Flooring solutions FOR aged care

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1 Flooring solutions FOR aged care Aged Care

2 Tarkett - all you ll need A worldwide leader in flooring > 130 years experience > Employs over 10,700 people > 38 production sites > Largest resilient flooring range > Serves customers in more than 100 countries > Over 1.3 million m² of flooring sold every day Tarkett provides integrated flooring solutions developed to enable you to design floors that meet specific customer needs and provide unique end user benefits. Combining the broad product portfolio of resilient flooring, laminate, carpet and wood flooring with a huge palette of colours and designs, Tarkett can provide the perfect solution for almost every commercial and residential application. Our Balanced Choice approach to product sustainability ensures you can be comfortable that we have made every effort to minimise their impact on the environment during their entire life. Anglicare Grandview Court, Australia Bring images to life With the Tarkett viewer on your ipad, you can bring images in this brochure to life. 1. Download the free Tarkett Viewer from the App store. 2. Look for the Tarkett Viewer logo on an image in this brochure. 3. Start the app on your ipad and tap the viewer button in the toolbar. 4. Hold your ipad over the image to trigger an action. Download the free Tarkett Viewer from the itunes app store here Using the Tarkett Viewer app requires an internet connection and data charges may apply. 2

3 Anglicare Grandview Court, Australia With you all the way Tarkett has become a leader in flooring solutions for the aged care sector by listening to the professionals, and by being on hand to offer information and assistance through every stage of a project from planning, to installation, to ongoing cleaning and maintenance including: Certification for each product to meet regulations and compliance Access to international colour trends and styles Specialised design insights in collaboration with industry experts GreenTag CertTM certification for homogeneous vinyl, demonstrating our outstanding results in environmental management Onsite installation, cleaning and maintenance support, including chemical and equipment selection Product warranties for your peace of mind Technical advice and support for specialised applications Full suite of online resources at professionals.tarkett.com.au Gary Eggers National Technical Manager 3

4 Performance Aged care facilities offer particular challenges. The flooring greatly influences the ambience of the space and needs to contribute to a comfortable and homely feel while withstanding heavy foot, wheelchair and trolley traffic. Flooring is important in providing safety underfoot and helping to solve hygiene problems and needs to be easy to maintain so it stays looking good day after day. Anglicare Grandview Court, Australia Why Tarkett flooring? > Extreme durability and resistance > Outstanding cleaning and maintenance properties > Complete flooring offer with solutions for every area 4

5 Durability Tarkett s combination of high quality raw materials and advanced surface treatments ensures the highest levels of flooring durability. Thanks to heavy-duty wear layers, it also has excellent surface resistance properties. This guarantees that your floor will retain its good looks throughout an extended service life, backed by our extensive warranties for your peace of mind. Cleaning and Maintenance Tarkett s flooring all offer excellent cleaning and maintenance properties to ensure hygiene with minimal effort and use of chemicals. Tarkett iq vinyl has a self-regenerating construction for unrivalled ease of cleaning and long lasting good looks. Which means no sealers, polishes or residual detergents for life. Our Tandus Powerbond carpet features a cold weld jointing system to ensure that no liquids or bodily fluids can pass through the carpet to damage the sub-floor. Our Field and Technical Services advisory body can provide assistance with developing maintenance processes including relevant chemicals and equipment for your premises. Functionality Our huge range ensures we can provide a choice of flooring options for almost every application. From the extreme durability of our luxury vinyl tiles and iq vinyl ranges for entrances and public areas to hygienic and slip resistant safety flooring for food preparation areas and laundries we can meet your needs. Our wetroom systems are totally impervious, extremely durable and hardwearing. For product recommendations for your project, check out the Flooring Solutions section of this brochure. Lifetime cost effectiveness Studies show that the cost of cleaning and maintenance represents an average of 92% of a flooring s total life cycle cost. Tarkett s low-maintenance floor coverings can reduce these costs by up to 30%, giving the market s best life cycle cost. 5

6 Design Tarkett s diverse design range allows you to enhance the lives of residents, staff and visitors alike. From soothing timbers to stimulating solid colours and patterns you can create the ambience you want in each individual space. Designing for wellbeing Ageing is often accompanied by impaired vision and mobility. The carefully considered use of colour and design can make residents feel better and more at home. Light and matt colours with a solid feel, and soft patterns suggesting natural materials such as wood or stone, will make the flooring feel secure and inviting for residents. Colour coding and highlighting can provide the visual distinctions and prompts that people need to orient themselves and identify particular areas or functions. For example, using different colours for floors, walls and doors, and highlighting stair treads or using stripes to mark exits will also enhance safety and independence Tarkett have researched the influence of colour and patterns on people living with dementia and Alzheimer s. We have developed significant expertise to assist designers create sympathetic environments to soothe and comfort sufferers. Your Tarkett representative will be delighted to share our knowledge in this area. 6

