Activities at Hurstwood View Care Home

We had such a wonderful afternoon hosting birthday celebrations for our lovely resident, Pat, and 22 of her family members. These moments are so special, and we’re really honoured to make them possible for everyone involved. To us this is what delivering person centred care is all about. Thank you to our wonderful Kitchen team for sandwiches, cakes and scones – they were delicious!

Happiest of Birthdays, Pat. We know from your ear to ear smiles, you’ve had a wonderful time.

We spent a lovely morning at Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare. This wonderful local charity works to re-home dogs, cats and various other small animals, that have been subjected to cruelty, neglect and abuse. We enjoyed a wander around in the sunshine, with one of our residents being particularly pleased to see the cats they have ready to re-home. Of course, no trip to Raystede would be complete without a visit to their on site charity shop! The team here do such amazing work, and are always so knowledgeable and friendly. Please do support them by visiting if you are in the area.

We have had a lovely morning taking one of our residents back to her family home, to see her ponies.

This, our third visit back, was made extra special as friends and a neighbour met us there to say hello too.

Having devoted her life to looking after her ponies, this resident asks on a regular basis to see them.

We understand how important this is to her, so keeping close communication with her carer, we are doing all we can to get her home as regularly as possible.

As much as it’s somewhat of a bittersweet experience, she is always happy to see her much loved ponies, and leaves feeling reassured with how well they are being looked after.

If you have a loved one living with us and feel there is something meaningful we can offer them, please get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.

Following the success of our lovely Ivy’s glasses appeal last year, she has set up another collection point in our Cafe area.

Ivy will be collecting any unwanted glasses to donate to Uckfield Lions Club. These will then be sent on to eye clinics in developing countries.

If you have any unwanted glasses gathering dust, please pop them into the home, we’ll do the rest!

We ran our monthly lunch club in our Café area for August. This private dining experience was for six of our residents, giving them the opportunity to get to know each other. Residents made smoked salmon and cream cheese canapés, to enjoy with a glass of fizz for their starters.

We then spent the afternoon enjoying a good old fashioned sing along with staff.

Last week we said goodbye to our Kitchen Assistant Oleana, as she heads back to her hometown in Ukraine. Oleana is a teacher, and will be back teaching, doing what she loves most.

Our team set up a very British themed party, with cupcakes and afternoon tea for everyone to enjoy.

Thank you Oleana for all your hard work over the past year, we wish you and your family all the best for the future.