7th & 8th September 2023
Glasgow, Scotland
about our sponsors & exhibitors
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conference headline sponsor
INNOVATE UK
Stand Number: A1
The UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge is investing £98m in cross-sector research and innovation projects that are providing insights, products and services that help add life to years. Helping people remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across generations for a long as possible, many of these projects are already providing multiple benefits to communities across the UK. Visit us and some of our project investments, focused on care, on stand A1 to discover more.
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HUR
Stand Number: A2
HUR is a world leading supplier of strength and balance training equipment to senior, rehabilitation and the inclusive wellness markets, with around 12,000 installations on six continents. HUR offers premium strength and balance training solutions for rehabilitation as well as for preventive and maintaining training. Please come visit us at booth A2.
BLUELEAF CARE
Stand Number: D20
Blueleaf provides the essentials every care home needs:
A complete collection of care and nursing home products, alongside the knowledge, guidance and support needed to maximise efficiencies and achieve outcomes.
We believe those who care for others are extraordinary and we’re here to support them to ensure they never feel alone.
ACCORA
Stand Number: F30
Accora offers innovative, configurable chairs and low beds for care facilities, promoting independence and safety. Our therapeutic equipment reduces pressure injury and fall risks, empowering users to live confidently. We understand and empathize with caregivers, clinicians, and clients, striving to create suitable assistive solutions. Our specialized equipment enhances lives and promotes safe independence.
AGE SCOTLAND
Stand Number: B
Age Scotland are the national charity for older people, working to improve the lives of everyone over the age of 50. We offer a range of workshops to help organisations support their older workers. At the conference we will be showcasing our innovative Virtual Reality Dementia and Ageing Experience.
Our VR experience enables users to experience some of the common life challenges that dementia brings and we have a range of eye and hearing condition filters to let users view life through another persons eyes and ears.
Come along to our stand and have a chat about how we can help you support your people.
ALLIA C&C
Stand Number: E26
Allia C&C, part of the Allia group, supports a range of organisations whose core purpose is to transform lives, communities and the environment. With extensive experience across different sectors – particularly housing, care and education – we help ensure the optimal funding solution is achieved to deliver more impact, whether that’s a bank loan, bond or private placement.
We also have strong connections with ethical investors from across the market, including high street banks, retail investors, pension funds and institutional investors – offering them access to, and expertise in, socially responsible investments.
ALLICA BANK
Stand Number: B32
Conference Name Badges & Lanyards Sponsor
Expert banking for business Britain
By combining tailored expertise, local relationships and powerful technology, Allica Bank is built specifically to empower businesses like yours to succeed.
ANTHROPOS
Stand Number: E22
Anthropos provides a Connected Care Platform that Supports professional carers in domiciliary, residential and Local Authority care services
The Anthropos platform maximises the capabilities of smart technology along with machine learning to
- provide intelligence that supports making better informed care decisions
- uncovers hidden and unreported care needs drive proactive and preventative care services
APETITO
Stand Number: D30
apetito is the leading innovator in care home meal solutions. With a blend of culinary passion and nutritional expertise, we craft meals that cater to the diverse needs of care home residents, including those with specialist dietary requirements. Our commitment extends beyond just food; we collaborate with care homes to optimise dining experiences, ensuring both enjoyment and well-being. At apetito, we believe every meal is an opportunity for care, nourishment, and delight.
BA HEALTHCARE
Stand Number: F40
Civic Reception Additional Drinks Sponsor
BA Healthcare is the sectors first choice partner for intelligent, ethical and affordable international recruitment. Over 23 years, BA Healthcare have deployed over 9,000 people into the UK health and social care sector, allowing providers to achieve sustainable workforces, make savings and realise ambitious plans for the future.
BA Healthcare offer OSCE-ready nurses, seniors and carers, culinary, hospitality and construction professionals, all with relevant qualifications, good English and solid international experience.
