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Aged Care Flooring

Create an ambiance to feel like home

With millions of square meters of our floor coverings installed in aged care facilities, Forbo is at the forefront when it comes to understanding the needs and concerns of any aged care environment.

Aged care flooring

Expertise in Aged care

Expertise in aged care

We recognize that when it comes to choosing floor coverings for aged care facilities, the decision is about more than just function and performance. Creating an ambiance that helps people to feel comfortable and relaxed is an essential requirement, in addition to making sure that the finishes can stand up to the daily demands. Our wide range of floor coverings has been used across a broad portfolio of aged care facilities across the globe.

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Spaces

Spaces in aged care

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    Entrances Areas

    Safe and sound

    Entrances Areas

    When it comes to care homes, it's not just the residents' feet you have to think about. Round the clock staff shifts and the constant flow of visitors mean entrance areas can take quite a pounding, and wet and dirty soiling can be trailed into the reception area and beyond. Not only can this damage interior floor coverings, it also creates unnecessary health and safety hazards.

  • Communal Areas

    Communal Areas

    Social Environments

    Communal Areas

    Communal areas not only have to provide comforting and stimulating social areas for residents, they also need to be able to withstand the wear and tear of daily life in a busy home. Residents should be able to enjoy their social areas without worrying about the floor.

  • Living areas

    Living Areas

    Feeling at home

    Living Areas

    The resident's room is the room that replaces the previous apartment and is often the only private retreat in a senior citizens facility. Resident's living rooms and bedrooms are the space they can call their own. The design of the rooms should be based on normal living environments and convey familiarity and calm. In addition to living in the communal areas, residents can come to themselves here, pursue their own interests and find relaxation and tranquility.

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    Bathrooms & Wetrooms

    Safety first

    Bathrooms & Wetrooms

    In Aged Care facilities, slip resistance is a paramount consideration. Responsible for many accidents that lead to injury, slips and trips, floors have a lot to answer for. By choosing a slip resistance safety flooring, the number of accidents caused by slipping can be reduced significantly.

    Forbo offers its particle enhanced Step safety vinyl flooring which has guaranteed life time slip resistant performance. Varying from R10 slip resistance to R11 & R12 for areas where higher slip risk is identified, like professional kitchens.
    For areas where water or spillages could affect safety underfoot, like bathroom facilities, Forbo offers Step wetroom flooring and Onyx+ wall coverings.

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    Corridors

    Go for a walk

    Corridors

    Corridors are primarily movement spaces that connect different areas of a facility. In everyday living and care, they also serve as a meeting and exchange between residents. If the spatial structure permits, they can "go for a walk" with one another or follow their urge to move. Recreational niches invite you to take a break, relax and linger. Seating options that are close to common areas are particularly popular, so that what is happening there can be followed and at the same time a certain distance can be maintained.

Products

Products to use in aged care

Marmoleum – linoleum sheet

Our Marmoleum products are proven to inhibit the growth and spread of infections such as MrsA, Norovirus and C Difficile, helping to contribute to a healthier and more hygienic environment.

Marmoleum’s unique Topshield pro finish reduces soiling and is resistant to staining from hand disinfectants. Marmoleum is approved by allergy UK as thanks to its smooth surface, it does not harbour house dust mites. Marmoleum 2.0mm and 2.5mm are now independently EPD confirmed as CO2 neutral in the cradle to gate stages of the product’s life cycle. Marmoleum has been awarded 12 independent Ecolabels – more than any other floor covering in the world.
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Sphera Element

Sphera – homogeneous vinyl sheet

Forbo's Sphera homogeneous flooring is produced with the latest technology and offers two ranges. Sphera Element provides a sophisticated palette of 62 colours, many of which offer high LRV:s Sphera Energetic offers a fresher and brighter palette and features complementary colour banks.

