Activities at Wadhurst Manor Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Zoe Aldea
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.
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
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’.
