Securing the future: from key chaos to smartphone access

Bruce Donald, UK and Ireland manager for digital locking experts SimonsVoss, discusses the shift towards digital access and security solutions within the elderly care sector

As a care home facility or building manager, you juggle a lot — ensuring residents' safety, managing staff, and keeping everything running smoothly. But traditional key systems often make things harder. Key misplacements, delayed emergency access, and the ongoing costs of maintaining physical locks are just a few of the challenges that have long impacted care homes.

You know the frustration of searching for the right key in a time-sensitive situation or dealing with expensive lock changes after a misplaced master key incident.

However, with the rise of digital access control systems, the sector now has a solution that addresses these pain points. Replacing traditional keys with digital access control is not only improving security but also helping care homes across the country operate more efficiently and responsively.

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