BOOTS
Stand Number: B34
Boots Care Services has been helping care homes to manage their residents’ health needs for over 30 years. During this time, our service has continued to grow in supporting care homes to deliver the best possible healthcare for their residents. Boots Care Services supports residents and care teams with expert healthcare advice and regular visits from experienced pharmacists to meet the highest of standards required by regulators.
BUSINESS ENERGY SCOTLAND
Stand Number: B22
Funded by Scottish Government to provide free, impartial support to help small and medium-sized enterprises save energy, carbon and money.
Business Energy Scotland has already found over £200 million savings – 24% average energy saving per business.
9 out of 10 businesses that have received support would recommend us to others.
Through Business Energy Scotland, you can also access unsecured, interest-free loans (with cashback grants up to £30,000) from Scottish Government to fund your carbon-saving upgrades.
CALL-IN HOMECARE (CLECE CARE SERVICES)
Stand Number: B42
Call-In Homecare provides flexible, person-centred Care at Home services across Scotland. We support individuals to live dignified, independent lives tailored to their needs and aspirations. As part of the Clece Group, boasting 75,000 amazing colleagues across Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, we are committed to encouraging the professional and personal development of our care team. This allows us to improve the well-being and quality of life for both the service users we support and our employees.
CAREHOMELIFE
Stand Number: B40
CareHomeLife are a dedicated and award-winning healthcare supplier to care homes. We’re proud to challenge and improve the way care homes buy their medical supplies, housekeeping products and equipment.
A supplier of best-in-class products and systems at competitive rates, true value for our customers comes from using the most effective products that do the job better, backed up by ongoing training and support. This saves care home staff valuable time, energy and reduces waste.
CARELINELIVE
Stand Number: E32
CareLineLive’s cloud-based all-in-one homecare management software improves efficiency, capacity and compliance in home care agencies by digitising workflows and automating processes such as rostering and payroll. Homecare agencies can save time and money, and carers spend less time on paperwork allowing them to spend more time delivering better care.
CareLineLive is an DSCR/NHSX Assured Supplier enabling agencies to save up to half their first year costs when moving from a paper based to a digital records system.Citation
When it comes to your care service, think of Citation as a one-stop-shop for HR, Employment Law and Health & Safety.
With over 20 years of experience in the care industry, we understand how to support you and the very specific pressures you face.
From ex-regulatory inspectors to former care home managers, our knowledge comes from direct experience. That means our support solutions are crafted to meet the struggles and responsibilities you face every day.
CARE WORKERS CHARITY
Stand Number: E
The Care Workers’ Charity is the only charity in the UK to support Care Workers. We believe in the UK, where no care worker faces financial hardship alone, and their cause is championed both in and outside the sector. Our mission is to advance social care workers’ economic, professional and mental well-being by making grants, signposting to resources and providing access to services.
THE CARING EXPERTS (DEMENTIA CARERS COUNT)
Stand Number: A
Dementia Carers Count is a charity that supports family carers and provides training for professional carers.
CARF INTERNATIONAL
Stand Number: B36
Founded in 1966, CARF is an international, independent, nonprofit accreditor of human service providers and networks. A provider earns accreditation by demonstrating conformance to CARF’s internationally recognized standards in the areas of aging services, behavioural health, business and services management networks, continuing care communities, child and youth services, employment and community services, medical rehabilitation, opioid treatment programs, and vision rehabilitation services. For more information, visit www.carf.org or call (888) 281-6531.
CITATION
Stand Number: D24
Conference Team T-shirt Sponsor
When it comes to your care service, think of Citation as a one-stop-shop for HR, Employment Law and Health & Safety.
With over 20 years of experience in the care industry, we understand how to support you and the very specific pressures you face.
From ex-regulatory inspectors to former care home managers, our knowledge comes from direct experience. That means our support solutions are crafted to meet the struggles and responsibilities you face every day.