7 Infinite possibilities The flooring makes a major contribution to a positive and comforting environment. The total Tarkett range offer is based upon an understanding of colour and interpretations of materials, providing extraordinary design freedom with a remarkable variety of colours and patterns. Alongside our genuine wood and LVT flooring, our vinyl collections include extremely realistic wood and stone patterns plus a huge palette of colours from muted pastels to vibrant primaries, all with the performance benefits of vinyl flooring. The use of different colours can provide visual clues to help guide the movement of residents through the premises. Modular flexibility Our range of carpet tiles, vinyl tiles and planks offer unrivalled flexibility and can be used in countless combinations to create unique and striking design effects. Why Tarkett flooring? > Developed for comfort > Extensive design choices > Design coordination across all ranges Anglicare Cantebury Close SA, Australia 7

8 Alzheimer s and Dementia A worldwide concern According to Alzheimer s Disease International (ADI), more than 35.5 million people worldwide are affected by problems linked with Alzheimer s. In 2009 the number of Australians with dementia was estimated to be 245,000 (over 1% of the population). By 2050 the total number will exceed 1,130,000 cases, in excess of a fourfold increase since Developing appropriate interior design to compliment suitable medical treatment in these facilities is a major challenge. Creating a suitable environment for Alzheimer s patients The role of colour Colour appears to perform an important function in how Alzheimer s patients perceive their environment: Strong and saturated/primary colours may cause behavioural problems while pastel and soft tones encourage a sense of wellbeing and help to create a setting that patients find reassuring. 1 The McCusker Alzheimer s Research Foundation Inc. It s very important to use warm colours for the resident environment in areas such as living, sitting or dining rooms, with cooler or contrasting colours used for the bathroom. Prof. Suzanne Cahill, Research Director, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland The role of pattern Patterns on walls and floors are important in helping to create a comfortable and familiar environment in an Alzheimer s unit. However, while some patterns may create wellbeing as a reminder of daily life, others can cause confusion. The role of light The major light management issues are luminosity and maintaining circadian rhythms. Light can also improve patient quality of life & comfort by making the hospital environment seem more familiar. Very white or very dark flooring should be avoided because the reflected light can disturb or dazzle patients. 8

9 How flooring helps Secure danger zones Reduced lighting levels or darkness to discourage residents from entering unauthorized or dangerous areas. Make bathrooms safe Bright lighting facilitates orientation, around the washbasin in particular. Contrast between walls and floors aids spacial orientation. Promotes intimacy and memory Floors with patterns that stimulate memory Facilitates walking Use contrasts to clearly identify each zone Follow the circadian rhythm Provides acoustic comfort Light, bright flooring offers good light reflection and helps to re-establish rhythms. Acoustic flooring dampens ambient noise which can be a major source of anxiety. Alzheimer Unit Ostwald, France Recommended Colours Patterns Colours that soothe and reassure patients Natural, mineral and vegetal colours Pastel colors Semi-plain effects Saturated colours for orientation Matt finish Encourage memory Remind patients of familiar environments Neutral, warm plain materials Subtly patterned textures and discreet dots or non-figurative motifs To Avoid Colours Patterns Sharp, electric colors which can cause agitation and confusion Dark brown, black and grey, which can create fear that there is an obstacle Very light colors and white, in particular, that may seem blinding Bright red, which can cause agitation Large stripes in bright colours Repeating geometrical patterns like circles, checkerboards, diamond shapes or grids Flakes with highly contrasted colours Typographic Imitations of natural materials like grass, pebbles, leaves, straw, etc., can create confusion 9

10 Sustainabilty Tarkett is a leader in sustainable product innovation and environmentally responsible manufacturing. From selecting sustainable raw materials to facilitating reuse and recycling at the end of the product s life we focus on finding better solutions at every step of the way. Thanks to our complete commitment to life cycle sustainability our iq vinyl flooring range is certified to GreenTag CertTM GreenRate level A and qualifies for 100% of points in GBCA Green Star rating tools, so you can specify them with confidence in your sustainable designs. Natural and renewable We source raw materials from nature as far as possible for our vinyl, linoleum, wood and laminate floorings. iq Natural is the benchmark in environmentally friendly flooring, with a new plasticiser based on oil from the Ricinus communis plant, and other natural fillers, the natural and renewable content is an incredible 75%. Tarkett s engineered wood flooring uses natural hardwood for the wear surface while approximately 75% of the product is produced using softwood sourced from forests that have a positive net growth of timber. Sensitive manufacturing A driving force for us is to develop processes and products that meet the highest standards for sustainability, from production through to disposal or recycling. We try to reduce water and energy consumption in our factories and ensure that waste and pollution are minimised. ISO 9001 and certifications recognise the efforts we make to ensure that our production processes respect people and the environment. A lifetime of benefits By careful engineering our iq range delivers valuable health, hygiene and welfare benefits. The unique Surface Restoration properties of iq minimise the need for water, detergent and energy for cleaning and maintenance. With maintenance savings in excess of 30%, iq offer the market s best Life Cycle Cost and a measurably enhanced ROI compared to traditional resilient floors that require regular buffing and poishing. Reuse and recycle Tarkett was one of the first flooring companies to recycle post-production waste and remains the industry leader. The iq range produced at our Ronneby plant on average contains 25.5% recycled content consisting of post-production/post-installation waste and is 100% recyclable. 10

