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
Divisional Hospitality Champion
Congratulations to Rachel Apps, who has been named as a Divisional Winner in the 2020 Barchester Care Awards. Rachel is a finalist in the Hospitality Champion category and has been invited to attend a virtual awards ceremony on 8th October, where she will find out if she has won overall.
Wimbledon Celebrations
Tandridge Heights caused quite a racquet during its tennis-themed party to celebrate the start of Wimbledon. Residents at the home were dressed in their crisp white linens and were served Pimm’s and homemade scones as they battled it out with balloon tennis and enjoyed watching some of the most iconic games on television. A mobile trolley of champagne, strawberries and cream was taken to all the residents in the home.
Celebrating the NHS
Residents and staff of Tandridge Heights got together on the 5th July to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the National Health Service.
Chocolate Surprise
In celebration of World Chocolate Day on the 7th July. The staff of Tandridge Heights decided to surprise officers in Reigate Police Station with a hamper full of chocolates. The police officers were absolutely delighted and verbalised that they would be sure to enjoy their chocolaty treats.
Royal Ascot at home.
Residents and staff at Tandridge Heights Memorial care home in Oxted dressed to impress, donned their best hats, and had their bets at the ready for Royal Ascot. This year however, the event took place behind closed doors.
But the residents at Tandridge Heights were not phased by this as they had the opportunity to enjoy the event from the comfort of their own armchair. Residents and staff got together to watch races, and also celebrated in a very Royal Ascot fashion by having afternoon tea and also took part in dressing up in to mark the occasion. The residents received a lovely surprise on Ladies Day with some local horse riders from the Tandridge Priory Riding Centre kindly putting on their very own parade for residents.
Celebrating Alzheimer's Society Cupcake Day
Staff at Tandridge Heights Memorial Care Home baked their way to raising £100 for the Alzheimer’s Society, by getting involved with National Cupcake Day. Residents and staff were invited to enjoy a cuppa and cupcake, whilst raising funds for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The activities team planned a day full of cupcake themed events , ranging from cupcake quizzes to dingbats, the residents also coloured and designed their own cupcake bunting and mini flags.
Keen to get on board with the fundraising initiative, kitchen staff led by Second Chef, Melanie had prepared a variety of tasty cupcakes for the residents to sample as well as plain cupcakes for the residents to decorate.
