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Whether it’s keeping your staff safe, preparing for CQC visits or supporting your residents, we understand the pressure you’re under.
That’s why you need reliable equipment from a reliable partner.
For over 50 years, we’ve been providing care homes with the critical equipment that keeps residents, staff and visitors safe.
Whatever the job calls for, we’ll take care of it
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Meet your sector expert
Olivia has been supporting some of the UKs largest care providers for over 10 years and is also the sector specialist for care. She has an excellent understanding of the commercial and technical requirements of care homes, having overseen many contract mobilisations and contract deliveries.
Trusted laundry equipment for social care
Care home laundry equipment plays a vital role in safety and hygiene by cleaning and disinfecting care home clothing, PPE, bedding and linen, cutting the risks of cross-infection, and helping to protect your residents and staff.
At JLA, we supply and maintain a full range of Care Quality Commission-compliant, WRAS-approved and highly energy-efficient commercial washers and tumble dryers. These medical-grade systems come in capacities from 18kg right up to 180kg, and are designed to handle high volumes of nursing home laundry while also reducing your running costs.
As well as being robust enough to perform cycle after cycle, often around the clock, our care home laundry machines are also simple and intuitive to use, offering intelligent programming for the best results. So, you and your teams can spend less time in the laundry room, and more time caring for your residents.
Laundry and infection control solutions
SMART Washers
Our washers pack in intelligent sensors that calculate water and detergent use by linen weight. They’re also compatible with OTEX to disinfect loads without wasting resources.
Expert design and planning services
Watch our video to find out what makes a safe and efficient on-site laundry room and how JLA’s experts can help you plan, install, and maintain it all.
Best practice laundry disinfection
Sanitising linen is critical in the fight against diseases and harmful microorganisms like MRSA and C.Difficile in care homes. It’s also your legal obligation under HTM-01-04, which sets guidance on thermal and chemical disinfection, and is a priority concern for CQC inspectors.
JLA’s nursing home laundry equipment is designed to not only disinfect laundry in line with these regulations, but give you instant verification for your audit trail. It all adds up to peace of mind, wash after wash.
WRAS-approved Fluid Category 5 equipment
Care home sluice washing systems are expected to use backflow prevention devices certified to Fluid Category 5, to prevent supply contamination.
All JLA washing machines and bedpan washers use air gaps as standard, which provide the highest possible level of backflow protection, and give you an extra layer of assurance.
Reducing infection risks across the social care sector
Establishing a robust infection prevention and control policy has been a major priority for everybody working to keep residents and staff safe in care and nursing homes.
Infection control is also a big area of focus for the Care Quality Commission, which makes your compliance essential.
With 50 years’ experience supporting care homes and healthcare settings with specialised laundry, catering and specialist disinfection systems, JLA offers a range of high-capacity laundry machines, macerators, bedpan washers and ozone-based room sanitisers, all designed to minimise contamination risk while helping you and your staff maintain high standards of hygiene.
We know that, owing to the communal nature of your environment, the vulnerability of your residents, and the number of visitors, staff and contractors in your setting, infection risks remain high. With this in mind, we also give you access to the tools, best-practice advice, and infection control training you need to stay compliant.
The OTEX ozone laundry system
Effective disinfection systems
- JLA bedpan washers reduce the spread of infection with single touch
- WRAS-approved hands-free macerators eliminate contamination and odours
- OTEX helps you sanitise sheets in as little as 45 minutes
Care home meal preparation made simple
Your care home’s kitchen equipment plays a big role in how you look after residents, especially when you’re accommodating personal preferences or special diets.
With this in mind, it’s vital you have the right machines on hand to safely prepare and serve your meals, from breakfast right through to supper.
But when prep space is often at a premium, and your staff have many other duties to attend to while they’re on shift, it’s also important that your care home cooking equipment is efficient, reliable and simple to use, and compliant with every relevant hygiene standard.
At JLA, we supply and look after a wide range of intelligent, energy-efficient commercial cooking, refrigeration and warewashing solutions that make life a little easier for staff in care and nursing homes. Discover catering equipment that’s been designed to serve up nutritious, tasty food, even at peak mealtimes, then help you clean up afterwards.
Catering equipment for your care home
Combi Ovens
That’s because our versatile, Energy Star-rated combi ovens are pre-programmed for multiple meal types, and often allow your staff to prepare tasty food at the touch of a button. Our combi ovens come in a range of sizes, so there’s a solution for every space. And because they’re triple-glazed for efficiency, can cook more at once, and only use the steam they need, they’ll save energy, too.
Commercial dishwashers
Hobart Dishwasher
Along with leaving your crockery, cutlery and glassware sparkling clean, JLA’s compact thermal disinfecting dishwashers are engineered to quickly sanitise items and massively reduce the chance of cross-infection in your kitchen.
Design expertise for care home kitchens
Take a look at our video to find out how JLA can help to design an efficient, safe, compliant and effective kitchen for your care home.
Trusted fire protection for the care sector
Robust fire protection is vital in any care or nursing home setting, and the best way to guarantee the safety of your residents, staff members and visitors.
