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
Nova School of Dance Performs At Lydfords
Lydfords care home, in East Hoathly recently had a visit from the children at Nova School of Dane.
The performance took place in the garden at the home. Residents sat out there and were treated to a wonderful display from the dancers, some being as young as three years old. Afterwards resident’s and the children got to chat about their love of dancing and everyone gave them a lovely round of applause.
General Manager, Rikki of Lydfords, said: “We invited the group to the home as it is so important to encourage intergenerational activities for both our residents and the children who visit. Everyone at our home had a lot of fun on the day, and love our young visitors. If anyone ever wants to stop in for a lovely afternoon with your young ones, or just for a cuppa and a break, we’d love to have you join us.”
One of our residents was a professional ballerina, she said "they are all so talented". She loved talking to the girls afterwards.
Retired Nurses Club
Retired nurses from the local community came together at the home to share stories and memories with each other. People bought along photos of their uniforms and wore their nurse’s pin. The hospitality team produced a wonderful high tea for everyone to enjoy. The idea behind the club is to bring people together that share a passion and can speak to others about their career and what it was like whilst making new friends.
General Manager Rikki said: “It was so interesting to hear about everyone’s experiences, and it was clear that they all had a great love for nursing. It was such a lovely afternoon and I am really pleased to be able to offer this club to the local community and our residents here that are retired nurses. We look forward to welcoming them back at our next one on the 18th August and meeting some new people also.”
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.
