EDITOR'S VOICE + CONTENTS CONTENTS COVER STORY
10 DIGITAL DONE RIGHT What do care leaders need to consider before choosing technology? Digital Care Hub discusses.
FEATURE
8 THE UNSEEN LIABILITY Medical malpractice cover in care homes is oſten overlooked. Alan Kirkwood, Director of Acrisure UK Broking’s Motherwell office, explains why providers must give it greater attention.
TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE
12 SMARTER CARE AI-enabled care management is helping home care providers to deliver proactive, person-centred care, says Cheryl Guest, Chief Operating Officer at Unique IQ.
TRAINING & EDUCATION
20 BUILDING THE FUTURE CARE WORKFORCE Paragon Skills explains why investing in young people is essential to closing the recruitment and retention gap. and how employers can make it work in practice.
DEMENTIA CARE
24 MUSIC MADE EASY Lizzie Hoskin at Music for Dementia reveals how a new campaign is working with care homes and industry to keep the soundtrack of life within reach.
LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT
30 COMMUNITY SPIRIT Sophia Feurtado-Jackson at Exemplar Health Care explores how cross-home friendships and peer leadership are strengthening wellbeing and community for people living in care.
10 Sarah Robinson, Editor Ryan Lloyd, Editor
Hello and welcome to the February/March issue of Tomorrow’s Care.
As with every other industry and corner of our lives recently, artificial intelligence seems to be ever present at the moment. In an industry built on empathy and close human relationships, and shaped by constant resource constraints, where care homes operate under significant strain, facing staff shortages, growing regulatory demands, expanding administrative responsibilities and heightened expectations around the quality and impact of care delivered, innovation in the care sector has become imperative. It’s something Cheryl Guest, Chief Operating Officer of Unique IQ, is keen to highlight in her feature this month for our spotlight on Technology & Soſtware. In it, she specifically talks about the role of artificial intelligence in care and how real- time intelligence can transform home care.
We also take a look at Training & Development in this issue with Paragon Skills outlining why it believes youth recruitment and apprenticeships are the central solution to the recruitment and retention gap, whilst Flourish’s CEO Eammon Price examines the role that technology can have on developing the care workforce of the future.
Topping off our feature focuses this month we have David Bailey Furniture and Care UK looking in detail at Dementia Care.
We hope you enjoy the first issue of 2026.
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