Interior design
terms of assisting with navigation and movement. Having distinctive door colours for restrooms, bedrooms, and shared areas can help residents find their way around, encouraging independence. In general terms, care homes tend to opt for more neutral colours such as green, which is known to make a room appear more restful. Experts suggest that bolder colours such as red should be avoided in bedrooms.
There is no doubt that care homes are striving to be more welcoming, but that is difficult when you have rooms using furniture sourced over many years when compared to recently built facilities. This is understandable in a market sector which is also highly diverse and which,
according to recent research, shows that care home providers in the UK operate from some 11,300 facilities for the elderly. In the private sector, 95 per cent of their beds are available to the public. Independent care homes also provide most care services from local authorities. As already discussed, demand for care home places will primarily be the result of dementia and other conditions that disproportionately afflict the elderly, and these are on the rise. The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that there are 900,000 people living with dementia in the UK, which is expected to climb to one million by 2025. Many people living with dementia are currently housed in residential care facilities, accounting for around 40 per cent of all care home residents. So, we can see that the challenges faced in the care home sector are just going to become more acute, and anything that can help improve the lives of staff and residents has to be welcomed. Simple changes such as the better use of colour and furniture that blends in with those different shades and textures can make a huge difference – so is it time for your care home to bring in the decorators?
Trevor Gillman
Trevor Gillman has recently become CEO for David Bailey Furniture Systems, the country’s fastest growing supplier of specialist fitted furniture products. Having joined the Broadstairs-based company as a surveyor 33 years ago, Trevor progressed to running the business in 1992 and in 2016 purchased the company, making major changes in direction, such as supplying innovative storage units and other specialist furniture products. David Bailey Furniture has been established for more than 40 years and employs 38 staff.
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