Activities at Wadhurst Manor Care Home

On a weekly basis we have many visitors to the home from the people like the University of the Third age and local small animal farms, who bring in their chickens and sheep. We also like to go out shopping and on day trips to local garden centres and when the weather is good picnics and tours of the beautiful local countryside. We have speciality days at the home which could be a theme of a country, or for specific times of year, including Halloween, Bonfire Night or Christmas. We have card games and art classes and a serious knitting team in the home who produce blankets and premature baby clothes for the local maternity unit.

 

Enriching life
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Sarah Smith

Assistant Activities Coordinator

I have worked at Wadhurst Manor in many different roles since December 2011. Prior to this I worked as a nurse, exercise teacher and and preschool supervisor. I have 4 lovely children who are now grown up and travelling the world. My hobbies include visiting my children, singing, dancing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, reading and amateur dramatics.I find enabling residents to remain active and engaged both physically and mentally is a wonderfully rewarding job. I particularly enjoy working on our memory lane units becoming immersed in their realities, enabling them to live their best lives by concentrating on what they can do not what they can't.

 

Life-encriching activities booklet

Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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Activities and Events Partnerships

As part of our bespoke life-enrichment programmes, we host a number of live virtual events in the home on a regular basis through a number of partnerships with places of interest and world class performance companies

Life at Wadhurst Manor Care Home

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Trip To See Cinderella

What an amazing time we had on a trip to see Cinderella.

The Wadhurst Dramatic Club performed brilliantly. Toes were tapping to the music and the room was roaring with laughter. What a fantastic show!

Burns Night!

Burns night celebrations we in full swing at Wadhurst Manor. We had piper, Michael playing for us. Whilst our in house chefs made some fantastic traditional Scottish dishes for everyone to try. 

10K steps a day challenge!

We made day 1!

With 1 of our walking group out, we had to recruit a little extra help from some of the residents. Three of us managed to walk up to the village and were rewarded with meeting Mabel the dog and buying a pack of snicker bars.

3,055 step each 9,160 steps total. Then 2 residents lapped the garden a couple of times adding over 1,000 steps each and another resident lapped the corridor 3 times 150 steps a go adding 450 steps to our total. We'll done everyone. We just need to keep it up now!

Barchester Care Awards 2023 - Divisional Winner!

We're so happy to announce that Kirsten Brown has been crowned Volunteer of the Year for the South Division in the Barchester Care Awards 2023 and is through to the national round of judging.

The Barchester Care Awards celebrate the staff who go the extra mile for the benefit of the 13,000 residents living in Barchester’s 252 care homes and private hospitals across the country. Categories range from ‘Registered Nurse of the Year’ and ‘Carer of the Year’ to ‘Dementia Care Champion’ and ‘Activities Coordinator of the Year’.

Carols by Candlelight

A big thank you to Hollie, Mary & the choir, from Wadhurst Church, for leading our Carols by Candlelight Service. 

It was wonderful to see so many relatives and residents enjoying the festivities and singing along so enthusiastically. 

A great start to many more Christmas events this month! 

Christmas Jumper Day

Today is everything Christmas at Wadhurst Manor! We have been raising money for Save the Children by dressing up in our best Christmas jumpers! 

Please follow the link below to donate to this very worthwhile charity:

https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/donate-here 

I think you’ll agree everyone looked fantastic!