In our latest industry-leading podcast, we look at the state of the UK care home market and how the current economic and political landscape is impacting buyers and sellers. We talk to Christie & Co’s managing director for care Richard Lunn, and head of healthcare consultancy Hannah Haines about trends, transactions and occupancy. The Care Market Review 2025 special podcast reveals that market activity has picked up and yields continue to stabilise, but investors remain selective about wh...

In our special podcast with workforce management systems specialists Planday we look at AI's role in balancing staffing needs, predicting revenue and improving scheduling efficiency. We talk to Planday's principal AI engineer Tom Gadsby who discusses: The importance of starting small with AI pilots to assess its impact on staff retention and well-beingWhy you must gradually scale up, while maintaining human oversight and controlThe need to speak to other care homes to understand their e...

In this special podcast with communications specialists Conteur, Care Home Management discusses how care homes can and should be promoting their positive story. Join Conteur's managing director David Huckerby and account director Natasha Jones as they provide top tips on how to create a positive narrative. These include: How to become a community hubWhy you need to be authentic and consistent in your marketingHow to leverage different social media platformsWhy you should use video conte...

In the second of our special podcasts on Artificial Intelligence we explore how AI is improving care today. We look at: How AI is improving care outcomesThe use of AI to solve problems How AI is saving time and money by improving manual tasksThe importance of Human Intelligence in this new worldHow AI supports residents and staffHow AI improves data qualityJoin guest host York Woodford-Smith from Five On A Bike as he discusses all things AI and care with Ally Cares CEO Thomas Tredi...

Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) is the world's leading non-drug intervention for dementia, proven to delay cognitive decline by 4-6 months. In this special podcast we talk to specialist Brain+ and its CEO Devika Wood, who explains how this digital solution is helping people living with dementia. The therapy is delivered through multimodal group therapy, involving 5-8 residents, and recommended to be conducted twice a week over seven weeks. CST can improve communication, reduce aggression ...

Care homes can save time and money be reassessing how they replace and maintain their assisted baths and showers. This is the message from moving and handling experts Medaco on the special Care Home Management podcast: ‘Top Assisted Bathing Trends That Won’t Drain Your Budget’. Medaco is vendor-neutral, and operations director Steve Smallridge says the overall design on baths has not changed much during the company’s 40 years supporting care homes, but there are now many more options. H...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is impacting on all sectors, and care is no exception. In this special Care Home Management magazine podcast we discuss how AI is both an opportunity and a challenge for care homes. AI has the potential to improve care-giving and the care business, but there are risks around data privacy, bias and the need not to ignore human oversight of any decisions made using the technology. Join our expert panel of Tandeep Gill, head of business development at Painchek; Katie...

Care homes can save time and money by digitalising their administration and, in future, having a better understanding of how artificial intelligence will change the care sector. In our latest podcast ‘Digital Top Tip for Care Homes in 2025’ our experts discuss how care homes have reached different levels of maturity when it comes to digital transformation. James Maynard, director of product marketing at Access Group, says providers want more integration between the systems they buy and to use...

Our latest podcast looks back on the care home market in 2024 and explores the trends shaping the market this year. The ‘Regional insights: The UK care market in review’ podcast dives into Christie & Co’s annual report. The podcast provides valuable insight from Christie & Co’s experts who look back at the impact of last year’s General Election and high inflation which caused market uncertainty. In 2025 they explore the potential threats to care home businesses from rising employer NI...

A care home’s laundry can be its Cinderella service – all work and not much fun. But when things go wrong, the knock on effects are often substantial. Much has changed in the care home laundry. Machines have become ever more sophisticated in terms of power and detergent consumption. They can be monitored and possible future problems anticipated from many miles away. Find out more with our latest industry-leading podcast with JLA. Join Olivia Nolan, business development director for care, ...

As the media partner for the Care Home Awards, Care Home Management is delighted to bring you this special podcast to help providers celebrate best practice. Join CHA commercial director Helen Warrilow and communications manager Rosie Pickering as they discuss why care homes should enter and how they can do it. Hear about new categoriesPractical advice on how to enter DeadlinesNews of the Awards dinner in London in MaySponsor newsPodcast hosted by Alan Rustad. Listen to all our industr...

Care home recruitment and resident occupancy are hard for providers to stay on top of. On our latest industry-leading podcast with specialist communications agency Conteur, we learn the secrets to boosting both. Join managing director David Huckerby and account director Natasha Jones as they share their top tips with podcast host Alan Rustad. They discuss: Why care home operators must guard against putting all their eggs into one basket when it comes to communicationWhy your messaging must b...

“Go to work on an egg” – perfect advice for care homes The humble British egg has had a tough time of it in the last thirty years or more. But the British egg is back in a big way. Packed with protein and vitamins but no sugar, it is playing a vital part on the care home menu – both as a cooked item in its own right or as part of dishes such as ice cream, cakes and mayonnaise. In this special podcast we talk to British Lion Eggs about the importance of protein in residents' diets. Many reside...

For a care home to remain viable it must maximise its occupancy rates. But keeping occupancy levels high is no easy task. In our special podcast we look at: How care homes can ensure they keep residency levels as high as possible?The importance of sales and marketingTurning enquiries into residentsJoin Ali Powell, CEO and Founder of Commercial Acceleration as she talks to host Alan Rustad. For all our industry-leading podcasts please click here. Podcasts kindly sponsored by Rotacloud...

In this special podcast with Towergate Insurance and Care England we provide some top tips to help care homes purchase the most useful and cost-effective insurance. Are you insured for the right things? Protecting revenue as well as the building?What about cyber insurance?What if you had a data health breach?Working with insurance brokersJoin our experts, Care England's social care advisor Richard Ayres and Towergate's head of care Jason Brown. Podcast hosted by Alan Rustad. Listen to all ou...

PR and marketing can boost your care home's reputation, which can boost occupancy. In this special podcast we explore the benefits of promoting your home locally and how you can drive enquiries using strong and relevant content in all your marketing. Our experts provide some great top tips to help care providers improve their marketing straightaway. Join Five On A Bike Group founder York Woodford-Smith and Chew PR's founder Colette Lowe. Podcast hosted by Care Home Management's publ...

Two of key elements to a successful care home are good leadership from the management team and a strong and loyal workforce to deliver the very best of care. But how do you achieve that? In this podcast, four people with a deep knowledge of the legal, HR, and service requirements were brought together to discuss how owners and managers can inspire with the very best leadership, and at the same time get the best from their teams. They also examined what is needed to recruit and r...

Going digital must be a priority for care homes but it is a complex area. In our latest industry-leading podcast we look at three specific areas to save care homes time and money: DSCR - improving outcomes for Care Providers & Service UsersImproving transparency in the care home by removing manual processes, particularly around expenses Digitalisation in workforce management, particularly the challenges with temporary staffing Join our expert panel of Kate Roberts, managing dir...

Sustainability has never been a more important subject for care homes. Potential residents and their families are asking questions they have never asked before. And regulators, like the CQC, are including sustainability policies in their regulation procedures. In a recent Care Home Management podcast, three people from companies providing services to care homes came together to discuss sustainability and how it is a subject that will be given even more prominence. They were James Read,...

The start of a new year is always a time for looking ahead and also reviewing the previous 12 months. Every January Christie & Co, specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses, brings out its Business Outlook where it does just that. In a special Care Home Management magazine podcast, we caught up with three of their regional leaders, Rob Kinsman, South and West; Lee Howard, North and Midlands; and Martin Daw, Scotland. · How robus...