Sphera is a great flooring choice for use in the care segment as not only is it extremely durable but it also has a SMART-top surface finish ensuring a high resistance to chemicals, scratches and stains. It's also 100% phthalate free and has very low emissions helping to ensure high indoor air quality.
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Sarlon – acoustic vinyl sheet

Sarlon acoustic vinyl can be used in busy entrance hallways where noise from the foot traffic may affect residents. As the communal areas of care homes can be noisy places achieving lower noise pollution is essential in reducing the stress and promoting the wellbeing and comfort of residents. Our Sarlon acoustic vinyl absorbs sound therefore creating a calmer environment for residents.
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Allura

Allura flex – luxury vinyl tiles

Convenience and Style

Create an interior with personality without compromising on durability with our Allura planks and tiles. Practical and easy to clean, Allura offers high quality aesthetics with low maintenance costs. Allura luxury vinyl tiles are easy to clean, helping to create hygienic environments and the striking realistic designs can create a sense of wellbeing for residents. Allura Flex can be fitted with tackifier alongside carpet tiles meaning that tiles can be replaced one at a time whenever required.
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Eternal – general purpose vinyl sheet

Design Vinyl Sheet

Eternal flooring helps transform community spaces by offering the natural look of a home with a highly practical and easy to clean surface.
Use Eternal for a floor that feels like home whilst also being durable and chemical resistant.

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Surestep Laguna Wetroom

Step – Safety. Design. Confidence

Step safety flooring can be used in the entrance hallways to further reduce the risk of slip hazards. Our Surestep collection offers safety flooring in wood and stone effects to ensure a homely and welcoming impression is made at the entrance of your building. Our Step Crystals give the vinyl guaranteed lifetime slip resistance and contribute to the clean, fresh designs and easier cleaning.

For all other areas where slip resistant flooring is a paramount consideration, Forbo offers it's Step safety vinyl floor coverings, which have guaranteed life time slip resistant performance and offers safety solutions for a wide range of applications. Varying from R10 slip resistance (Surestep & Solidstep) to R11 & R12 (Safestep) for areas where higher slip risk is identified.
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Flotex – flocked flooring

For entrances that require a textile floor covering Flotex is extremely hard wearing and durable. Flotex can also be used for en-suite bathrooms that require a more homely feel. 100% rot and water proof it can withstand the daily rigours of areas which are subject to water spillages while inhibiting odours.

Flotex allows care facilities to have the benefits of a carpet and a resilient floor covering. It is comfortable to walk on and warm underfoot, easy to clean and durable whilst also having excellent slip resistance and acoustic properties. Should accidents happen, germs and bacteria don't stand a chance with Flotex flocked flooring. Thanks to its upright fibres, it is incredibly quick and easy to clean. When a sanitizing treatment is used for cleaning, more than 99% of bacteria is removed. Flotex combines cleanability with the warmth and underfoot comfort benefits of textile flooring.
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Flotex
Tessera

Tessera – carpet tiles

Tessera has an wide range of multi-construction carpet tiles. Various formats are available including planks and Xl tiles enabling creative floor design. It impact noise reductions op to 30 dB. Random lay ranges are available, reducing installation waste to 2%.
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Wetroom flooring

For residents, slip resistant wetroom flooring will offer peace of mind that they can use bathroom facilities without worrying about slipping.

Forbo offers a complete wetroom solution with it's Step safety flooring and Onyx vinyl wall coverings. Step is a particle enhanced slip resistance flooring that provides lasting protection and optimal hygiene. Onyx+ offers a smooth, hygienic wall surface in contemporary colors.
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Fast Fit Flooring

Fast Fit Flooring is Forbo’s collection of genuinely loose lay products, including entrance products and interior flooring ranges in sheet, tile and plank format for maximum flexibility. All Forbo's Fast Fit Flooring interior products are ideal for refurbishment projects, especially where the speed of installation and minimum disruption is crucial.

Floors can be used straight after installation so there’s no need to wait 48 hours after installation before using the floor. As no adhesives or subfloor preparation is needed, in most cases, the clinical cleaning requirements are reduced & there are no lingering odours, improving well-being for staff and residents.
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Nuway & Coral - entrance systems

Round the clock staff shifts, deliveries and the constant flow of visitors mean that entrance and circulation areas can take quite a pounding. Unfortunately, many people do not stop to effectively wipe their feet properly before entering a building, so wet and dirty soiling can be trailed into the reception area and beyond. This can have a detrimental effect on the aesthetics of interior floor finishes, not to mention create potential slip hazards on hard floors for all those that use the building.

