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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Zoe Aldea

Activities Lead

Hi, my name is Zoe and I am the Activities Lead at Wadhurst Manor.

I used to work with veterans for the Royal British Legion, and as an Art Studio Lead for a wonderful charity that built a village for people with learning disabilities.

I believe in the healing power of art, I feel strongly about building confidence and  the wellness of our residents. My hobbies include Asian art and philosophy, acupuncture, yoga and martial arts. I believe art is a bridge that unites everyone no matter the race, beliefs or religion.

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

Music for the Brain

Music for the Brain

There was more singing when we were joined by Debra Skeen from Music for the Brain. Everyone joined in by either singing or clapping along!

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Sport Relief

We had an amazing morning playing games and reminiscing with a couple of new Carer, Tania and Anne. Everyone who joined us gave the games a go with a couple of surprising results.

Music Therapy

Music Therapy

Residents were full of song during out latest music therapy session with Ryan. There was lots of clapping along and even a little dancing.

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Residents celebrated the Year of the Dog with a display by Ditto Dogs. It was wonderful to see their dancing dog display and to talk to their owners and, of course, stroke the dogs after. We look forward to seeing the whole team for a display in the garden this summer.

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National Storytelling Week

What a wonderful time we had when we visited Sacred Heart School as part of National Story Telling week. We started off by watching year 2 acting out and reciting Little Red Riding Hood. Then the year 1 children split up into groups, with one resident joining each group to look at and read their favourite stories with them.

It was so fun to watch everyone smiling and laughing. We then met back together for refreshments and all recited nursery rhymes. We hope that this was the first of many such visits!

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Out to the Theatre

We were kindly invited to watch Stonegate Amateur Dramatic's Society's (SADS) dress rehearsal for Oliver. Seven residents, some accompanied by their families, went to watch the show. Everyone commented on how much they enjoyed it, with one relative commenting that it was as good as anything they had seen in the West End! We would all like to thank SADS for their invitation and hope that some of the cast will come in and sing for us one day.

Upcoming events

Countdown To Christmas

Join us as we celebrate the run up to Christmas at Wadhurst Manor 

Countdown to Christmas

Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.