Care Home Management magazine’s podcast

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 Thorn, project lead at Digital Care Hub and Simon Beck, founder of Care homemarketingexpert.com.Our panel help to identify key problems and barriers faced by staff, and assess how AI could help address them. Podcast hosted by Steve Hemsley. Kindly sponsored by soft skills training and role play experts Hendrix Training.Listen to all our industry-leading podcasts here.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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 data more effectively.Iain Corrigan, commercial director at CoolCare, agrees that integration is essential to convince care homes to invest more in digital.Also on the panel is Kate Roberts, managing director of Neuven, who says there is still work to do to convince care homes of the full benefits of going digital.The podcast is hosted by Alan Rustad and kindly sponsored by leading soft skills training company Hendrix Training.Tune into all our industry-leading podcasts here. Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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 contributions and the jump in the minimum wage.Join Christie & Co’s regional directors Rob Kinsman and Lee Howard alongside senior director Martin Daw as they discuss the future care home market with podcast host Alan Rustad.Podcast kindly sponsored by soft skills training experts Hendrix Training.Listen to all our industry-leading podcasts here.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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, and JLA's in-house chemist Lucy Cripwell as they discuss:Thermal disinfection programmesRemote maintenance and monitoringWhy care homes need to buy machines that lastOzone technology and much more.Podcast hosted by Alan Rustad and kindly sponsored by Rotacloud.Listen to all our podcasts here. Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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 industry-leading podcasts here.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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 be consistentHow to understand different media channelsThe power of videoUsing residents and their families as brand ambassadorsMeasuring successPodcast kindly sponsored by Rotacloud.Tune into all our podcasts here.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

“Go to work on an egg” – perfect advice for care homesThe 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 residents are of an age where they remember how good eggs can be for their health.Join food safety and hygiene specialist, Dr Lisa Ackerley and specialist older person’s dietitian, Alison Smith as they discuss how the protein provided by eggs helps older people in care homes guard against some of the problems increasing frailty can bring.Of course, eggs must be cooked properly!Podcast hosted by Alan Rustad and kindly sponsored by Rotacloud.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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 our industry-leading podcasts here.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.

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 publishing editor Steve Hemsley.Podcast sponsored by Rotacloud.Listen to all our industry-leading podcasts here.Support the showCare Home Management is the UK's leading media brand for care home providers and managers.