COMMONAGE
Stand Number: J
CommonAge, The Commonwealth Association for the Ageing
A charity advocating to ensure older people are fully recognised in society, are supported, and enabled to live well in an all-age friendly Commonwealth.
From Australia and Dominique to India and Mauritius, South Africa to Zambia through our growing networks we are sharing ideas, creating connections, and challenging ageism across the 56 Commonwealth countries.
Our many activities include lobbying governments, attending and holding events, and supporting healthy ageing in the Commonwealth.
Contact: [email protected]
COOLCARE
Stand Number: E24
CoolCare is intuitive care home management software, created to help the running of your care home easier, more efficient and more profitable. Our years of experience in running care homes means we know the complexities of key operational processes and understand the areas where automation and ease of use can bring demonstrable improvements, admin time, reporting and staff management.
CoolCare includes: resident invoicing; occupancy management; HR, training and supervisions; rostering; time and attendance; timesheets; payroll; and business analysis.
COUNTRYWIDE HEALTHCARE
Stand Number: C36
Countrywide Healthcare are the leading choice for healthcare, janitorial supplies and care home furniture; delivering products and services to enhance daily care nationwide for over 25 years.
Countrywide work extensively with healthcare professionals and leading brands to provide the most effective products and advice. With the capability to deliver a full basket of non-food products, alongside the country’s largest portfolio of continence care brands to provide an unbeatable combination of high-quality products at affordable prices.
CRICKETQUBE
Stand Number: G
Cricketqube delivers walking cricket sessions for care home residents across the North East of England. We want to show off our impact on the residents and carers at the different care homes we deliver our sessions.
CURA SYSTEMS
Stand Number: F34
Cura is a specialised digital system designed for complex care situations. Cura can make a significant difference, for example, monitoring service users’ conditions accurately and in real-time by using customisable assessments and truly person-centred care plans, specifically designed for those providing care to service users with severe dementia, challenging behaviour, mental health, palliative care, long-term chronic illnesses and those with autism and/or learning difficulties.
Cura has clearly established itself as a market leader in digital transformation specialising in complex care settings.
DANCE TO HEALTH
Stand Number: I
Dance to Health is a well-evidenced and effective falls-prevention programme run by Aesop Arts & Society. Delivering creative and engaging dance sessions weekly UK-wide, fully PSI-qualified professional Dance Artists smuggle FaME / Otago into each session to address this major health challenge. Building strength and balance, participants become 58% less likely to fall and are significantly less likely to be hospitalised in the event of a fall. Dance to Health is fun, social, and saves lives.
DANFLOOR
Stand Number: B44
Danfloor are specialist manufacturers and suppliers of commercial carpets, offering contemporary flooring solutions with outstanding performance characteristics and innovative product features. We supply carpets for many market sectors including the Healthcare Market and have the product accreditation, certification and a proven track record to give you the confidence that our products are fit for purpose and built to last within busy healthcare environments.
DEMENTIA SERVICES DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING)
Sponsor of – Workshop 21: IMPACT (Improving Adult Care Together) – learning fromdifferent approaches to improving social care practice through engaging with evidence.
Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) is an international centre for knowledge exchange and research impact dedicated to improving the lives of people with dementia. We are based at the University of Stirling, which has a distinct reputation for in the field of dementia and ageing research.
DOCUMENT DATA GROUP
Stand Number: C42
We are an award winning organisation established in 2007, based in central Scotland, delivering a unique portfolio of solutions across the UK. We have an enthusiastic and experience team and pride ourselves in providing Print Solutions, Document Management, Finance Automation and IT Services.
FLORENCE
Stand Number: C24
Florence is dedicated to helping NHS and social care services deliver the best care.
Our apps are revolutionising healthcare staffing – by instantly connecting care professionals with open shifts.