At JLA, we support thousands of care and nursing homes with a full suite of fire safety solutions, ranging from fire risk assessments and automatic opening smoke vents, right through to care home fire alarms, fully accredited fire doors, and extinguishers.
After five decades working closely with care providers, we know your residents’ differing mobility needs demand bespoke fire protection, so we’ll ensure our solutions are always right for your home. In line with the 2001 Care Home Regulations Act, we’ll also work closely with you to develop robust emergency procedures and train staff on plans to evacuate your most vulnerable residents as quickly as possible.
Beyond equipment supply and planned maintenance, we’ll ensure you and your staff are trained on, and operating in line with, all relevant care home fire safety regulations and standards, so you stay knowledgeable, protected, and can give your residents and their families extra peace of mind. This includes making sure your care home’s alarms, fire doors and extinguishers are regularly inspected and maintained in accordance with the new Fire Safety Regulations 2022, and that any potential fire hazards are spotted and eliminated quickly.
Fire doors for your care home
JLA supply and install an extensive range of BM Trada fire door products to keep residents, staff and visitors safe. We also provide quarterly inspection, maintenance and certification to keep doors fully compliant with RRO 2005 and BS 9999.
Trusted care home heating solutions
The comfort of your residents, care staff and visitors is your absolute priority, which is why you need to be able to trust that your care home heating and cooling systems will work continuously, even through the coldest months.
At JLA, we supply and service highly energy-efficient boilers, storage heaters and air conditioning equipment that’s designed to help keep rooms warm, bathwater hot, and communal spaces cosy.
Alongside this, our expert team is here to help to maintain your compliance with Care Quality Commission regulations. Heating regulations in care homes are a major consideration for any provider, so with 50 years’ experience supporting the care sector, we make it our mission to keep you informed and up-to-date with changes as and when they’re needed.
We also provide dedicated service plans, offering planned preventative maintenance and responsive emergency repairs through our Gas Safe-registered engineers. This way, we can make sure your critical heating systems run efficiently and effectively all year round.
Boilers and heating systems for your residents
All our care home boilers are designed to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of your heating system – keeping energy costs as low as possible, while keeping your vulnerable residents safe and warm.
Hot water is vital for bathing and general cleaning, as well as for hygiene and infection control measures including bedpan washing and other sluice room processes. JLA hot water cylinders are available in sizes up to 500 litres, allowing us to keep hot water flowing in even the biggest care home.
Trusted laundry equipment for social care
Care home laundry equipment plays a vital role in safety and hygiene by cleaning and disinfecting care home clothing, PPE, bedding and linen, cutting the risks of cross-infection, and helping to protect your residents and staff.
At JLA, we supply and maintain a full range of Care Quality Commission-compliant, WRAS-approved and highly energy-efficient commercial washers and tumble dryers. These medical-grade systems come in capacities from 18kg right up to 180kg, and are designed to handle high volumes of nursing home laundry while also reducing your running costs.
As well as being robust enough to perform cycle after cycle, often around the clock, our care home laundry machines are also simple and intuitive to use, offering intelligent programming for the best results. So, you and your teams can spend less time in the laundry room, and more time caring for your residents.
Laundry and infection control solutions
SMART Washers
Our washers pack in intelligent sensors that calculate water and detergent use by linen weight. They’re also compatible with OTEX to disinfect loads without wasting resources.
Expert design and planning services
Watch our video to find out what makes a safe and efficient on-site laundry room and how JLA’s experts can help you plan, install, and maintain it all.
Best practice laundry disinfection
Sanitising linen is critical in the fight against diseases and harmful microorganisms like MRSA and C.Difficile in care homes. It’s also your legal obligation under HTM-01-04, which sets guidance on thermal and chemical disinfection, and is a priority concern for CQC inspectors.
JLA’s nursing home laundry equipment is designed to not only disinfect laundry in line with these regulations, but give you instant verification for your audit trail. It all adds up to peace of mind, wash after wash.
WRAS-approved Fluid Category 5 equipment
Care home sluice washing systems are expected to use backflow prevention devices certified to Fluid Category 5, to prevent supply contamination.
All JLA washing machines and bedpan washers use air gaps as standard, which provide the highest possible level of backflow protection, and give you an extra layer of assurance.
Reducing infection risks across the social care sector
Establishing a robust infection prevention and control policy has been a major priority for everybody working to keep residents and staff safe in care and nursing homes.
Infection control is also a big area of focus for the Care Quality Commission, which makes your compliance essential.
With 50 years’ experience supporting care homes and healthcare settings with specialised laundry, catering and specialist disinfection systems, JLA offers a range of high-capacity laundry machines, macerators, bedpan washers and ozone-based room sanitisers, all designed to minimise contamination risk while helping you and your staff maintain high standards of hygiene.
We know that, owing to the communal nature of your environment, the vulnerability of your residents, and the number of visitors, staff and contractors in your setting, infection risks remain high. With this in mind, we also give you access to the tools, best-practice advice, and infection control training you need to stay compliant.
