Activities at Tandridge Heights Care Home

This recent weather has been perfect for a spot of flower arranging in our newly refurbished first floor café. 

Residents enjoyed discussing the different flowers and making pretty bouquets to display in their rooms.

Jean said, “I used to love working at my family’s garden centre and sorting out all the plants and beautiful flowers."

Enid and Jean had a lovely day at Worthing seafront, enjoying delicious fish and chips, Mr Whippy ice cream and a long walk along the promenade. 

Enid, who is celebrating her 100th birthday next week, said, “This is the best day I’ve had in years, such a special birthday treat.” 

Residents at Tandridge Heights recently enjoyed a delicious take-away fish and chip lunch from local chippy, Harbourfields in Oxted. Residents chose a selection of different fish, battered sausages, chips and mushy peas. 

John said, “This is the best fish and chips I’ve had in years!”

On Tuesday 20th May, staff and residents at Tandridge Heights care home in Oxted dusted off their dancing shoes for the launch of their new Dementia Disco initiative.  

Knowing how much their residents love to dance, the activities team at Tandridge Heights care home came up with the genius idea of a dementia-friendly disco.  The team invited along members of the local community and friends of the home to the first official dementia-friendly disco, which went down an absolute storm.

A family member added: “We enjoyed the Dementia Disco so much, and we are really looking forward to the next one! Everyone had an amazing time, and it was a wonderful and rare opportunity to turn back the clock and have some fun with our loved ones!” 

Here at Tandridge Heights we are lucky enough to have team members from all over the world. 
For World Culture Day, team members dressed in beautiful traditional clothing and prepared delicious dishes from their home countries, proudly sharing their dishes, traditional music, dances and talking about their cultures and traditions with other team members and residents. 

It really was a great afternoon with lots of the team getting involved and having a lovely time. 

Residents, staff, family and friends marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day in style by throwing a 1940s afternoon party to remember.  The home was decorated in red, white and blue and residents and staff dressed up in their 1940s-inspired glad rags and enjoyed a delicious BBQ and an afternoon of music and dancing by the D-Day Dollies. 

Head chef Mel whipped up a delicious selection of burgers, hotdogs, potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salads and puddings. Enid, a resident of Tandridge Heights, said: “I remember all the family gathering around the radio to listen to Churchill’s speech telling us the war was over. It still gives me goosebumps now, such an important date.  It was wonderful to reminisce and to celebrate with all the staff and residents here. We’ve all had such fun and lots of cake!”

Easter was in full swing at Tandridge Heights with our Easter Bunny hunt. Residents were joined by their loved ones for a fun-filled afternoon. There was the traditional bunny hunt where the children had to find and name all the hidden bunnies to collect their prize at the end.

Colouring and games were plentiful and residents got stuck in helping their great-grandchildren. Resident Ron said, ‘It is great fun being able to be with the little ones and seeing them enjoy themselves. I have had a great time’.

We were then surprised by the Easter Bunny himself. He hopped around meeting all the children and staff, creating joy and laughter wherever he went.

Residents at Tandridge Heights welcomed Fiona’s Farm Therapy for a lovely morning with baby animals such as chicks, rabbits, Guinea pigs and lambs. Residents got to hold the animals and even feed the lambs from bottles while learning wonderful facts and information about them.

Beryl said, “The little animals are so lovely and well-behaved. I just love them. It was such a treat.”

We even had some children come along, residents were delighted to see the children and the animals interacting. 

Tandridge Heights recently had a visit from Owl Adventures. Residents loved seeing different types of owls and even a hawk and learning interesting facts about the different birds of prey. 

Mena, a resident, held Gizmo, a tiny little owl, and she absolutely loved it. She said “Isn’t he so lovely and well-behaved?”