HIVEMIND
Stand Number: F
NAPA
Stand Number: C
The National Activity Providers Association (NAPA) is the professional body dedicated to enhancing the field of activity provision and engagement. With a mission to provide practice development opportunities, NAPA supports Activity Providers and all those involved in promoting meaningful activities. Through its many initiatives, NAPA strives to ensure high standards and professionalism in the industry, leading a community of skilled and passionate individuals committed to enriching the lives of others.
NOURISH CARE
Stand Number: C26
Nourish Care is a flexible digital social care records platform that can be tailored to your care service’s needs, whether you’re one residential care home or a larger care group. Nourish is trusted by over 3,500 care services in the UK and overseas within residential, nursing, learning disabilities, dementia, supported living and other care settings.
With powerful built-in features such as reporting and analytics, custom interactions and personalised timelines, everyone within the circle of care is continually informed, giving more time for face-to-face, person-centred care.
OUTSIDECLINIC HOME HEALTHCARE
Stand Number: C40
OutsideClinic providing expert vision care for your residents. The service is designed to keep things simple for everyone involved. You’ll have an account manager assigned who will be your go to contact. Our scheduling team gets everyone booked in. Our specialists bring our advanced, portable testing technology direct to your site. And our thorough digital records make full clinical handover easy, so you can manage and update your residents’ files in the future.
PAINCHEK®
Stand Number: E30
PainChek® is the world’s first regulatory cleared medical device for the assessment of pain, enabling best-practice pain management for people living with pain in any environment, including those who cannot reliably self-report their pain, those who can, and those who fluctuate between the two. PainChek® has enabled best-practice management in more than 1500 aged care facilities, with more than 3 million digital pain assessments conducted to date, and is trusted by thousands of nurses, carers and clinicians.
PARSLEY BOX
Stand Number: C20
Parsley Box is a UK-based, direct-to-consumer company offering a range of microwavable ready meals, soups, sides and desserts. All of the products in our range are prepared in UK kitchens using high quality ingredients. Parsley Box is unique in the ready meal delivery market as we exclusively offer shelf-stable products. This means all of our meals are long life, and can be stored in the cupboard with no requirement for freezing or refrigerating.
PERSON CENTRED SOFTWARE
Stand Number: C32
Person Centred Software offer a Connected Care platform providing a suite of integrated solutions covering the full spectrum of care management. Solutions include Care Planning, Medication Management, Wellbeing & Activities and Care Home Operations. Person Centred Software’s Connected Care Platform is completely flexible, meaning you can use one solution on its own, or you can use multiple that connect, including a variety of integrated partner solutions, providing you greater flexibility to connect all aspects of your care management.
PLAYLIST FOR LIFE
Stand Number: D
Playlist for Life is a leading music and dementia charity promoting the use of personally meaningful music for people living with dementia.
They have trained over 9,000 health and social care professionals to embed personalised playlists in care settings, allowing carers to deliver true person-centred care.
Personally meaningful music is a low-cost, non-pharmacological intervention backed up by over two decades of scientific research. Playlist for Life was highlighted in the Scottish Government’s new Dementia Strategy.
P&G PROFESSIONAL
Sponsor of – Workshop 13: Is the Care Technologist the future of Aged Social Care?
P&G Professional is the away-from-home division of Procter & Gamble. Providing key business decision makers with superior products and solutions designed to help their businesses thrive and make “every experience count” P&G Professional leverages P&G’s scale, trusted brands, and strengths in market and consumer understanding to meet the specific business needs in a wide range of industries, such as foodservice, building cleaning and maintenance, education, hospitality, and care homes.
At P&G Professional, we understand the importance of professionally cleaned spaces.
Because first impressions and lasting experiences are so critical, we help our business partners apply innovative technology to the science of commercial cleaning. We understand what people want, and our products and services help businesses meet people’s needs.
It’s a proven fact that customers notice, enjoy, and are heartened by clean, fresh-smelling environments. Thanks to P&G Professional, experiences are positive, people benefit, and not surprisingly, businesses thrive.
