes. This new residence features a high level of accommodation services, an ambitious social and cultural lifestyle programme and medical professionals on site 24/7. This unique model launches at the same time as Le Noble Age, which, 26 years later, will become LNA Santé to propose an enhanced global health offer, in the healthcare and medico-social fields.

5 years after opening the La Chézalière residence in Nantes, LNA Santé becomes a true trailblazer, building establishments specifically dedicated to Alzheimer's disease. Very soon afterwards, in 1999, the company expands into the healthcare sector through the acquisition of its first medical care and rehabilitation establishment. LNA Santé has never stopped enhancing the customer experience ever since, through innovation and the trialling of new care offers. And this is still the case today, with our ‘Sens’ approach, providing unique support for progressive neurological disorders, structured into several thematic areas (architecture, training and skills, the role of caregivers, etc.).

Thanks to its family identity and mode of governance, LNA Santé has always striven to implement a long-term corporate project. Development has been carefully controlled since 1990, with our number of establishments rising from 1 to 85 and a workforce expanding from 40 colleagues to over 9,000 in 30 years.

With its ‘Grandir Ensemble’ (growing together) strategic project, our company’s goal is clear: to become the leading independent player in transforming the healthcare offer alongside both public and institutional partners.

Key events in the history of the company

1990 THE INAUGURATION OF THE 1ST EHPAD1st care home for dependent elderly persons opens in Nantes. La Chézalière, 40 employees

1995
EXPERTISE IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASELe Parc de Diane, a pioneering centre for the treatment of Alzheimer’s

1999
OUR POSITIONING IN THE HEALTHCARE SECTORLe Parc du Golfe, the 1st medical care and rehabilitation centre (formerly known as SMR), which will become the Mar Vivo geriatric care centre.
Meanwhile, the company begins to reorganise its management team (operations department, administrative & financial department, medical & quality department).

2003
GEOGRAPHICAL EXPANSION INTO Belgium
A shift in scale with the acquisition of 5 establishments, including 2 care and retirement homes in Belgium, Athéna and Le Point du jour.
At this point, LNA Santé operates 14 establishments: 11 care homes, 1 medical care and rehabilitation and 2 care and retirement homes in Belgium.

 

2006
CONTROL OF FUNDS
The company launches a public offering to raise capital (introduction onto financial markets) entirely dedicated to funding the creation and systematic restructuring of its establishments. LNA Santé thus reaffirms its desire to control its capital and ensure independent management.

LNA Santé now represents 25 establishments and 2,302 beds (19 care home, 2 medical care and rehabilitation and 2 care and retirement homes in Belgium).

2010
GROWTH AMBITIONS
Acceleration of the development of the healthcare sector through the acquisition of a mental health clinic, the Maison de Santé in Epinay-sur-Seine (93) and diversification of our activities in the public and voluntary sectors.

LNA Santé represents 35 establishments and 3,253 beds (26 care homes, 4 medical care and rehabilitation; 4 care and retirement homes in Belgium and 1 mental health clinic).

2011
EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP: NOBILISE
Creation of a shareholding structure involving 40 managers. The executives at LNA Santé become company shareholders and are represented on the Board of Directors. They are thus directly concerned by its future and become key operational shareholders for the company.

2012
A NEW EHPAD ACCOMMODATION OFFER
Following in the footsteps of its historic ‘Elégance’ range, LNA Santé creates a new accommodation range entitled ‘Confort’, at affordable prices. The La Meulière de la Marne, la Villa Amélie, La Villa Océane and Villa Eléonore are the prototypes for this model.

LNA Santé represents 47 establishments and 4,525 beds (37 care homes, 6 medical care and rehabilitation, 1 mental health clinic, 1 hospital care at home)

2013
1ST BUSINESS PROJECT
‘Grandir Ensemble’ (growing together). This strategic plan was developed in conjunction with teams of professionals within the network of establishments and at the headquarters. Our record in each strategic area shows a remarkable level of attainment of targets and global performance, leading to a radical transformation of the Group’s profile.