The OTEX ozone laundry system
Effective disinfection systems
- JLA bedpan washers reduce the spread of infection with single touch
- WRAS-approved hands-free macerators eliminate contamination and odours
- OTEX helps you sanitise sheets in as little as 45 minutes
Care home meal preparation made simple
Your care home’s kitchen equipment plays a big role in how you look after residents, especially when you’re accommodating personal preferences or special diets.
With this in mind, it’s vital you have the right machines on hand to safely prepare and serve your meals, from breakfast right through to supper.
But when prep space is often at a premium, and your staff have many other duties to attend to while they’re on shift, it’s also important that your care home cooking equipment is efficient, reliable and simple to use, and compliant with every relevant hygiene standard.
At JLA, we supply and look after a wide range of intelligent, energy-efficient commercial cooking, refrigeration and warewashing solutions that make life a little easier for staff in care and nursing homes. Discover catering equipment that’s been designed to serve up nutritious, tasty food, even at peak mealtimes, then help you clean up afterwards.
Catering equipment for your care home
Combi Ovens
That’s because our versatile, Energy Star-rated combi ovens are pre-programmed for multiple meal types, and often allow your staff to prepare tasty food at the touch of a button. Our combi ovens come in a range of sizes, so there’s a solution for every space. And because they’re triple-glazed for efficiency, can cook more at once, and only use the steam they need, they’ll save energy, too.
Commercial dishwashers
Hobart Dishwasher
Along with leaving your crockery, cutlery and glassware sparkling clean, JLA’s compact thermal disinfecting dishwashers are engineered to quickly sanitise items and massively reduce the chance of cross-infection in your kitchen.
Design expertise for care home kitchens
Take a look at our video to find out how JLA can help to design an efficient, safe, compliant and effective kitchen for your care home.
Trusted fire protection for the care sector
Robust fire protection is vital in any care or nursing home setting, and the best way to guarantee the safety of your residents, staff members and visitors.
At JLA, we support thousands of care and nursing homes with a full suite of fire safety solutions, ranging from fire risk assessments and automatic opening smoke vents, right through to care home fire alarms, fully accredited fire doors, and extinguishers.
After five decades working closely with care providers, we know your residents’ differing mobility needs demand bespoke fire protection, so we’ll ensure our solutions are always right for your home. In line with the 2001 Care Home Regulations Act, we’ll also work closely with you to develop robust emergency procedures and train staff on plans to evacuate your most vulnerable residents as quickly as possible.
Beyond equipment supply and planned maintenance, we’ll ensure you and your staff are trained on, and operating in line with, all relevant care home fire safety regulations and standards, so you stay knowledgeable, protected, and can give your residents and their families extra peace of mind. This includes making sure your care home’s alarms, fire doors and extinguishers are regularly inspected and maintained in accordance with the new Fire Safety Regulations 2022, and that any potential fire hazards are spotted and eliminated quickly.
Fire doors for your care home
JLA supply and install an extensive range of BM Trada fire door products to keep residents, staff and visitors safe. We also provide quarterly inspection, maintenance and certification to keep doors fully compliant with RRO 2005 and BS 9999.
Trusted care home heating solutions
The comfort of your residents, care staff and visitors is your absolute priority, which is why you need to be able to trust that your care home heating and cooling systems will work continuously, even through the coldest months.
At JLA, we supply and service highly energy-efficient boilers, storage heaters and air conditioning equipment that’s designed to help keep rooms warm, bathwater hot, and communal spaces cosy.
Alongside this, our expert team is here to help to maintain your compliance with Care Quality Commission regulations. Heating regulations in care homes are a major consideration for any provider, so with 50 years’ experience supporting the care sector, we make it our mission to keep you informed and up-to-date with changes as and when they’re needed.
We also provide dedicated service plans, offering planned preventative maintenance and responsive emergency repairs through our Gas Safe-registered engineers. This way, we can make sure your critical heating systems run efficiently and effectively all year round.
Boilers and heating systems for your residents
All our care home boilers are designed to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of your heating system – keeping energy costs as low as possible, while keeping your vulnerable residents safe and warm.
Hot water is vital for bathing and general cleaning, as well as for hygiene and infection control measures including bedpan washing and other sluice room processes. JLA hot water cylinders are available in sizes up to 500 litres, allowing us to keep hot water flowing in even the biggest care home.
CQC Regulation 9A webinar for care homes
Boost infection control and efficiency care home laundry rooms
Listen to our podcast to discover how to boost energy efficiency and enhance infection control measures in your care home laundry room.
Join Olivia Nolan, expert for the care home sector, and JLA’s in-house chemist Lucy Cripwell as they discuss:
• Thermal disinfection
• Remote maintenance and monitoring
• Domestic vs commercial machines
• Ozone technology and much more.
Podcast hosted by Alan Rustad and kindly sponsored by Rotacloud.
National coverage, local support.
- Trained, trusted, and managed by us meaning we can guarantee an 8-working-hour engineer response.
- Powerful fault-finding diagnostic system.
- Engineers trained to fix problems on the first visit with a 91% first-time fix rate.
Over a 30 day period, we managed to save about £900. JLA was our partner of choice from the design stage.
Discover the benefits of Total Care
When we say Total Care, we mean Total Care. The ultimate ‘rental’ option, our plan gives you extra benefit of full service and breakdown support.
