During the pandemic, Showplace has been incredibly busy installing care home visiting pods across the country. The visiting pods have successfully enabled care home residents and their loved ones to reunite whilst complying with Government guidelines.
Read on to find out about the different types of visiting pods Showplace has on offer including key features, images and testimonials.
Benefits of Visiting Pods
- Provide a safe, enclosed environment for residents to receive visits from family & friends
- Are made from easy clean surfaces for quick yet thorough cleaning between visits
- They offer an aesthetically pleasing space with immersive graphics, to provide a calm and relaxing environment
- Improve health and wellbeing of residents & families
- Remove the need to bring external visitors into the care home building for visiting purposes
- Care homes qualify for grant funding in some areas to cover the cost of installing a visiting pod
- Visitors and residents are separated with glass or Perspex walls to minimise the transmission of Covid-19
- Provide residents with much needed privacy to talk openly with their visitors
- Encourage prospective residents to commit to a care home, knowing they can receive visitors during the pandemic
- Provide care homes with a USP over other care homes
- Facilitate all weather conditions meaning that they can be used all year round
4 Types of External Visiting Pods
1. Premium Moda Visiting Pod
Key Features
- Available in 5m and 6m sizes
- Glass or white walling options
- Wood vinyl flooring
- Lighting and electrical socket
- Flexible hire periods/packages available
- Planning permission guidance
- Built on any ground terrain or gradient
- Full installation in a day
- Wheelchair accessible
- Wipe/spray clean surfaces
- Building regulation compliant
Optional Upgrades
- Four separate internal areas
- Two-way voice amplification system
- Air conditioning/heating
- Furniture and internal plants
- Themed interior wall (choice of image)
- Upgraded electrics
- Enhanced interior theming
2. Compact Visiting Pod
Key Features
- 3m x 2m dual room meeting area
- Full height 3m external tinted glass wall
- Two lockable single doors
- Full or half height glass dividing wall
- Wipe/spray clean surfaces
- Flat roof design
- Suitable for small spaces with direct access
- Wheelchair accessible ramps
- Non-slip wood vinyl flooring
- 32amp electrical connection and lighting
Optional Upgrades
- Themed interior wall (choice of image)
- Two-way voice amplification system
- Furniture and internal plants
3. Mobile Visiting Pod
Demountable Pod
Key Features
- Available in 3.6m or 4.8m sizes
- Full or half height glass division
- Non-slip wood vinyl flooring
- Electric pack and lighting included
- Ground-level access
- Long-term planning permission not needed
- Fits within a parking space
- Reduced costs by no purchasing of trailer chassis
- Full logistics support available for multi-site use
Fixed Chassis Pod
Key Features
- Available in 3.6m or 4.8m sizes
- Full or half height glass divisions
- Non-slip wood vinyl flooring
- Electric pack and lighting included
- Long term planning permission not needed
- Fits within a parking space
- Powered chair lift/ramp option available
- Full logistics support available
Optional Extras (Both Mobile Pods)
- Themed interior wall (choice of image)
- Two-way voice amplification system
- Air conditioning/heating
- Furniture and internal plants
4. Micro Visiting Pod
Key Features
- 2.7m x 1.5m dual room meeting area
- White interior and exterior walls
- Separate visitor and resident doors
- Wood vinyl non slip flooring
- Small front windows
- Fast installation and moveable at a later stage
- Long term planning permission not needed
- Suitable for small spaces
- Wheelchair accessible ramps provided
- Wipe/spray clean surfaces
- Full and half height glass division
- 32a electrical connection and lighting
Optional Upgrades
- Themed interior wall (choice of image)
- Two-way voice amplification system
- Heating
- Exterior theming/branding
- Furniture and internal plants
Internal Solutions
Showplace understands that not all care homes have space for an outside visiting pod, and have therefore created an internal structure that can be installed inside of the home. The internal pods need to be installed in a room that has an external door for visitors to enter. Internal pods have the benefit of residents not having to leave the care home building to receive a visitor.
Key Features
- Two-way voice amplification
- Branded panels
- Available in 2m & 3m sizes