2014
NEW RESIDENCES
The Villa des Colettes and Villa de Falicon (today, the Villa de Rimiez) residences are opened in the Alpes-Maritimes Department.

The Group comprises 52 care home, 10 medical care and rehabilitation, 1 mental health clinic, 2 hospitals care at home and employs over 4,000 people.

2015
THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUTPATIENT CARE
Creation of 3 hospital care at home services in the Loir et Cher Department, at Orléans-Montargis and in the Val de Loire Department.

2016
LNA SANTÉ, A NEW NAME FOR A GLOBAL HEALTHCARE OPERATOR
Le Noble Age becomes LNA Santé. The aim of this change is to clarify the company’s positioning as a global operator in the healthcare sector.

2018-2022
GRANDIR ENSEMBLE 2022: 2ND STRATEGIC PLAN
Launch of the new ‘Grandir Ensemble 2022’ strategic plan formalised through a roadmap with 6 key action areas.
At the same time, LNA Santé formalises its CSR policy structured around 5 action areas and opens its Research Hub.

The company represents 68 establishments and 7,258 beds 

2020
REINFORCEMENT OF THE HEALTHCARE OFFER
LNA Santé is taken over by Clinique Développement, a leading healthcare operator in Normandy, specialising in Medical Care and Rehabilitation and in surgery. With a strong presence already in western France, LNA Santé reinforces its presence in Normandy, with the integration of 7 ‘new’ establishments. 2020 is marked by a phase of intense development involving the opening of the Achères medical care and rehabilitation centre, the Les Jardins d'Henriville home care service and the Est Region Diabetic Health Prevention Institute in Strasbourg, as well as the takeover of the La Renaissance care home in Pessac and the Parsay medical care and rehabilitation centre in the Deux-Sèvres Department.

2021
LNA TOGETHER – A SHARED GOVERNANCE MODEL
Since it was first established, our founder directors have sought to develop the company while protecting its independence and identity and bolstering the collective: After the integration of the Normandy-based Clinique Développement Group, with 400 employees holding shares in their company, LNA Santé has decided to expand its number of shareholder employees, with 2,500 professionals now having chosen to invest in their company.

The governance of LNA Santé is today shared with the teams who collectively hold 10% of the company's capital.

2022
DEVELOPMENT ACROSS EUROPE, BASED ON LEADING-EDGE EXPERTISE
LNA Santé moves into Poland with 2 state-of-the-art medical care and rehabilitation centres (Centrum Rehabilitacji), in Krakow and Otwock, entitled Origin Centres, thus bringing the total number of establishments to 85.

45 EHPAD; 4 MRPA (Belgium); 20 SMR clinics (2 in Poland); 10 home care services, 4 surgical clinics and 2 mental health clinics.

2023

LNA SANTE BECOMES AN ‘ENTREPRISE A MISSION’ AND LAUNCHES ITS NEW STRATEGIC PROJECT

After the first two editions of ‘Grandir Ensemble’ (2013-2017 and then 2018-2022), the 9,000 employees at LNA Santé embark on the 3rd edition of the strategic project, scheduled to run until 2027.

This third strategic plan is enhanced with the inclusion of an ethos in our articles of association: By becoming an entreprise à mission, LNA Santé adopts an integrated CSR approach, which goes beyond the legal and regulatory requirements. The company undertakes to measure and communicate its social and environmental impact transparently, by setting 4 tangible goals and reporting on their progress regularly to an independent third-party body.

LNA Santé now operates 85 establishments and employs more than 9,000 people, all committed to supporting vulnerable people, their loved ones and partners. 

LNA Santé pursues its strategy by setting a 5-year goal and is seeking to continue its development based on sound fundamentals and a continued focus on:

  • Its unique identity, relying on strong principles:
    Family governance,
    A unique, demanding and robust model,
    An entrepreneurial culture developed over 30 years,
    Share ownership open to all employees: 10% of the capital of LNA Santé is held by 2,500 employees.
  • And on values shared by all our professionals: respect, trust, a sense of service, initiative and commitment.
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