Activities at Tandridge Heights Care Home
Our qualified and dedicated activities staff plan and implement all activities within the home. We try our best to arrange activities that reflect our residents interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can. We try to keep our residents active and happy.
Our activities include trips to garden centres, pubs, the cinema or the local theatre. We have many fun games like carpet bowls, Play Your Cards Right or armchair exercises. There are many musical events, singalongs, garden parties and tea parties for everyone to enjoy as well!
Kelly Sherwin
I started at Tandridge Heights in 2020. Previous to this, I have been working as a carer sine 2010, which has helped me to understand the needs, wants and the individuality of all of our residents.
My main responsibility is provide a varied and engaging activities schedule every day for our residents; this helps to keep them involved in social and uplifting activities. We love to have parties to celebrate birthdays, national days and special occasions.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Tandridge Heights Care Home
Pub lunch
During a recent get together the residents began talking about where they used to enjoy going for a meal locally. Sally, Hugh’s wife told us how they used to go to the Bletchingly Arms and that Hugh loves the burgers. With this in mind we all set off for the Bletchingly Arms on a sunny Wednesday. Meals were soon decided on along with a tipple of choice. Fish and chips was a firm favourite and we all could not believe the size of Hugh’s burger. The conversation flowed with current debates along with a lot of reminiscence . Alan regaled us with lovely stories from when he went to Football with his daughter. We all enjoyed our food and Hugh even managed a pudding.
Easter Celebrations
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Tandridge Heights care home, in Oxted, celebrated Easter with a family fun day at the home. We invited families, friends and members of the local community to join us. Over 30 children took part in our Easter exciting bunny hunt, searching the gardens and parts of the home to win a delicious Easter prize. We had a colouring competition, guess the bunnies name to win him and lots of other fun games for families and residents to do together. Residents at Tandridge Heights enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from church services to making delicious cakes and Easter treats in our baking club. Residents also tucked in to a delicious Easter meal of roast lamb with all the trimmings followed by a homemade Easter cake prepared by the home’s head chef Mel. Ronald, resident at Tandridge Heights said: “It has been so lovely to spend time with my family this Easter, though like every Easter, I think I’ve eaten too much chocolate! It was so wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort. I really enjoyed the fun day and playing games with my grandchildren.”
St Patricks Day
The luck of the Irish was with us this weekend for St. Patricks Day celebrations. Residents were delighted to welcome the youngest members of Keady Academy of Irish Dance to perform a selection of Irish dances and to chat to our residents about their performances.
Our memory lane residents were busy making traditional Irish Soda Bread which they then enjoyed with a nice cup of tea. Our volunteer Doreen regaled residents with stories of traditional St. Patricks Day celebrations of when she lived in Ireland. Our resident, John said “The parties sounded like a right Craic” We finished the celebrations with a good old Irish sing along to Oh Danny Boy.
A trip out shopping.
When the sun is shining we love nothing more than getting out and about.
Today, residents from Tandridge Heights hopped on our minim bus and went out in the glorious sunshine for a visit to Haskins Garden Centre in Crawley. We enjoyed a delicious lunch in their cafe and a good old mooch around the shop.
Reene, a resident at Tandridge Heights purchased some lovely items for her family and for her room.
Mother’s Day Pink Party
On a sunny Saturday afternoon Tandridge Heights welcomed residents and their loved ones to their Mother’s Day pink party. They enjoyed an array of homemade cakes, sausage rolls and sandwiches as well as some sweet pink treats and prosecco. Everybody enjoyed the entertainment provided by Terry James, there was lots of singing along and Mena, a resident even enjoyed a good dance.
Fun and laughter was had by all, Ruth, a resident’s daughter said ‘It was absolutely marvellous, Mum really enjoyed herself’.
Following the party the life enrichment team hand delivered beautiful potted plants and a few sweet treats to all of our female residents.
Quiz Masters
Following the success of the Barchester Big Quiz resident George requested to have another quiz event, we discussed with George and decided on a quiz night. Residents split into teams, it was the ‘Snowdrops’, versus the ‘Sailor boys’ against ‘The Best’ in a heated battle. Round one was a mixture of music and geography questions with each team holding their own. During the half time interval residents enjoyed a variety of cold meats, cheeses and fresh fruit, Kay said it was a delight to have such an array to choose from and the fresh fruit was divine. During the second round of general knowledge questions all teams continued to write their answers down amongst much chat and laughter. It was a close call on the results but the overall winners were ‘The Best’ – Renee exclaimed ‘There was a reason why we chose this name’! Kitty was overjoyed with the evening she said ‘It was a lovely evening with fun, laughter, great food and company and I even learned a thing or two’ Needless to say we will definitely we holding another quiz event to allow the other teams their retribution.
