Activities at Lydfords Care Home

Team members from Lydfords care home in East Hoathly have been making special deliveries to say thank you to those in the local community.  

General Manager, Anthony Butler, Deputy Manager, Ellie West and Home Services Advisor, Sam Harding have been busy visiting local professionals and charities in the community to say thank you for all they do to support everyone. The local GP surgeries received chocolates to enjoy. Whilst the District Nurses received a special delivery of party food so they could all celebrate together.    

Another stop was to the local hospitals where they received hampers with a selection of treats for everyone. The team at Lydfords also opened up their home so the TN22 club could have their Christmas Party in the upstairs dining room and lounge. 

Anthony, General Manager at Lydfords, said: “We really wanted to say thank you to as many people as possible for all the care and support they provide to the local community and to ourselves. They make such a difference to people’s lives every day, in different ways and we feel it is important to let them know we appreciate them”

Residents, family and friends had a wonderful afternoon of singing Christmas Carols with mulled wine, followed by the official turning on of the Christmas lights.

Thank you to the Uckfield Mayor, Councillor Karen Bedwell for doing the honours. These are moments we all treasure and get us in the festive spirit. 

This month we have welcomed back the East Hoathly Toddler for a morning of Christmas activities. 
Residents watched and help the children decorate gingerbread men. This was then followed by some Christmas singing by the fireplace.

The toddler group visits us every month to join in with fun and game. The children and residents get some much joy out of their regular visits. 

Lydfords care home in East Hoathly recently presented The Deans Senior Tea Club with a cheque for £1000 towards the cost of activities, entertainment and refreshments. The Deans Senior Tea Club runs weekly groups in Peacehaven, Telscombe and Saltdean to combat loneliness and isolation in the elderly.

The grant had been awarded by Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, a charity that helps older people and adults with a disability or mental health problems across England, Scotland and Wales by offering grants to help people connect or re-connect with others in their local community.

General Manger, Anthony Butler and Home Services Advisor, Sam Harding went to visit the club in Telscombe to present them with the cheque and see the fabulous work they do. They spent the morning chatting to volunteers, spending time with the attendees and were invited to join in with the morning activities. 

Anthony, General Manager at Lydfords Care Home, said: “We are always keen to show as much support as we can to local charities. It was amazing to see so many people enjoying the Tuesday group. They have been able to make new friends and they themselves said how much it has helped them all. We feel very passionately about preventing loneliness and isolation and you can see this is their priority here also.”