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With an increasing ageing population, there is a growing demand for people requiring long-term care in care homes and nursing facilities. However, one of the biggest challenges facing the care sector is a shortage of staff, especially as the number of people in care increases. So, how can we balance the need for good quality of care with increasing demand?

The Order of St John Care Trust (OSJCT), one of the UK’s leading non-for-profit care providers, recently turned to commercial appliance provider [PP1] Miele Professional to reduce help reduce its downtime and costs associated with laundry machines. The partnership has resulted in savings of over 10 times what the Care Trust projected,[IY2] [PP3] making more funds available for other investments that will benefit its elderly residents.

In the Elim care home in the Dutch town of Barneveld, Miele and Intrakoop have explored new ways of improving processes in an on-premise laundry.

Care expert Stelios Prosalikas demands more resources for the elderly. Exercise, sport and fitness could save on the costs of care sector personnel.

Work in the care sector is hard graft, performed by thousands of women and men worldwide, which they are rarely credited for, not to mention the low pay

Digitalisation in the management of care is boosted by software from Cliniserve which addresses numerous problems and offers solutions.

Caritas Cologne is treading new ground in recruiting skilled staff and is successful in the process.