Care Home facilities and long-term care residences face unique challenges in their laundry operations. Serving elderly residents or individuals with special needs demands clean, hygienic linens. Consistently and safely. As the care sector grows and regulatory scrutiny increases, the demand for efficient, reliable laundry solutions continues to rise.
Hygiene and Regulatory Standards
The market for laundry services in healthcare, including care homes, was valued at approximately 5.8 billion $ in 2024 and is projected to reach 8.8 billion $ by 2032. This growth reflects higher hygiene standards, aging populations, and care homes increasingly outsourcing or professionalizing laundry services.
Ensuring hygiene within care homes is far from optional. For example, in the UK, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Health Technical Memorandum mandate that linens be disinfected thoroughly, via thermal or validated chemical processes, in every wash cycle. Additional best practices from the U.S. CDC underscore the separation of clean and soiled laundry and hot water cycles (70–80 °C) for effective disinfection.
Operational Efficiency and Resident Well-Being
Care homes operate in environments where comfort, safety, and uptime are essential. On-site laundry allows for personalized handling, tighter control, and quick reuse of items, all contributing to resident dignity and comfort.
Girbau’s solutions are crafted to meet the specific needs of care home environments, ensuring hygiene compliance, operational flexibility, and resource efficiency.
Tailored Machine Capacity & Hygiene Control
Girbau offers washers and dryers in capacities calibrated for residence needs, ensuring appropriate load handling without wasteful under- or overloading.
Our Genius washers are designed specifically for in-house care home laundries, providing maximum hygiene while adapting resource consumption to each load. This ensures validated cleaning results, avoids cross-contamination, and delivers efficiency without compromising resident safety or comfort.
High-Temperature Disinfection Programs
Our washers support programmable cycles that ensure adherence to disinfection thresholds, such as ≥65–70 °C for sustained periods, with optional chemical dosing for validated cleanliness — helping care facilities meet HTM 01‑04 and CDC guidelines.
Our Genius Wash technology supports programmable cycles that ensure adherence to disinfection thresholds, such as ≥65–70 °C for sustained periods, with optional chemical dosing for validated cleanliness. At the same time, it adjusts resource consumption according to each load, achieving the best hygiene results with minimal water and energy use — helping care facilities meet HTM 01-04 and CDC guidelines efficiently.
Energy and Water Efficiency for Lower Costs
To reduce utility expenses, Girbau’s high-performance washers and dryers minimize water and energy use through optimized cycle logic and powerful extraction. Precise load sensing and automatic adjustments prevent overconsumption — vital in energy-intensive care home operations.
Smart Management and Ergonomic Operation
Connectivity and smart control software allow laundry managers to monitor cycles, track resource metrics, and maintain oversight with minimal staff training. These tools provide full visibility and help optimize consumption, ensuring efficiency and compliance.
Support for Operations and Compliance
Girbau provides strategic consultancy during installation to ensure compliance with layout norms (e.g., separate zones, airflow) and regulatory best practices. We also offer maintenance and training programs to ensure long-term reliability and adherence to hygiene standards.
In care home facilities, laundry is a pillar of hygiene, safety, and resident dignity. As care homes evolve in size and requirement, they need laundry solutions that blend regulatory compliance, resource efficiency, and operational ease.
Girbau's purpose-designed equipment and integrated support help care home operators ensure clean, safe, cost-effective laundry service, empowering teams to focus on what matters most: resident care.