Easy Peasy Ways To Ensure That Your Care Home Smells Wonderfully Fresh
In business, first impressions really are everything. If your business doesn’t create the impression that you want it to, it can have a long-term impact on your success. That’s why it’s so important that when you show visitors around your residential care home, that you make a good first impression.
Ultimately, your main aim is to showcase an environment that’s welcoming, homey, and comfortable, where residents and their families feel valued and respected. A big part of doing that is showcasing high-quality care, but that’s not all it takes - there’s more to making a good first impression than that.
A recent study highlighted that the one biggest turn-off for care home visitors is an environment that isn’t clean - or doesn’t smell clean. And so, when it comes to creating a care home environment that is welcoming and appealing, cleanliness is always of the utmost importance.
You may not realise it but our sense of smell is connected to our emotions, meaning that a smell can create an emotional response. A certain smell can evoke all sorts of feelings, from being happy, calm and relaxed to anxious, angry, and irritable. Hence why certain smells seem to be more offensive to particular people.
To help you ensure that your care home is a welcoming and positive environment, below are some tips to make sure that it always smells wonderfully fresh.
Use the right cleaning products
One of the most important things when it comes to keeping your care home smelling nice and clean is using the right cleaning products. Often, cheaper brands don’t work as effectively as specialist ones, so it’s worth investing in higher quality cleaning products. Take your flooring, for instance. There are some cleaning products that not only clean the affected area but also leave a scent that creates a nice aroma.
Identify the causes of bad odours
In order to create an environment that smells wonderfully clean and fresh, it’s important to identify the cause of bad odours. That way you can target the cause of the odour, neutralising it, instead of simply attempting to smother it with heavy scents. For example, if an armchair smells of urine, your best bet is to invest in an odour neutralising product that has been specifically designed to neutralise the smell.
It’s the small things that make all the difference
Don’t make the mistake of failing to make the small things, such as positioning air fresheners throughout your care home, a priority. For a care home that smells fresh and clean, a combination of open windows and air freshening products, like plug-in sprays and reed diffusers, is all it takes. Obviously, scented candles aren’t an option, but scented LED candles could be. They create a warm, welcoming atmosphere, just like candles do, but without any risk. With the added bonus of smelling incredible.
So there you have it, easy peasy ways to ensure that your care home always smells wonderfully fresh and clean, and is always free from nasty odours.
