The Pines Nursing Home

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…

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.

🔗 Watch the video - https://ow.ly/kuMj50W3XwC

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

🌾 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!

16/07/2025

✨ Behind the Kitchen Doors – Hospitality Careers

It’s not just meals — it’s nourishment, connection and care.

Go behind the kitchen doors at Caring Homes Homes and meet the hospitality teams who make every day feel special. Because good food and friendly service are just as important as any medicine.

🔗 Watch the video - https://ow.ly/iU0P50W3XqM

Step into the heart of Caring Homes and discover the vital role our hospitality team plays in enriching the lives of our residents. This video offers an inside look…

11/07/2025

02/07/2025

From Retail to Care 🛍️➡️💜

✨ Thinking of a change? Many of our team members joined us from completely different industries and never looked back.

Meet Lindsey who made the switch from retail into care and found new confidence, purpose and belonging with her inspiring career journey.

🔗 Watch the video https://ow.ly/mOn950W3XbL

Meet Lindsey Bell, a former retail professional who found her true calling as a care assistant, inspired by the compassionate legacy of her late mother. In this…

25/06/2025

Caring Homes has been named one of the Top 10 Mid-Size Care Providers in the UK by the 2025 Lottie Awards which is fantastic news as earlier this week we celebrated The Orchard Nursing Home's double award win (Top 100 Care Homes in the UK and Top 10 Care Expert’s Choice Award)!

This amazing recognition is based on what really matters: 💙
✅ Exceptional care quality
💻 Innovation through digital tools
🛠️ Operational excellence
💼 A positive, people-first culture

It’s a proud moment for our teams across the country who go above and beyond every day to make our homes safe, welcoming and filled with kindness. And for families, it’s one more reason to feel confident that you’re placing your loved one somewhere they’ll truly thrive.

📖 Read more about the awards on our latest news story: https://www.caringhomes.org/news-and-events/caring-homes-named-one-of-uks-top-10-mid-size-care-providers-at-inaugural-lottie-awards

18/06/2025

At Caring Homes, every role makes a difference.

Whether you're welcoming guests, preparing meals, providing personal care or leading activities, your contribution matters.

💬 Hear from some of the incredible people behind the scenes who help our homes feel just that — home. 🔗 Watch the video - https://ow.ly/9aCe50W3X5t

Explore the diverse career opportunities at Caring Homes. This video provides an in-depth look into various roles within our organisation, highlighting the responsibilities,…

04/06/2025

✨ What is it like to work at Caring Homes? ✨

Ever wondered what it’s like to be part of the Caring Homes family? From the friendships to the fulfilment, this video gives a glimpse into the heart of what we do — and why we do it.

Because here, care is more than a job. It’s a calling.

Watch the team in action and hear it from those who live and breathe care every day.

🔗 Watch the video - https://ow.ly/MQz050W3WmF

Discover what it's like to work at Caring Homes through firsthand accounts from our team members. This video offers an authentic glimpse into our company culture,…

25/05/2025

⭐ Highlighting Dementia Awareness Week 2025 ⭐

🌟 While this is the last of our focused dementia awareness posts for the week, at Caring Homes, care is just the beginning.

Our Care & Wellbeing approach focuses on supporting the whole person — mind, body and soul. From nutritious meals and personalised care plans to companionship and meaningful activities, our teams make every day count.

As one of our colleagues says: “It’s about putting the person first — always.”

💙 Watch how we help residents live well, with dignity and joy:
👉 https://ow.ly/r7yJ50VX9un