Woodlands Care Home

Lesley has worked with the company since 2021 as manager of their flagship home in Edinburgh and has now transferred to join the team at Woodlands.

As a qualified nurse, Lesley’s main clinical background is in the Intensive care unit at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and latterly as a Specialist Peritoneal Dialysis nurse. Having had amazing grandparents, Lesley always knew she wanted to work with the older generation and is passionate about ensuring they lead fulfilling and meaningful lives during their golden years.

As a leader, Lesley’s main focus is staff development and progression, she is a great believer in further education to ensure residents and families receive high standards of care and support. She adopts a supportive approach and fully embraces, working in partnership with residents and their families.

Anna-Marie has 20 years of experience in care she is a well-rounded individual who can adapt to any situation.

Prashna is a hard-working, caring and dedicated member of our team and is one of our Unit Leads. We are very proud to announce Prashna has won the very prestigious company award of Nurse of the Year 2025 for Scotland. Warm and caring, Prashna will always go above and beyond for all and is a real asset to our team.

Regina worked in Intensive Care as a Registered Nurse in Nepal before moving to Scotland. Coming from a long line of nurses, who all specialised in the care of the elderly, it was a natural progression for her to follow suit. As Unit Lead, Rojiina always has a positive and smiley outlook and will always go above and beyond for those she supports and their families.

Amaka joined Woodlands as a care assistant and has recently undertakenand passed with flying colours the SCQF7 qualification in Oral Care. Amaka will now be responsible for overseeing and training new recruits in the importance of oral health assessments and also in the auditing of services. Amaka is always smiling and positive and whether walking to work or working at Woodlands, she is always singing, which bring so much happiness to the day..

Bala brings a wealth of knowledge to this role with many years of experience in both care and auditing. As Pharmacy Manager, Bala has oversight of all aspects of medication management and works closely with the GP surgeries and hospital discharge teams. More recently, Bala has studied to become an in-house trainer for First Aid and Basic Life Support, where with his colleague Sarah, they welcome families also to participate in any courses going on in the home.

Margaret has come to Woodlands with many years of administration experience in care homes. Margaret is of particular support to those moving into Woodlands and their families.

Pauline has worked in the care home sector for many years and joined the Woodlands team in 2022. Based with the admin team, Pauline oversees all financial aspects of the home but can often be found helping others and she especially enjoys engaging with residents and their families.

Liesa joined the team with a wealth of frontline experience, and always provides a warm welcome to those visiting Woodlands. Liesa's area of focus is supporting new residents and their families, step by step throughout the whole moving in process. Lisa's warm approach ensures the whole family are supported from the initial enquiry, right through to the day of moving in and after.

Catriona has joined the team as Wellbeing Lead, bringing 4 years of experience in this speciality. Catriona works closely with residents, their families and regulatory frameworks, to ensure our programme is full of meaningful activities, events and outings. Residents having roles within the home and being actively engaged in the running of the home, is important to Catriona and resident focus groups are now up and running. Residents are now involved in the interview process, helping a reception, delivering newspapers and post and befriending new residents moving into the home.

Leigha has worked in the fitness industry for over 11 years. Interviewed and chosen by our residents, she is now a valued member of our team. Leigha devises personalised fitness programmes to ensure resident's objectives are achieved and works closely with community physiotherapists. Our daily classes are now a firm favourite and Leigha with her "can do" has motivated so many.

Alison has been a Registered Foot Health Practitioner for the past 4 years and has 15 years experience as a Registered Nurse. Alison knows all the residents so well and reviews each resident on a 6 week rotation, supporting them with their footcare health. Footcare is an essential for Woodlands residents to ensure they remain as mobile as possible, which is vital for general health and wellbeing. Always smiling and with her positive approach, Alison as forged lovely working relationships with residents and their families.

With over 30 years experience, Gregor brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to ensure the best dining experience for residents and their families. Gregor meets with each resident to find out their likes and dislikes and also organises the resident Food Group Meetings, where residents discuss menus and any changes they'd like to see. As nutrition is key in keeping healthy in care homes, Gregor also contributes to our weekly Clinical Meetings. Passionate about training and passing on skills, Gregor is currently mentor for one of our Kitchen Assistants who is now training to be a chef at Woodlands.

John joined Woodlands as a Kitchen Assistant a few years ago but soon developed an interest in nutrition and cooking. Encouraged and mentored by our Head Chef Gregor, John is now studying for his NVQ5 Chef qualification and thoroughly enjoying his new role. Progression and investing in our teams is a very important part of the Woodlands values.

Steve has come to us with a wealth of experience in all aspects of maintenance and has worked in care homes since 2017.

Since joining the team Gordon has supported residents to grow their own vegetables and herbs in the garden and encourages them to be active in our Garden Club, planning the garden and buying plants. If not in the garden, Gordon loves taking residents out and about in Aberdeen.

Mandy is of invaluable support to residents and their families and oversees the running of our cafe'. Mandy is always welcoming and makes any new residents feel right at home.

Oreo also visits often and residents love to give him a pat and a treat!