For care homes
Less time coordinating. More time caring.
Kinote is designed to help care homes connect residents, staff workflows and families, so carers can focus their attention where it is needed.
The challenge
Important details get lost.
A resident may not share a first language with the carer attending them. Routine requests arrive alongside urgent ones. Families are not regularly updated. Notes are written quickly, in different places, and the next shift inherits whatever made it into the handover.
Why now
More people need care. Homes can't hire their way out.
The UK's oldest population is growing fast, and care homes can no longer recruit carers from overseas. The solution is giving the carers they have more time to care.
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The UK's over-85 population is projected to double, from 1.75 million in 2024 to 3.6 million by 2049.
ONS population projections [1]
96k
Adult social care vacancies in England on any given day, about three times the rate of the wider economy.
Skills for Care, 2025/26 [2]
30k
Care workers recruited from abroad in 2025/26, the lowest in four years. The overseas route closed on 22 July 2025.
Skills for Care; Home Office [2][3]
410k
Number of further adult social care posts England will need by 2040 to meet the needs of an ageing population.
Skills for Care, 2025/26 [2]
Benefits for care homes
What changes for your home
Time back for carers
Simple questions are answered for them and notes are written for them. In our pilots we'll measure the minutes saved per carer, per shift.
The most urgent need first
Carers see what matters most at the top of their list, instead of answering requests in the order they arrive.
Support for international staff
Carers can talk and record care in their first language, with their original words kept alongside the English record.
Residents understood
Residents who are bed-bound, hard of hearing or not fluent in English can say what they need and get an answer in their own language.
Fewer anxious calls
Regular updates and visits families can book themselves mean fewer calls to the office from worried relatives. Any calls that are received can be handled by kinote.
Clear evidence of care
Every interaction is recorded and time-stamped, giving managers a complete record when inspectors or families ask.
Safety and control
People stay in charge of care.
- Care decisions remain with appropriately qualified people.
- The care home defines and reviews prioritisation rules.
- Uncertain or potentially serious requests are escalated to staff.
- Family access is permission-controlled.
- Confidential professional records are kept distinct from family observations
PILOT PROPOSAL
Start small. Measure carefully.
We are looking to work with care providers to understand their workflows and explore a carefully scoped pilot.
PROPOSED MEASURE 1
Time spent on documentation
PROPOSED MEASURE 2
Request response times
PROPOSED MEASURE 3
Handover completeness
PROPOSED MEASURE 4
Staff feedback
Sources
Contact
Tell us how your home works.
We'd like to work with care-home managers, carers and residents' families
Email the founders directly at kinote.connect@gmail.com