Activities at Lydfords 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.
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Carole Hierons
Hello, my name is Carole and I am the Activities Lead here at Lydfords.
I have worked in this role for many years and I would not to do anything else.
My job is to plan and oversee the amazing life enrichment activities and trips for all of our residents. It is such a rewarding role and I love planning and doing crafts with everyone.
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 Lydfords Care Home
A Very Special Reunion For Peter
The Lewes Royal Artillery Association held their monthly meeting at Lydfords care home in East Hoathly and were reunited with their President, Peter.
Peter lives at Lydfords and is beloved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making his dream come true, as they knew how much it meant to him, and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Peter’s face when he was reunited with his members.
Staff at Lydfords contacted the Lewes Royal Artillery Association and invited them in to hold their monthly meeting. The hospitality team provided refreshments and a buffet for the gentleman to enjoy throughout the evening.
Peter was ready to welcome them all as they arrived. The meeting was held in the dining room with Peter sat at the top table. During the evening Peter was presented with a wooden carving of their crest.
Peter is the oldest member of the association and has been very actively involved for years. It was a very special evening as it was the first one Peter has been able to attend for over two years. It meant so much to all of them to be reunited again. It was such a success they are now holding their quarterly meetings at Lydfords so Peter can keep attending.
In response to this wonderful surprise, Peter, said: “I have had the best evening seeing everyone again. I have not stopped smiling and laughing. It is such an amazing feeling to know that such a loving group of people care so much about me that they helped me to live out a dream – and I didn’t even ask.”
Rikki, General Manager at the home, said: “We believe that every moment is worth cherishing. We want everyone we care for to know how important they are to us here at Lydfords and you can continue doing the things you love. It is testament to the hard work and dedication of the team here in making our residents’ dreams come true. It was wonderful to see how happy Peter was – and the staff loved being a part of this as well.”
It's Christmas Day At Lydfords
It was so lovely to see the joy and smiles from residents and staff in the home today as they opened presents and had their Christmas lunch.
Thank you to the Chef's for a fantastic Christmas meal. The care team for making the day and night a special one for our residents. The Lifestyle and hostess team for providing entertainment and beverages and the housekeeping for keeping a lovely clean and welcoming place to call home.
We hope you all had a lovely day too.
Community Spirit
We feel very honoured to contribute towards South Brockwells Farm and their very generous food parcels they are donating.
South Brockwells are truly amazing at supporting the local community and are giving food parcels with a warming and nutritious dinner to children that are attending their Farm school over Christmas.
They asked if we would like to help and design the recipe cards.
Our residents worked closely with Jessica, who is an art A level student at Uckfield College to create the artwork displayed.
We are the first care home to have twinned with a local farm. The benefits for our residents are amazing and we thank South Brockwells for all they do.
Christmas Fete
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at Lydfords care home in East Hoathly to enjoy a wonderful Christmas Fete.
There were all kinds of stalls on offer manned by volunteers, friends and family and lots of local stall holders came along to sell their wares too. There were delicious cakes and chocolate, lovely craft items, fabulous knitwear, Glassware and toiletries, the list goes on!
The team at Lydfords care home would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who either manned a stall, donated a raffle prize or who came along to support the home. There was a fantastic atmosphere.
Rikki-Gene Bury, General Manager at the home, said: “At Lydfords, we are dedicated to making sure that the home is a hub of the local community, and this event, along with everyone’s hard work, has definitely paid off. It was a resounding success! I am so proud of everyone involved, it was a fantastic team effort.”
Christmas Jumper Day
Today we wore our best Christmas Jumpers.
The judging took place this afternoon at our Christmas party where we had a very special dance performance from the Nova School Of Dance. Thank you to all the dancers you are all very talented.
It was another fun filled day at Lydfords
Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
Well what a festive morning of making Christmas Wreaths for our doors.
We had the the very talented florist Lucy from Florist On The Farm in to take the workshop.
With her guidance and our natural creative flare we made some fantastic wreaths and had so much fun doing it.
The Christmas songs were playing in the background and the fire was roaring.
Upcoming events
An Afternoon At The Opera
You are cordially invited to attend an afternoon of Opera at Lydfords on Friday 15th August at 2.30pm.
