Volume 9 Issue 3 March 2024
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Volume 9 Issue 3 March 2024
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Follow our page on Linkedin In this issue 14 Uniting the care community:
UK Care Week 2024 UK Care Week returns to NEC Birmingham on 20/21 March. We look at what attendees can expect this year, and select our pick of the many keynote speeches and discussions on offer across this two-day event
18 Luxury care in Highgate: a Signature approach Signature at Highgate may be the most expensive care home ever built in the UK. The Care Home Environment editor Matt Seex visited this brand new luxury home to meet with Wayne Pryce, Signature Senior Lifestyle’s group director of development & construction, to discuss the project in depth
24 Development in the green belt Melissa Magee, company director and architect at Carless + Adams, discusses the sensitive issue of building on the green belt and how this sensitivity affects planning permission for new care homes, and explains why action is needed now to avoid greater problems in the future
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28 Creating inclusive bathrooms for today’s needs Tom Davies, sales director at inclusive solutions provider AKW, discusses a recent shift in requirements driven by a growing demand for energy efficient solutions and a desire to create versatile spaces that meet a range of needs
32 Clever paint: beyond the decorative Tom Price of Brewers Decorator Centres looks at the importance of cutting-edge paint technology and explains why the protective and functional use of clever paints needs to be a key consideration for home managers, interior designers, and facilities teams
36 Championing health through infection control and prevention Blue Stream Academy’s Caitlin Wood discusses strategies to ensure that staff are well-trained to uphold crucial standards
40 How noisy is too noisy? Excessive noise in care settings can have a detrimental effect on residents’ health and wellbeing. Tim Dallinger of Social Care Consultants Ltd explains why care homes should be taking this issue seriously
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