{"id":742,"date":"2025-07-09T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/?page_id=742"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:39:36","slug":"sudamekodude-lugu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/sudamekodude-lugu\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of S\u00fcdamekodud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThe Story of S\u00fcdamekodud\n<\/h2>
In 2017, Martin Kukk, Jako Laanem\u00e4gi, Rain Rosimannus, and Rene Ilves founded S\u00fcdamekodud with the goal of creating care homes where they themselves would like to live in their old age.

The aim of S\u00fcdamekodud is to improve the quality of elderly care services in Estonia and to establish new living environments that are safe and comfortable for spending one\u2019s later years.<\/div>
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\n2017.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired K\u00e4ru Care and Rehabilitation Center, which became K\u00e4ru S\u00fcdamekodu with 50 residential places.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired the Saatse Residence, which became V\u00e4rska S\u00fcdamekodu with 60 residential places.\n<\/div>
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\n2018.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired the South L\u00e4\u00e4nemaa Health and Social Care Center, which became Lihula S\u00fcdamekodu with 60 residential places.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud established a new special care center in Lihula with 30 residential places.\n<\/div>
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\n2019.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud established an elderly home in Saaremaa with 60 residential places, which became Saaremaa S\u00fcdamekodu.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud expanded K\u00e4ru S\u00fcdamekodu with a new extension, adding 60 new residential places.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired Kunda Nursing Home, which became Kunda S\u00fcdamekodu with 60 residential places.\n<\/div>
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\n2020.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired the Piigaste Residence, which became Piigaste S\u00fcdamekodu with 45 residential places.\n<\/div>
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\n2021.
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\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired the Valkla complex from Hoolekandeteenused AS and began renovations.\n<\/div>
\nConstruction of an extension to Lihula S\u00fcdamekodu began.\n<\/div>
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\n2022.
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\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired Kursana, which became Meriv\u00e4lja S\u00fcdamekodu with 134 residential places.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired the Pirita Residence, which became Pirita S\u00fcdamekodu.\n<\/div>
\nK\u00e4ru, Lihula, Saaremaa, Kunda, Meriv\u00e4lja, and Pirita merged into S\u00fcdamekodud AS.\n<\/div>
\nThe first residents were welcomed in Valkla, and renovation continues.\n<\/div>
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\n2023.
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\nThe construction of the previously halted extension of Lihula S\u00fcdamekodu was resumed.\n<\/div>
\nConstruction of Tartu S\u00fcdamekodu began.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud expanded Valkla S\u00fcdamekodu with a new extension, adding 74 new residential places.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud acquired the Paide Residence, which became Paide S\u00fcdamekodu with 125 residential places.
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\nS\u00fcdamekodud expanded Lihula S\u00fcdamekodu with a new extension, adding 42 new residential places. Renovation of the older buildings also began, after which Lihula S\u00fcdamekodu will have 92 residential places for elderly people and 42 for special care.\n<\/div>
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\n2024.
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\nSaaremaa S\u00fcdamekodu was expanded with a new unit, adding 13 residential places. Planning has begun for a further expansion of 30 additional places.\n<\/div>
\nA care center property in Hiiu was acquired. Design work began on the future home of N\u00f5mme S\u00fcdamekodu.\n<\/div>
\nTartu S\u00fcdamekodu was opened. In the first phase, two units with 120 residential places were opened. Construction of the third unit, planned for 60 places, has also begun.\n<\/div>
\nRenovation of the third building of Valkla S\u00fcdamekodu began and is expected to be completed in early 2025.\n<\/div>
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\n2025.
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\nValkla S\u00fcdamekodu was expanded with a new unit. The third building was renovated, adding 80 residential places, and outdoor terraces were built.\n<\/div>
\nSaaremaa S\u00fcdamekodu was expanded with a new unit, adding 32 residential places.\u00a0\n<\/div>
\nConstruction of N\u00f5mme S\u00fcdamekodu has begun and is scheduled for completion in summer 2026.\n<\/div>
\nThe third residential building of Tartu S\u00fcdamekodu was opened, adding 60 residential places for people with dementia. A large hall for events and gatherings was also built during the construction.\n<\/div>
\nS\u00fcdamekodud begins expansion into Latvia and Lithuania in cooperation with EfTEN Capital.\n<\/div>
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S\u00fcdamekodude lugu 2017. aastal asutasid Martin Kukk, Jako Laanem\u00e4gi, Rain Rosimannus ja Rene Ilves S\u00fcdamekodud eesm\u00e4rgiga rajada eakatekodusid, kuhu v\u00f5iks eakaks saades ka ise elama minna.S\u00fcdamekodude eesm\u00e4rgiks on parandada Eestis pakutavate eakatekodude teenuste kvaliteeti ja rajada uusi elukeskkondi, kus on turvaline ning mugav vanadusp\u00f5lve veeta. 2017. Omandas S\u00fcdamekodud K\u00e4ru Hooldusravikeskuse, millest sai 50 elukohaga K\u00e4ru […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-742","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3154,"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/742\/revisions\/3154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudamekodud.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}