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Cedar Lodge Cedar Lodge employs more than 80 compassionate and hard working people, all striving to provide exemplary care.
Cedar Lodge are extremely proud to receive the award of “Top 20 Care Home South East England 2022” from carehome.co.uk. Nenita, Home Manager comments: “Wow, winning this award is amazing! We have great camaraderie, unity and one goal at Cedar Lodge – to make everybody happy. I go home each day and feel content that all our residents are happy and safe. The secret of care is a big heart.”
In 2023, Cedar Lodge’s Maintenance Manager David won the ‘Overall Winner‘ award at the Care Home Heroes Awards organised by Caring Times. In 2022, Cedar Lodge were Finalists in three categories at the Surrey Care Awards; Nursing Home of the Year, Activities Team of the Year, and Carer of the Year (Aruna Gurung), with David Fielding winning the award for ‘Unsung Hero’.
Chef Bhanu won Care Chef of the Year and Nenita was a Finalist for Care Home Manager of the Year at the National Care Awards 2021. Cedar Lodge also came Runner-up for South Care Home of the Year and was nominated for Catering Team of the Year and Quality in Housekeeping at the Caring UK Awards in 2021.
Nenita qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1990 in her native Philippines. She has worked all over the world, including nursing in hospitals in Saudi Arabia and Singapore, before moving to the UK in 2004. She began working at Forest Care as a Nurse and then progressing to Clinical Lead, Head of Care, Deputy Manager and now Registered Care Home Manager of Cedar Lodge.
Nenita’s hard-working nature and open-door policy gains respect from her staff, gives relatives peace of mind and enhances the lives of residents. She naturally leads her team by example in offering exemplary person-centered care to her service users, which her workforce reflects. in 2019, Nenita was selected as winner of the Frontline Leader of the Year at the Surrey Care Awards. And in 2021, she has been selected as one of five Finalists at the National Care Awards for Care Home Manager of the Year.
Jayne started working with us at Cedar Lodge in 2014 and has quickly become part of the team and is equally committed to ensuring each and every resident is happy and well looked after. Jayne is a passionate member of the team who is proud to work at Cedar Lodge.
As Administrator, Jayne is responsible for the day-to-day administrative functioning of the home and supporting Nenita to ensure everything happens as it should. This involves a variety of tasks such as employment checks, enquiry handling, show rounds and admissions, to being a point of contact for residents and relatives while dealing with their day-to-day requests.
Florisa graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and has built up 17 years of experience working in the UK as a nurse in a variety of medical settings. Florisa started working at Cedar Lodge in 2008 and is our compassionate and dedicated Head of Care.
With an extensive background in nursing, Florisa is responsible for managing the clinical care of the residents in the home. This involves supervising the Nurses, Senior Carers and Care Assistants to ensure residents receive person-centred care in accordance with their assessed needs and plans of care, along with focusing on their mental, physical and emotional well-being.
Our dedicated and experienced Nursing Team is responsible for managing the clinical care of our residents at Cedar Lodge focusing on their holistic care, which includes their mental, physical and emotional wellbeing.
This involves administering medication, working with our home GP and supporting Senior Carers and Care Assistants to ensure residents receive person-centered care in accordance with their assessed needs and care plans.
Our compassionate and dedicated care team comprises of Senior Carers and Care Assistants who help residents with their personal care, day-to-day living, and immediate needs. Our Carers work selflessly in striving to deliver the highest standards of person-centred care to our residents.
We intentionally hire more staff than the industry average, and our team members receive continuous training, development, and support, giving them the confidence and skill set to provide outstanding care.
The Activities Team, lead by Wendy, work tirelessly to deliver a fun, varied and engaging weekly schedule of therapeutic group, individual and one-to-one activities adapted according to the daily wishes of residents. The team were finalists in the Activities Team of the Year category at the Surrey Care Awards 2022 and Caring UK Awards 2019 and won Activities Team of the Year at the Frimley System South CCG Awards in 2019. Wendy has shown great devotion to Cedar Lodge as she celebrated her 30th work anniversary in 2022. One resident commented “Every night I go to sleep and say a prayer for how grateful I am to have Wendy in my life”.
The team prioritise wellbeing with joyful and meaningful activities including arts & crafts, pampering sessions, visits to local attractions, birthday and anniversary tea parties, Pets as Therapy, and visiting animals – piglets and monkeys! Along with a variety of themed events and cultural days.
Bhanu joined Cedar Lodge in 2017 as our talented and passionate Head Chef, and won Care Chef of the Year award at the National Care Awards 2021. He works hard to develop a menu that is appealing to residents while focusing on their nutritional and dietary needs.
Bhanu brings his strong creative flair to work every day, presenting his food in artistic ways with a strong colour balance on the plate. Cooking with seasonal fresh ingredients is important to Bhanu, who is passionate about caring for our residents through his meals. Bhanu has hosted live cooking demonstrations for residents, “whipping up” their favourite dishes and providing a multi-sensory experience.
Every team is integral to the running of our care home. We are fortunate to have a team of hard-working and compassionate individuals in housekeeping, which comprise of domestic and laundry. Not only do they help with the smooth running of the home, but they also contribute to the social and hospitality experience our residents enjoy.
David is our multi-award winning Handyman who works very hard fixing things and making sure our home runs smoothly. David will fulfil residents’ impromptu requests to ensure they are happy and is a wonderful support to the home, often participating in special activities. David won the ‘Overall Winner‘ award at the Care Home Heroes Awards 2023 organised by Caring Times and also won the award for ‘Unsung Hero’ at the Surrey Care Awards 2022. The panel noted the great lengths David goes to beyond his job remit, supporting residents and regularly taking them to hospital appointments and shopping, making a lightweight board for a resident to continue her artwork and fixing a precious broken grandfather clock which brought much joy to the owners. David comments: “Receiving this award was a wonderful surprise, I feel so proud, but I accept this award on behalf of everyone at Cedar Lodge who all really care about what they do.”
Andy is our talented groundsman who continues to work very hard in making our outdoor spaces into enjoyable surroundings.
From maintaining our wild flowers, feeding the birds in the aviary and building new features in our gardens for our residents to explore, Andy constantly brings new ideas to the outdoor spaces of the home.
Every month we celebrate the hard work of our team by choosing an Employee of the Month. Residents, relatives and employees can all nominate individuals. Congratulations to Genaro Hernani who is our Employee of the Month for July!
Forest Care is delighted to announce that CQC has rated Cedar Lodge ‘Good’ on its most recent inspection in May 2024. The home has been rated Good across all areas, meaning the service they provide is safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led. A great achievement for all the team at Cedar Lodge in Frimley Green.
Every year we celebrate the long service of our staff with our Years of Service Awards at Forest Care. We thank staff with vouchers, flowers, chocolates, cake and bubbly! A big ‘thank you’ to our hardworking and dedicated staff at Cedar Lodge for everything that you do.
