About Us

A Family Legacy of Compassionate Care

For over 50 years, the Lee family has been dedicated to providing exceptional nursing, dementia and residential care for the elderly.

Woodlands was established in 1976 when Gill Lee, trained nurse, began caring for her grandmother. As demand grew, Gill opened her home to other residents, later extending the property. This success led to opening our purpose-built care home Hill Brow in 1986.

Gill’s daughter, Alison, also trained as a nurse and holds a degree in Nursing from City University / St Barts Hospital, London, with a Diploma in Elderly Care. Alison left the NHS as Ward Manager of an elderly care unit at the Royal Free Hospital when she assumed control of both homes in 1998, following her mother’s retirement.

The family remains actively involved in the running of the homes on a day-to-day basis: Alison’s daughter Anna has worked within the homes for the past 5 years, so maybe looking forward to a third generation of the family to lead the way!

Hill House opened in 2011, followed by Farnham Mill in 2018. Both are state-of-the-art, purpose-built nursing and dementia homes offering high-quality care in a comfortable, homely environment.

Hill House is rated Outstanding for Care by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Careers and staff

At Hill House nursing home, we firmly believe that a nursing home is only as good as the staff who work there. So, great care has been taken in recruiting highly trained, professional, caring and compassionate staff. We do not employ temporary or agency staff, as we know it is as important for the residents to know who is looking after them. Importantly, it is essential for staff to know and understand residents’ needs.

We have lead nursing and care staff who specialise in different areas of care such as; palliative, dementia, infection control, nutrition and other areas. The ratio of staff to residents is above recommended ratios. Also, residents are involved in the choice of staff from the outset, as we have a resident on the interview panel.

New staff start with induction training when they first arrive. And they are supported in their training from a care certificate up to degree level in all areas relating to the running of the home. We do not use agency staff and everybody in the home is paid well above the national living wage.

In 2018 we won the Inspire Family Business of the Year for Hampshire Award, for the way we have developed and promoted our staff within the homes. In 2013 we were awarded Investors in People Gold Award. This award recognises our commitment to our staff, their training and development. In November 2011, we won the Hampshire Inspire Employer of the Year Award, our homes were recognised for the development and welfare of our staff. In addition to these awards, we have been national finalists for numerous care awards which is a testament to our fantastic team.