Activities at Tandridge Heights 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.
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.
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
Easter Eggstravaganza
Easter was in full swing at Tandridge Heights with our Easter Bunny hunt. Residents were joined by their loved ones for a fun-filled afternoon. There was the traditional bunny hunt where the children had to find and name all the hidden bunnies to collect their prize at the end.
Colouring and games were plentiful and residents got stuck in helping their great-grandchildren. Resident Ron said, ‘It is great fun being able to be with the little ones and seeing them enjoy themselves. I have had a great time’.
We were then surprised by the Easter Bunny himself. He hopped around meeting all the children and staff, creating joy and laughter wherever he went.
Farm Therapy
Residents at Tandridge Heights welcomed Fiona’s Farm Therapy for a lovely morning with baby animals such as chicks, rabbits, Guinea pigs and lambs. Residents got to hold the animals and even feed the lambs from bottles while learning wonderful facts and information about them.
Beryl said, “The little animals are so lovely and well-behaved. I just love them. It was such a treat.”
We even had some children come along, residents were delighted to see the children and the animals interacting.
Owls at Tandridge Heights
Tandridge Heights recently had a visit from Owl Adventures. Residents loved seeing different types of owls and even a hawk and learning interesting facts about the different birds of prey.
Mena, a resident, held Gizmo, a tiny little owl, and she absolutely loved it. She said “Isn’t he so lovely and well-behaved?”
Mother's Day!
Tandridge Heights residents celebrated Mother’s Day in style with a fabulous pink party.
All were treated to a wonderful performance from the very talented Andy Mace whilst enjoying a glass of bubbles and delicious homemade cakes and scones.
Singing and dancing were in full force. Resident Ann said it was great to get up and have a dance.
Mocktail Party!
The first day of spring and glorious sunshine, what better way to spend the day than a Hawaiian-themed mocktail party in our beautiful garden?
Residents and staff enjoyed a selection of delicious mocktails, including strawberry and blood orange mojitos, passion fruit martinis, blueberry and blackberry martinis and white grape and peach daiquiris. Residents said they really enjoyed the refreshing flavours.
We also had fun music and lots of singing.
St Patrick's Day!
The luck of the Irish was with us for St Patrick's Day!
Residents were delighted to watch a performance of traditional Irish dancing from Keady Dance Academy whilst enjoying an ice-cold Guinness and traditional Irish snacks.
All residents agreed that the girls were fantastic, and their dresses were beautiful.
