How people use Orrery
Twenty eight everyday questions from care home owners, home care agencies, developers, lenders and commissioners, and how the Orrery platform answers each one: where to look, what the data shows and what Ask Orrery says.
Setting next year's private fees
How much can we raise private fees next April without losing residents?
Care home owners, managers and finance teams
Adding nursing, or dropping it
Should we register for nursing, or would we be better as a residential home?
Care home operatorsAnnual budget and business plan
What will next year cost, what will it earn, and what could go wrong?
Care home owners, managers and finance teams
Fixing low occupancy
Is our low occupancy the market or us?
Care home owners and managers
Planning staff recruitment
How hard will it be to recruit here, and who are we competing with for staff?
Operators and agencies
Marketing plan: where families are searching
What do families search for here, when, and what does a click cost?
Operators and agencies planning marketing
Your monthly market check
What has changed in my market this month, and does any of it need action?
Owners, managers and anyone who follows a councilPlanning for April's National Living Wage rise
What will next April's wage floor rise add to our costs, and what fee rise covers it?
Owners, managers and finance teamsExplaining a fee increase to residents and families
What evidence explains why our fees are rising?
Owners and managers
Benchmarking your home against local homes
How does our home compare with the homes families will compare us with?
Owners and managersA new home is opening near us
How much will a new home nearby affect our occupancy, and what should we do?
Owners and managersNegotiating an individual placement fee above the council rate
What evidence supports a higher fee for this placement?
Owners and managers
Self funders running out of money
How long can self funders here pay, and how do we plan for the move to council funding?
Owners, managers and finance teamsBudgeting food and energy
What should food and energy cost per resident, and how fast will they rise?
Managers and finance teams
Which councils' placements to accept
Which nearby councils pay best for the same care?
Owners and managers near council borders
Funded Nursing Care and continuing healthcare income
Are we receiving the right NHS payments for our nursing residents?
Nursing home owners and managersShould we build a new care home here, and where?
Is there enough unmet need in this council, and which district has the clearest case?
Developers, operators planning a new home, and their advisersOpening a dementia unit or converting beds
Is there enough dementia demand here, and in which setting?
Operators and developers
Investor screening regions and councils
Which councils combine growing demand, tight supply, decent fees and affordable land and buildings?
Investors, developers and lenders choosing where to focusFinancing an extension or refurbishment
Will more beds fill, and what will they add to the margin?
Owners and their lendersLender assessing a care home loan or refinance
Is this home in a market that will keep it full and paying its debt for the term of the loan?
Banks, specialist lenders, brokers and valuersBuying a care home or group
Is the target in a healthy market, and what will its income and costs look like after we buy it?
Acquirers, investors and their advisersPreparing to sell your care home
What will buyers look at in our market, and how does it look?
Owners
Responding to the council's fee uplift or cost of care exercise
Does the council's rate cover the cost of care, and what evidence do we put in our response?
Operators, provider associations and their advisersBidding for a council framework or tender
What does the council need, what does it pay, and how do we show we understand its market?
Care home operators and home care agenciesCommissioner writing a market position statement
What does our market look like, where is it heading, and what do we need providers to do?
Council commissioners and their consultants
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Every guide, chart and answer works for all 153 councils in England.
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