Gentle care from Gerflor
Kilbryde Hospice in East Kilbride, just south of Glasgow in Scotland, is a voluntary independent 10-bed hospice providing specialist palliative care to patients with life-limiting progressive illnesses.
In 2012 an appeal to raise the money necessary was backed by Scots engineering entrepreneur and honorary president of the hospice Jim McColl, who donated £200,000 to the project. Rangers FC manager Ally McCoist, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly and comedian Andy Cameron were also patrons of the appeal.
As a new build the project needed some 2000m2 of high quality flooring that would not only look stunning, but would also stand up to the rigours of daily use. A mixture of Gerflor’s Taralay Impression Comfort, Creation 70 Luxury Vinyl Tile and Planks and Tarasafe Ultra H²O, together with products from their SPM handrails was specified.
Tarasafe Ultra H2O was used to cater for the myriad of applications where patients and staff could shower and bathe in both comfort and safety. The high performance safety flooring is suitable for shower and changing rooms, together with any high level risk wet areas where heavy duty slip resistant flooring is needed. Tarasafe Ultra H2O is competitively priced and scores the best possible safety rating in the wet barefoot ramp test (DIN 51097) and wet shod test (DIN 51130).
