Welcome to New Forest Nursing Home

Irina joined New Forest Nursing Home in February 2024, bringing with her a deep passion for delivering person-centered care. Graduating as a nurse in 1991, she spent a decade working in A&E before transitioning to private care in 2006, always with reputable companies. Starting her career as a Healthcare Assistant, she later obtained her PIN and has held various roles, including Registered General Nurse (RGN), Deputy Manager, Senior Nurse, and Clinical Lead. Over the last five years, Irina has been instrumental in commissioning three care homes.

She believes in the importance of providing individuals with choice and autonomy, ensuring that each resident is treated with the dignity and respect they deserve. Irina is dedicated to fostering an environment where residents feel valued and empowered, making a positive impact in their lives every day.

Residing in the beautiful New Forest, Irina enjoys walking with her chocolate Labrador and frequently travels around the world, embracing new adventures. She is excited to contribute her expertise and commitment to compassionate care to the supportive community at New Forest Nursing Home.

Working for 11 years as a Social Worker and Team Manager in Adult Services, Jacqueline relished supporting care providers with their safeguarding, quality and compliance requirements. Based on this experience, she then sought a move into working with a residential care provider. Jacqueline approached Allegra Care first, as she felt that the company’s values, care principles and household model aligned very closely with her own vision of what good care should look like. As Regional Manager, her passion for outstanding care is self-evident as she supports homes and colleagues across Hampshire. She also thinks laughter is a great tonic – and her cheeky sense of humour is infectious.

Away from work, Jacqueline enjoys eating out, cinema and horse racing. As a mother of two grown up children, she enjoys spending time with her friends, her family and her two grandchildren.

After working for 14 years as a renal nurse specialist, Jacqui changed her career to be around more for her young children. Her wide-ranging experience since then encompasses a number of rewarding positions across a variety of sectors, including team leader for Jobsite; Southern Team manager for Westfield Health; management for a specialist lender helping people rebuild their credit profile and, most recently, moving into the elderly care sector with Barchester, for whom she worked in community awareness and fundraising.

Now, as Regional Relationship Liaison Manager for Allegra Care, she brings her diverse portfolio of skills to the task of supporting the homes and helping the company develop its profile in the elderly care sector.