11 Good Indoor Air Quality Tarkett flooring contributes to good indoor air quality and a healthier quality of life, with Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions below quantifiable levels on all iq and Premium products. The Gateway Food Court, South Africa Phthalate free Tarkett constantly eco-innovates to improve raw materials used in its vinyl flooring. Tarkett has now substituted one of the current plasticiser with a new generation of non-phthalate plasticiser in all its homogeneous flooring. Tarkett continues to search for the safest raw materials to ensure safer, healthier indoor environments. Maison de Repos Carpentier, Belgium Tarkett s Balanced Choice Our overall company approach to sustainability is called Balanced Choice and is integrated into our product offering. Every person, project and environment is different and requires different choices. Tarkett can advise you on the floors that work best for a given project, for a given environment and for a given budget, without conflicting interests. Better materials Resource stewardship People-friendly spaces Reuse and recycle Where we can use renewable, natural resources, we do Using fewer resources is good for the environment and the bottom line We make floors that are healthier and safer We use more recycled content at the start and recycle more product at the end 11

12 Flooring solutions Kitchen Safetred Spec Lounge / Dining Acczent Excellence 80 Consulting Room Acczent Ruby Store Acczent Ruby Toilets Granit SafeT Office & Reception Tandus Carpet Tiles Entrance ID Excellence 50 Click 12

13 Laundry Safetred Universal Bathroom Floors: Optima Multisafe Walls: Aquarelle Wall Cleaners Room Safetred Uni Low Care Bedrooms Tandus Powerbond Carpet High Care Bedrooms Acczent Excellence 80 Activities Room Acczent Ruby Nurses / Treatment Room Floors: iq Optima Walls: Protect Wall Corridors Tandus Powerbond Carpet 13

14 Flooring solutions The table below highlights the full range of Tarkett products for aged care and their suitability for various applications. Location Criteria Homogenous iq Granit iq Optima iq Eminent iq Natural iq Megalit Primo Premium Entrance/reception Highlight area with a pleasant, welcoming feel. High wear resistance from outside dirt/grit R R R R R S Corridors Durability, sound reduction, easy rolling for trolleys, etc R R R R R R Consulting/treatment rooms Warm relaxing area R R R R R R Activities room Walking comfort, dynamic ambiance, easy to clean R R R R R R Dining room Design, durability, stain resistance and easy cleaning R R R R R R Kitchen, kitchenettes & serveries Office Safety, slip resistance and cleaning efficiency Visual and acoustic comfort. Indentation and abrasion resistance to chairs and furniture S S S S S S Nurses' room Clean, comfortable work area R R R R R R Laundry Cleaner's / Storage room with sink Durability, slip resistance and easy to clean Durability, slip resistance Bedroom Visual comfort, impervious and easy to clean R R R R R R Bathrooms and Ensuite Slip resistance, easy access and watertight R = Recommended S = Suitable Flooring selection to meet EN649 standard - Heavy Duty Commercial Industrial Flooring must be installed to meet AS 1884 : Floor Coverings - Resilient Sheet and Tiles, Installation Practices, and as specified in Tarkett installation instructions Material selected must be fit for the purpose in which they are intended and within industry standards 14

15 Heterogeneous LVT Safety Floor Wetroom Textile Wood Micra Premium Acczent Ruby Acczent Excellence 80 iq Granit Acoustic Tapiflex Excellence 65 ID Excellence 70 ID Excellence 50 Click Granit Safe.T Safetred Spec Safetred Universal Safetred Universal Plus Safetred Excellence Granit Multisafe Optima Multisafe Aquarelle Wall Wallgard Tandus Powerbond Tandus Carpet Tiles Epoque S S R R R S R S R R R S R R R R R R R R R S S R R R S R R R R R S R R R R S S R R R R R R S R S R S S R R S R R S R R R R R R R S S R R R R R 15

16 Aged Care For more information contact Tarkett on or Tarkett Australia Pty Ltd. 16 Anella Avenue, Castle Hill, NSW FB AGEDCARE 12/13