Brooklyn House Nursing Home

03/09/2025

We welcomed Jack Darcy back this week much to everyone's delight. Inspired by his Grandparents love of swing music,Jack performed songs by Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin and then rocked the lounge with some Elvis hits.
The afternoon was topped off by some dancing and plenty of smiles.
Thank you Jack. We look forward to next time.

26/08/2025

We had the perfect solution for all generations here at Brooklyn House. With the summer holidays and children looking for adventure, we held an intergenerational day. The excited young guests arrived to be welcomed by our residents who couldn't wait for the fun to start. There was a craft session using air dry clay. Mavis and Vera watched with delight before making their own creations. After a picnic lunch,the laughter continued with a display of the Twister game and a Karaoke. The children didn't want to go home and the residents asked when they will return.

18/08/2025

🌟 Nursing Care That Comes from the Heart 💙

At Caring Homes, we understand how important it is to know your loved one is in safe, expert hands, especially when their needs become more complex.

Across all our homes, our dedicated nurses and care teams provide round-the-clock clinical support tailored to each individual. From managing long-term health conditions to offering a listening ear and a reassuring presence, our approach to nursing care is both professional and deeply personal.

We’re proud to offer a home-from-home environment where residents receive not just care, but genuine compassion, respect and dignity.

🎥 Watch the video below to see what makes our nursing care so special.

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Because when care is done with heart, it truly makes a difference. 💖

Discover the outstanding nursing care provided across our Caring Homes care homes. Our dedicated nurses and carers work tirelessly to ensure every resident receives…

08/08/2025

We had another morning filled with music and laughter. Regular entertainer Budgie performed a selection of hits including some Ska & Reggae hits along with some Country & Western as requested by Cyril. We all agreed it was great fun and our tummies ached from laughter which is a great therapy.

05/08/2025

At Caring Homes, we have always prided ourselves on the food offering we provide to residents living in our homes, focusing on high quality, nutritional and enjoyable meals. Our Group Head Chef, Steve and Head of Hospitality, Ben are always looking to continually improve this and make our residents experience of food in our care homes delicious and memorable. Over the last few months, they have come up with some new various initiatives.

One of them is a delicious new initiative that brings fresh, seasonal produce to the heart of our residents’ dining experience! 💚

Each month, we’ll be spotlighting a Seasonal Food Hero, one fruit and one vegetable, that’s at its best that time of year. Our brilliant chefs will be creating tasty new dishes each week featuring these ingredients, giving our residents even more variety, flavour and nutrition in their meals. 🍽️

Not only is this great for our residents’ health and wellbeing, but it also brings a bit of fun and creativity into our kitchens. Using British-grown produce at its seasonal peak means better quality and more sustainable meals too! But we get the residents involved too! Residents have been busy foraging for wild berries local to their home!

Keep an eye out for the delicious dishes our homes will be serving up every week and give a cheer for our amazing kitchen teams! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳

Check out some of the dishes being created already - yum...
🍓Strawberry Tarts
🥗Asparagus is drizzled with a balsamic glaze and asparagus wrapped in parma ham
🍓Strawberry Cheesecake
🥗 Poached egg & bacon tartlet with asparagus and hollandaise

30/07/2025

✨ If you had to describe Caring Homes in one word… what would it be?

Watch as our incredible team share theirs — from “family” to “kindness” to “home.”

It’s not just what we do, it’s who we are.

And we’re proud of it.

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In this heartfelt video, team members from Caring Homes share the first words that come to mind when describing their workplace. These personal reflections paint…

25/07/2025

Our usual Friday Bingo session was enjoyed by all this afternoon. With eyes down at 2pm,we played 2 rounds of the traditional game. The winners chose prizes from a selection of goodies. The game was complimented with a cup of tea and biscuits.

25/07/2025

🌾 Fresh bakes, new skills, and lots of fun! 🧑‍🍳🍞

Last week, 11 of our amazing chefs and kitchen assistants from across the Caring Homes Group took part in a fantastic Chef Bakery Masterclass at Newlyns Farm Shop, Café & Cookery School in Hampshire and what a day it was!

The goal? To step out of the kitchen and into a learning space where they could develop new skills like baking fresh brioche buns, white loaves and even homemade donuts! The session focused on using fresh produce, exploring new ingredients and learning how to fortify recipes for our residents’ nutritional needs.

A few of our superstars stood out:
🍔 Burger & brioche champ – Jeff (Kitchen Assistant, The Orchard Nursing Home)
🍞 White loaf winner – Chef B (Head Chef, Sanford House Nursing Home)
🍩 Donut duo – Nadia & Tatiana (Benson House Care Home)
🌟 All-round star – Ellie (Kitchen Assistant, Cotman House Care Home)

Everyone left with big smiles, full hearts and a hand-picked goodie bag from the farm shop! We can’t wait to see these delicious new skills brought into our care homes for our residents to enjoy! 💙

A huge thank you to Lifetime Training for supporting the day.

23/07/2025

🍰 The Signature Cake Off is back! 🎉

At Caring Homes, we don’t just care for our residents, we bake joy into every day! We're excited to announce the launch of our 2025 Signature Cake Off Competition; a much-loved event that brings together our talented chefs, team members and residents to create a showstopping cake for our cherished ‘High Tea at 3’ experience. ☕

Last year’s winner, a delicious Courgette & Lemon Cake from Horsell Lodge Care Home's own Chef Gavin Speller, which now takes pride of place on our weekly High Tea Trolley and it’s safe to say our residents are still talking about it! 💛

This year, the competition is back and bigger than ever. Teams from across the country will soon be whisking, folding and icing their way to the finals, where a resident-inspired creation will be crowned our new signature cake.

We can’t wait to see the creativity, passion and teamwork that this competition inspires and most importantly, to celebrate the joy these bakes bring to the residents we care for.

🧁 Stay tuned as we share updates (and maybe a few sneak peeks) in the lead-up to the grand final Bake Off in September!

21/07/2025

Elvis was back in the building today thanks to the Barry Tone Elvis Experience. Ever popular and belting out hits like Viva Las Vegas, Wooden Heart and I can't Help Falling in Love, we were left all shook up. Music is the very heart of Brooklyn House with everyone benefiting from an afternoon of smiles,toe tapping and memories flooding back with each song.

17/07/2025

Another lovely musical afternoon. Today we welcomed Jack Darcy to Brooklyn House for the first,but not the last time. Inspired by his Grandparents love of the "Rat Pack" and swing music,Jack sang hits by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. He made a special tribute to one of our residents whose funeral was today and belted out My Way. Our residents couldn't wait to rebook him again.

17/07/2025

It's been a week of music therapy. Yesterday we strummed along with Wymondham Ukelele Band who are ever popular with our residents. The instrument made famous by George Formby played more than the window cleaning song and we sang along to tunes by the likes of He Kinks,Cliff Richard and even the Sea Shanty.