-- Forest Healthcare, a network of 13 residential, nursing and specialist care centres, has reinforced its commitment to person-centred care through its partnership with catering provider Apetito, designed to ensure that dining is personalised across its centres.
The Veteran-Friendly Framework-accredited and Top 20 Care Home Group has long emphasised that nutrition plays a direct role in keeping residents well, supporting recovery, and making everyday life more comfortable and enjoyable.
How Forest Healthcare Is Prioritising Nutritional Excellence
Forest Healthcare’s care centres support residents with varying needs, providing support during short-term recoveries and post-hospital rehabilitation alongside condition-specific and longer-term complex care. Nutrition is at the heart of that support, particularly for residents living with medical conditions, recovering from illnesses, or requiring carefully customised dietary plans.
The partnership with Apetito, backed by the expertise of Wiltshire Farm Foods, enables Forest Healthcare to provide meals that combine quality ingredients with genuine choice, giving residents the freedom to choose meals they know they’ll enjoy.
Care Centre Manager Momarr Camara, from Forest Care Village, the group’s flagship care centre, said, ‘Mealtimes at Forest Healthcare aren’t just part of the daily routine, they’re often the most social aspect of the day. It’s when residents have the time to sit down and chat, relax and spend time with visiting family and friends.
Working with a trusted catering partner means our teams can stay focused on care, while still being confident that every resident has access to meals and snacks that suit their needs and preferences.’
This approach is proven to be beneficial, with a thematic report published by Healthwatch finding that best practice guidelines for mealtimes in residential care facilities include variety and choice, appetising healthy food options, support with eating and drinking where needed, and creating an environment that is inviting.
Professional Catering Enhances Choice and Independence for Forest Healthcare Residents
Forest Healthcare creates welcoming, warm settings designed to feel relaxed and familiar. As part of this ethos, mealtimes are informal and enjoyable, with menus that cater to all tastes.
The benefits of Apetito’s catering service include:
- Meals designed for a broad range of medical requirements
- Options that can be adapted for allergies and intolerances
- A broader choice of dishes, with over 200 meals available
- Consistency across centres, with the same high standards in every setting
Offering customised catering aligns with Forest Healthcare’s Core Values of choice, respect, empathy, support and going above and beyond, integrating clinical support with individualised schedules and activities, and, of course, dining.
Momarr adds that '24-hour nursing support, tailored care planning, and assistance from skilled carers are always critical. However, paying attention to the details, like the flavours and textures a resident likes and dislikes, the types of food they find comforting and filling, or the condiments and spices they most love, makes a world of difference.
For many residents, having meals they genuinely enjoy isn’t insignificant, it’s something that shapes their whole day. We decided to partner with Apetito based on the variety they offer, and because all the meals are chef-prepared, which means we have the assurance of compliance with the most stringent food safety standards, without compromising on taste.’
Apetito is an award-winning catering service focused specifically on care settings, with the capacity to develop specific menus and nutritional intakes based on dietary and medical needs.
The firm also provides bespoke menus for people with conditions including malnutrition, diabetes, dementia and dysphagia, a condition that can make swallowing food very difficult, and requires specialist catering expertise.
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About the company: Forest Healthcare is an established care provider dedicated to consistently delivering an outstanding quality of life to the residents they serve. With a network of care centres across South-East England, Forest Healthcare specialises in catering to a wide range of care requirements, including; residential, nursing, dementia and specialist care. The organisation’s mission is to provide a family feel to the exceptional care they deliver by valuing, respecting and caring for each and every person who lives and works at Forest Healthcare.
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Name: Chris Salter
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Organization: Forest Healthcare Ltd
Website: https://www.foresthc.com
Release ID: 89192617
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