Contents Volume 10 Issue 9 October 2025
CARE HOME
ENVIRONMENT
www.thecarehomeenvironment.com Volume 10 Issue 9 October 2025
CARE HOME
ENVIRONMENT
www.thecarehomeenvironment.com
Catering with confidence: building resilience through budget stability
In this issue Regulars
5 Comment Ombudsman: complaints should be at heart of reform
6 Cover story Catering with confidence: building resilience through budget stability
9 News Features
Loveday Esher: “we don’t believe in mediocrity”
Winter pressures and future opportunities
14 Loveday Esher: “we don’t believe in mediocrity” Loveday & Co held a summer garden party to celebrate the opening of their latest luxury property in Esher, Surrey. The Care Home Environment editor Matt Seex attended the event and spoke with chairman and founder Laurence Geller CBE
19 Dementia care: from guesswork to guidance
Consultant behaviour analysts Dr Emma Williams and Dr Ashley Dysarz discuss how a groundbreaking new combination of behavioural science and smart technology could transform dementia care by predicting and preventing distressed behaviours
23 Winter pressures and future opportunities for social care providers
Ann Taylor, chair of the Kent Integrated Care Alliance (KiCA), explains why, instead of waiting passively for winter pressures to overwhelm the system, care providers must embrace innovation and position social care as part of the solution
28 Lighting the way: how circadian lighting is transforming care at WCS 23
Jo Cheshire, director of marketing and communications at WCS Care, explores the difference circadian lighting is making for people living with dementia, and how WCS Care is making it a practical reality for homes across the UK
33 Accessible design: inclusive, aesthetic, and compliant washrooms
Carole Armstrong, senior marketing manager at DELABIE, considers the implications of designing for inclusivity in terms of spatial planning, aligning high-concept style with functionality while guaranteeing budgetary and regulatory compliance
37 Designing for dignity: transforming dementia care at HC-One
Professor Graham Stokes, HC-One’s director of dementia & specialist service innovation, outlines the provider’s model for dementia care, and explains why the care sector must rethink what ‘dementia friendly’ design really means
37 42 Simpler Recycling: what you need to know
Mia Fisher, marketing communications executive at Waste Managed, explains what care homes need to do in order to comply with new recycling legislation, and how smart waste systems can save time, money, and stress
47 Heating, hot water, and the journey to net zero
With heat typically the largest user of energy in care homes, Andy Green, head of technical solutions at Baxi, looks at the achievable opportunities for improved efficiency and carbon reduction
52 Procurement: spending more to save more 47
Chris Dean, founder and chief procurement officer of Procurement For Care, explains why, when care homes look to reduce costs, cutting corners on items such as cleaning products and laundry supplies could be a false economy
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