In fact, according to Cleaning Research International, soil and moisture being tracked in on both the soles of shoes and the tyres of wheeled traffic can account for up to 95% of the dirt being tracked in to a building . Therefore, taking the time to choose an effective entrance flooring system is important, as this will ensure that staff, residents and visitors enjoy a safe transition from the entrance.
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Bulletin Board

The All Natural Solution to Hold Your Thoughts

Bulletin Board is an all natural pin board linoleum that can be applied in framed pin boards or directly to the wall. Bulletin Board does not attract dust and has bacteriostatic properties making it ideal for care environment.

It can be used in public areas for communication with residents, staff and visitors as well as in individual rooms to display personal mementos.
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Dementia Flooring

Designing for dementia

Flooring is one of the most essential factors in determining a basis for designing a dementia environment as it has much impact on safety and orientation of a space, giving patients confidence, security and independence.

We would like to contribute to creating a safe and pleasurable environment, providing a sense of well-being for the residents of special care and dementia institutions. That's why we have partnered with Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC), an international centre which draws on 25 years of global research and practice, to identify which products in our portfolio can contribute to improving the quality of life for people with dementia.

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Our dementia friendly flooring selection

Designing for dementia is no ‘exact science’. No clear boundaries can be made as to which design is or is not suitable. What is ‘good and acceptable’ in one country may well be judged to be ‘questionable or not accepted’ in another. The choices to make always depend on the specific project and common sense and basic design principles lie at the start of every interior design.

In a dementia environment no single design element stands on its own. The floor is an integral part of the design, together with the colour of the walls, doors, furniture, sanitary fitting and lighting schemes. Providing contrast in lightness between the various objects is of importance, just as providing harmony within the individual objects.

The designs in our collections are coordinated and muted, so that people are not getting confused or tempted to try and pick design elements from the floor. Our designs are matt, avoiding the disturbing reflection and by their nature provide a homely atmosphere.

Textile, vinyl as well as linoleum designs generate a recollection of the past and to create an environment that looks like being home whilst being in a dementia environment. Finally choices are made in such a way that when applied correctly, there are no transitions between different surfaces that are difficult to manage at old age.

Colour and colour combinations

Colour, also in designing for dementia is a matter of taste. In our selection therefore we have not made a colour choice as such. Instead we looked closely at the contrast and harmony in lightness of the colours with which designs can be created that provide a good bases for the colours of other interior elements such as walls and furniture. Contrasting floor colours in a building can be used to indicate that certain areas are off-limit, f.e. staff areas, or indicate a clearly different space, f.e. stairs, bathroom, or toilet.

Light refection values

Light reflection values (LRV) are the most important design tools for dementia environments. We have added the LRV of all products in our dementia flooring selection. In this way combinations of various colours and products can be made by using identical or contrasting LRV’s for the area that needs to be furnished. As LRV’s are a universal measurement for all materials, also the LRV of wall covering or furniture can be measured against the colours chosen for the floor. In our set-up you can see the light reflection values of all products grouped together which allows you to make a choice within a certain LRV range or decide to go beyond that. In this way the LRV guide of the dementia flooring selection provides a practical tool for designers of dementia environments.

30 step LRV rule

Our dementia floor covering selection

For the applications in dementia environments we have selected the following floor coverings:

Marmoleum: Our natural Marmoleum floors are available in a wide range of tranquil allover designs. Marmoleum has a smooth surface which makes maneuvering easy even when walking has become a ‘shuffle’.
See the Marmoleum selection in our product finder

Step slip resistant vinyl: Step safety vinyl is available in natural wood and stone designs as well as various muted colors. The traditional shiny non slip particles have been replaced by mat crystals that do not light up.
See the Step safety flooring selection in our product finder

Eternal design vinyl sheet: Eternal is available in mute all over natural designs that mimic homely environments. Seamless application is ideal for corridors as well as living areas.
See the Eternal vinyl selection in our product finder

