Activities at Lydfords Care Home

Lydfords Care Home in East Hoathly, Lewes passed a recent Care Quality Commission inspection with an overall ‘Good’ rating after being praised for operating a safe, responsive, caring, effective and well-led service.

The CQC inspected the home on April 11th 2023 and rated the home, run by Barchester Healthcare, as ‘Good’ across all five areas of inspection including safe, effective, well-led, responsive and caring. The report stated that the home promoted a culture of dignity and independence for its residents and that staff at the home were very caring and treated the residents with kindness and respect. 

The report found that people were happy with the care they received, felt safe, well treated and enjoyed the positive culture in the home. A resident said: “I feel safe here.  I had a fall before I came here but I feel safe here 24/7.” The report stated that residents’ care needs were well looked after, a wide range of different daily activities were offered including frequent trips to the local village and that residents were supported to take part. Another resident said: “I have my independence here, as much as I can do.”

The report said residents received good quality person-centred care and a relative confirmed: “I see staff placing their hands on people is such a caring way, it is lovely to see.”  The report noted that relatives were kept updated and actively involved in making decisions about their loved one’s care, a relative commented: “Mum’s care is reviewed regularly.  The staff are very supportive and approachable, as is the Registered Manager - I suggest things for Mum and they are very accommodating.” 

Residents spent the afternoon at the farm up close with the animals.

The first stop was to the sunflower field where they picked some amazing flowers to take back to the home. they also got to see The goats and bee hives. It was then back on the mini bus to go to the farm.

Once at the farm they were able to stroke the horses and learn more about them, feed the pigs and meet that the staff and volunteers that work incredibly hard.

It was the time for a lovely treat with a special tasting menu consisting of delicious cheeses, the farms sausages and pidgeon kofta.

Everyone also enjoyed homemade cakes and tea, with some special horsey guests to keep them company. There was enough time to visit the shop to purchase some of their own and local produce.

We simply couldn't miss the lionesses incredible game today, so some residents opted for their 3 course lunch to be served to them in the main lounge. And we are so glad we did, what an amazing game 

Residents and guests at Lydfords Care Home in East Hoathly enjoyed an afternoon of sophistication with a live operatic performance that took place at the home. Local opera singer, Thomasin Trezise performed a selection of famous musicals numbers in the garden.

The hospitality team at the home provided welcome drinks and canapes at the start for everyone that attended. Guests brought along picnics to enjoy during the performance. After the interval Thomasin was joined by Steve the squeeze who played the accordion and together they performed some wonderful Nepali pieces.

General Manager, Rikki said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful afternoon listening to Thomasin sing, her voice was breath taking and everyone was captivated by it. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Lydfords as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one was one of our favourites.”
 

It's important to keep fit, for body, mind and soul. A snapshot of two exercises classes that we have weekly. Seated yoga in our wonderful gardens and some funky movement to music.

Lots of participants who really enjoyed the classes, both for movement and for social interactions.

We have partnered up with Adult College for Rural East Sussex to create these amazing bespoke workshops and the first one took place on Wednesday.

Faye a tutor from ACRES ran the Watercolour workshop. The theme was around watercolour techniques and landscape painting. The participants were shown new techniques in painting trees and how to make them look them more realistic. They tried painting with natural brushes including thistles and lavender. By the end of the day each person had produced five pieces of artwork to keep.

The workshop took place outside in the homes garden pavilion, which helped to create a very relaxing day and the beautiful scenery helped inspire everyone.

At Lydfords we understand the importance of being able to continue enjoying lifelong passions as well as trying new things. We have worked very closely with Emma from ACRES who has worked very hard and put together a variety of workshops and courses for our residents and the local community to be able to do together.

It was such a lovely day seeing everyone really enjoying themselves and producing some lovely pieces of artwork that they get to cherish.