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Forest Care - Caring Since 1981 
Our award-winning private residential and nursing care homes combine luxury living alongside 24-hour nursing, residential, dementia and respite care for the elderly, in purpose-built environments within beautiful Surrey and Hampshire countryside locations.
We are extremely proud to win the awards of “Top 20 Care Home South East England 2024″ (for Oak Lodge), “Top 20 Care Home South East England 2022” (for Cedar Lodge) and “Top 20 Small Care Home Group 2022” from carehome.co.uk and to win ‘Nursing Home of the Year‘ for our specialist dementia care home Holly Lodge at the Surrey Care Awards 2022.
We pride ourselves on being a family-owned and managed company since 1981 with a breadth of experience and industry knowledge. We create a personal care plan for each resident which is regularly reviewed to ensure it meets all needs whether medical, physical, emotional, or social. Our all-inclusive fee covers hairdressing, chiropody, physiotherapy, days out, and other facilities the home has to offer, so you can relax knowing one fee covers all the person-centred care you or your loved one will need.
Forest Care is focused on caring with compassion, dignity, and respect.
Our nursing and respite care homes in Basingstoke and Hook, Hampshire and Camberley, Surrey offer high standards of care, comfort, security and support in beautiful surroundings.
Four of our homes provide 24-hour nursing, residential and respite care, which includes Holly Lodge – our national and regional award-winning specialist dementia care home. Elm Lodge, our brand new care home provides 24-hour residential and respite care. We intentionally hire more staff than the industry average to enable a relaxed environment for our residents where staff can deliver person-centred care. Click here for our frequently asked questions.
We provide a diverse and inclusive activities programme for our residents, which always prioritise wellbeing. The activities team use care plans and individual’s wishes and cultural interests, supported by life story work to deliver joyful, meaningful and person-centred activities.
We think it’s important that you hear from our residents, their relatives and our great staff. Listen to our residents, relatives and staff stories on our Reviews pages and read the wonderful testimonials on www.carehome.co.uk
Congratulations to Holly Lodge who won Forest Care’s ‘Love your Garden’ competition! All our homes have created beautiful, relaxing and interactive outdoor spaces for our residents to enjoy. A big ‘thank you’ to our teams for embracing the competition, we have received a lot of positive feedback and look forward to seeing our gardens updated through the seasons.
A huge congratulations to our fabulous Group Activities Lead Terri Eakins who won the ‘Above & Beyond’ category at ‘A Place to be Proud of Awards’ in June 2024 organised by Destination Basingstoke. This award recognises individuals who have shown incredible professional and personal pride in their work that supports the community.
Thank you to our staff and their families who participated in the Inflatable 5K Challenge at Stoke Park in Guildford in May 2024. It was a wonderful day and a fantastic team event! A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who sent messages of support and for your kind donations.We raised an amazing £1,613 for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice!
“Choosing a care home can be a difficult and emotional process. Forest Care tries to make it a little easier by providing exceptional care and a homely environment that our residents and their loved ones would wish for. Our ‘open-door’ policy means family, friends and pets are always welcome. I am delighted and extremely proud that Forest Care has won the awards of ‘Top 20 Care Home South East England 2024’, ‘Top 20 Small Care Home Group 2022”, ‘Top 20 Care Home South East England 2022’ and ‘Nursing Home of the Year 2022‘. It is testament to the continuous hard work and dedication of all our management and staff who work tirelessly and selflessly in striving to deliver the highest standards of care to our residents.”