Allura luxury vinyl tiles: Allura tiles create realistic natural floors without the hazard of tripping or seams opening up. Easy to install and decorative. Out of the wide collection of designs we have chosen the most suitable and muted, tone in tone items.
See the Allura selection in our product finder

Flotex flocked flooring: this textile floor covering is created from a densely packed nylon flock surface mounted on a vinyl backing. It can be cleaned with water detergent and scrubbers and as such is the most hygienic textile in the market.
See the Flotex selection in our product finder

Health & Hygiene

Marmoleum

Marmoleum is chosen as the desired flooring solution for aged care facilities to date. Senior care facilities and assisted living environments all benefit from using Marmoleum as a hygienic floor covering solution that is easy to clean and maintain as well as durable, safe and comfortable for both wheeled and foot traffic.

✔ Infection control
✔ Phthalates free
✔ Prevent the growth of bacteria
✔ Allergy approved
✔ Low emission

Marmoleum's ability to inhibit the growth of bacteria stems from the natural raw materials that go into its production, namely linseed oil. An inherent property of the product, the anti-bacterial qualities of Marmoleum won't diminish over time, giving peace of mind and constant protection from the moment it is installed.

Independent testing by the University of Glasgow has proven that Marmoleum has a unique suitability for a diverse range of environments where hygiene and control of bacteria such as MRSA or E. coli is an everyday concern.

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Marmoleum has been awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval as, thanks to its smooth surface, it does not harbour house dust mites. With the correct, regular cleaning regime this can help to improve indoor environments.
Marmoleum Allergy UK certificate

Flotex

Flotex has been awarded the Allergy UK Seal of Approval as, thanks to its unique nylon construction, allergens are trapped within its densely packed flocks, thereby reducing the number of allergens in the atmosphere.
Flotex Allergy UK certificate

References

Get inspired by our references

Many aged care facilities worldwide used Forbo floors before you. Visit our reference section and get inspired by existing Forbo flooring solutions in aged care environments. Our reference overview will help you to see products in use and how they are applied.
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Floor design

FloorVisualizer

To create your floor and make up your mind what would fit best we have several tools and services. Our FloorVisualizer helps you to place any of our floors in an aged care environment or even combine them so you can see how this works.
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FloorVisualizer
Custom flooring

Custom flooring

Our design service can even go further. We can help you design your floor. Our team of designers is ready for you, get in contact and let them know the requirements, sent them the pictures of the current situation or the desired solution and they will come up with floorplans and product proposals.
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Global player

Global partnerships

The responsibility for forging global partnerships with key clients is entrusted to our most experienced Key Account Managers. Dedicated to customer care, their only remit is to ensure that Forbo delivers a flooring solution that is ideally suited to your needs.

• We can supply international quotations and have experience with international order processes and local regulations
• We manage international logistics
• We have 20 years partnerships with worldwide customers

As a global partner we stand next to you on a local level. Our design team can offer guidance and assistance as required. Our technicians speak the language of the flooring installers and in this way everybody is aligned.

Leading global manufacturer

• Forbo Flooring Systems is part of the Swiss Forbo Group

• Key figures Forbo Group 2019:
> Net sales 1282.2 CHF Mio
> Employees 5.600

• A worldwide presence:
> 25 production facilities and distribution companies
> 6 assembly centers
> 48 pure sales organizations in a total of 38 countries across the globe

• European manufacturer with factories in The United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany and Russia.

• European logistics and responsiveness

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Leading in environment

We care about you and the environment

• We have received various labels and certification for your products and or production facilities.
• All of our manufacturing sites are ISO certified. Raw materials are used efficiently, waste is recycled whenever possible.
• We are committed to social responsibility, the Forbo sites are certified according to SA8000.

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Reliable service

We offer you:
• A sole source of supply for all your flooring requirements
• Local advice, support and cross border project management
• Efficiencies of scale, certainty of supply and rapid delivery

Above all one single contract and one single point of contact to save you time and money.

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Think global, act local

Local teams working with local representatives

Throughout the duration of a project, your Forbo Key Account Manager serves as your single point of contact for any questions, from anywhere in the world.

We believe that this approach saves you time, eliminate hassle and uncertainty and ensures consistency and reliability, no matter how complex your project.