SALESFORCE
Stand Number: B20
Salesforce provides powerful CRM technology for a global community across multiple industries, we’re bringing innovation and best practices to the care sector. The Salesforce platform supports Social Services Organisations to provide person centred journeys, from referral to intake, service delivery, such as assessments and incident management, to discharging of clients.
SCOTTISH CARE
Stand Number: B30
Scottish Care is the representative body of the independent care sector in Scotland. Its members include private, voluntary, charitable and employee-owned organisations delivering social care support to tens of thousands of Scots, mainly older people and adults, in care homes, their own homes, and in day centres and housing support settings.
SCOTTISH SOCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL
Stand Number: C30
We are the regulator for the social work, social care and children and young people workforce in Scotland. Our work means the people of Scotland can count on social services being provided by a trusted, skilled, confident and valued workforce. We protect the public by registering this workforce, setting standards for their practice, conduct, training and education and by supporting their professional development. Where people fall below the standards of practice and conduct we can investigate and take action.
SPEARHEAD
Stand Number: B24
Spearhead are a trusted supply partner for Care Home Operators, providing care home supplies you can rely on, backed by a strong supply chain, reliable delivery network and dedicated account managers.
From consumables, equipment and furniture through to equipment maintenance contracts, compliance and training, Spearhead deliver a complete service from a single source.
STAFFSCANNER
Stand Number: E34
Staffscanner is more than a staffing agency, providing top staff and unbiased rate advice. Our staff choose their locations and you can choose who attends the shift, ensuring fewer cancellations – Unlike large traditional agencies.
TOTALMOBILE
Stand Number: C22
Totalmobile is a Field Service Management (FSM) provider passionate about making work and the lives of mobile workers better.An established market leader with 375 staff across the UK and Ireland, Totalmobile supports over 1,000 organisations and 500,000 workers to transform the delivery of field services and experience an exceptional return on investment.We empower our customers by equipping staff who deliver field services with highly usable and integrated solutions.
TOWERGATE INSURANCE
Stand Number: D26
Towergate Insurance arrange specialist insurance to the care sector and our dedicated team of specialists are here to give you advice and support to ensure you get the right cover in place, tailoring our products for you and your organisation. As partners of National Care Forum, we recognise the challenges faced in the care sector, enabling us to develop products to provide our clients with expert insight and knowledge. Talk to us to arrange a free review of your current insurance solutions.
UTILITY AID
Stand Number: E20
Utility Aid is an ethical energy broker and consultancy and they’re delighted to be working with Scottish Care to offer you access to their expertise. Their dedicated team provides a high-level service to manage and maintain your utility portfolio, covering Procurement, Bureau services, Full Account Management, Historical audits, Carbon reporting, and Net Zero Planning. Their invoice validation services have saved their customers over £5m.
VIRGIN MONEY
Sponsor of – Panel Session 8: Active Design: how we can all achieve sustainable solutions for Ageing and Social Care.
Health and Social Care Team at Virgin Money providing financial services into the UK healthcare sector.
WELLS OF HOPE CENTRE INTERNATIONAL
Stand Number: B46
Wells of Hope Centre International, is a community Based organisation Registered and working in Kibagare area in Nairobi, Kenya – a slum community, home to about 30,000 people majority being elderly, exposed to rampant poverty and limited upkeep resources. We then focus on reducing abuse, building and empowering their skills I.e. crafts to empower them financially and meals programmes. Thus our mission is to bring Hope and change lives amongst the elderly living in disenfranchised communities.
ZENERGI
Stand Number: C34
Zenergi is an energy consultancy aiming to make a positive difference in the world of energy, in a manner that is simple, sustainable, and achievable.
Zenergi works with organisations across the UK, arranging their energy renewals, supporting them with energy legislation, carbon reporting and net zero, identifying ways to reduce their energy use, and leading energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.