Activities at Hurstwood View Care Home

We’ve been out enjoying our beautiful gardens in the sunshine this week.We’re lucky to have such expansive gardens here at Hurstwood View. With an accessible path that runs round the whole home, and lots of lovely spots to rest and enjoy the surroundings, it’s a lovely place to be.Yesterday we played a selection of garden games, and cooled off after with ice lollies.Our Residents love being outside, especially when the weather is so wonderful!

The sounds of the Steel Pan Drums could be heard all around Hurstwood View yesterday afternoon, to celebrate Jamaican Independence Day.

Steel Pan Jim spent all afternoon playing his drums, to traditional music that we all recognised
Traditional Jamaican food was cooked in house, and enjoyed by everyone.

Jim interacted with the residents and had a break to enjoy the delicious spread on offer, along with Rum Cocktails.
Residents were joined by family and friends, who all agreed what a wonderful afternoon it was.

Families and the local community were invited to join us for a very special picnic at Hurstwood View Care Home. Children came with their favourite teddies to enter them into the competitions.

They had the chance to adopt a new Teddy from the Kim, the manager and her wonderful volunteers from Chestnut Tree House. We also had a special guest appear for the afternoon. 

Residents loved spending time with the children and seeing them have so much fun. It really was a lovely afternoon and everyone really enjoyed themselves. We also managed to raise some money for such an important charity.

Hurstwood View Care Home in Five Ashdown has been crowned Team Of The Year for the South Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2024 and is through to the national round of judging.

As the winner for South Division, Hurstwood View is through to the national finals in which the overall winner is decided.  They will join winners from across the UK at a special awards event in October to celebrate their outstanding achievements and discover if they have won a national award.

General Manager, Kirsty, said: “This is an amazing achievement and the whole home is so excited to be awarded this year’s winners for the South. I am so proud of everyone. We are a brilliant team who work well together to enrich the lives of our residents and support each other. Our values at Hurstwood View are a whole home approach and the team here really go above and beyond to create this.”

We’ve been making the most of the weather this week, and been out in the garden at any given opportunity!

On Tuesday we set up an area in the shade, and planted some beautiful pots of Petunia’s. Residents loved separating the flowers and planting them in their lovely new homes. We attached some Hurstwood View tags, and our team will be gifting these when they are out in the community this week.

We also spent time creating some pretty posies for rooms. Carefully arranging our flowers into oasis, the Residents have made some beautiful displays for themselves and their friends

Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Hurstwood View Care Home to enjoy a Summer Party that was held in the home’s grounds on 22nd June.

The party had live entertainment from Elvis, who sang a selection of his most popular songs. Head Chef, Karen made a wonderful buffet whilst Chef, Suman, was in charge of the bar where he created some fantastic cocktails which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.