Comfort, built for an institution
A care-sector blanket has two jobs that pull in opposite directions: it has to feel soft and dignified to the person using it, and it has to survive a commercial laundry that would destroy a retail throw within a month. Get the balance wrong in either direction and the program fails — too cheap and it pills and greys after a few washes; too precious and it can't take the sanitising cycle. The whole spec is about hitting both.
To be clear about scope: our standard products are comfort blankets, not medical devices. Where a facility needs flame-retardant fabric or specific compliance, we source it and supply the paperwork — but we won't dress a normal fleece throw up as something it isn't.
What we make for the care sector
- Care-home comfort throws — full-size soft fleece throws for resident rooms and lounges, built for repeated high-temperature laundering.
- Wheelchair / lap blankets — a smaller format (around 90×120 cm), optionally with a non-slip backing, a fold-over foot pocket or a button tab so they stay put.
- Hospice & comfort blankets — softer, often a gentle weight and calm colourway, sometimes gifted to families; dignity is the brief.
Built for industrial laundry
This is the defining spec for the channel. Care blankets are washed constantly, hot, for hygiene — so durability through that cycle is everything: tight-knit anti-pill fleece, reinforced bar-tacked edges, and colourfast dyes rated for repeated sanitising washes. If laundering is in-house at high heat, tell us the cycle and temperature at briefing and we'll spec to it — the same reasoning we set out in the care & washing guide, and we inspect against it per our QC process.
Fabric & safety options
- Anti-pill coral fleece (280–320 GSM) — the soft, durable workhorse for the sector.
- Flame-retardant (FR) treated fabric — on request, e.g. to BS 7175 / Crib 5, with a test report per batch. Adds lead time; tell us the required standard early.
- Antimicrobial / anti-odour finish — optional, useful for shared-use environments.
- Name-tag friendly — a sewn-in label panel so facilities can mark blankets to a resident or room.
Decoration
Branding here is discreet and practical: a woven or embroidered facility name in the corner, often paired with the name-tag panel. Bold logos are rare — the product should read as comfort, not merchandise. See decoration methods compared for the durable options.