Contents Volume 11 Issue 4 April 2026
CARE HOME
ENVIRONMENT
www.thecarehomeenvironment.com Volume 11 Issue 4 April 2026
CARE HOME
ENVIRONMENT
www.thecarehomeenvironment.com
Care Show London 2026: Capital’s biggest care celebration returns
Refurbishment with a Signature touch
In this issue
Regulars 5 Comment 6 Cover story 9 News
Features
Overcoming challenges to personalised mealtimes
15 Care Show London 2026: Capital’s biggest care celebration returns Care Show London 2026, taking place on 29–30 April at Excel London, will once again open its doors to the entire care community for its third consecutive year in the capital. Matthew Moore, show manager, highlights what is on offer and what visitors can expect from this year’s event.
21 Refurbishment with a Signature touch: An interview with CEO Rob Martin
Last year, luxury provider Signature Care Homes unveiled an extensive £7.5m refurbishment programme across several of its mature homes. Signature invited former The Care Home Environment Editor Matt Seex to visit Signature at Banstead and sit down for a chat with CEO Rob Martin about the programme and the provider’s future plans.
27 Digitisation: A transformative journey
Annick Guirate, software trainer consultant at Leecare solutions, discusses digitisation and pioneering technology in health and social care and the practical implications, challenges, and opportunities these innovations create for providers and the people they support.
32 Is the UK care home model dementia friendly? 21
Dementia has moved from the margins of public debate to the centre of the conversation as rates rise. Eilert Hinrichs analyses whether care homes are ready.
36 Baths and ceiling hoists: Building dignity into design
Dave Hyde, project manager at Medaco, explains the importance of integrating fittings such as assisted baths and ceiling hoists into the earliest stages of care home design.
40 Laundry: The unseen hero of care home hygiene
Hannah Forbes, director of marketing and brand strategy at Forbes Professional, explores why laundry is such an important compliance frontier in social care, and how operators can keep their systems safe, compliant, and future-ready.
43 How hygiene can be a driver of sustainability in care 40
Ramona Shellard, sales director at WEPA Professional UK, explores how sustainable procurement can help the care sector achieve its environmental objectives
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