Activities at Wadhurst Manor Care Home
On a weekly basis we have many visitors to the home from the people like the University of the Third age and local small animal farms, who bring in their chickens and sheep. We also like to go out shopping and on day trips to local garden centres and when the weather is good picnics and tours of the beautiful local countryside. We have speciality days at the home which could be a theme of a country, or for specific times of year, including Halloween, Bonfire Night or Christmas. We have card games and art classes and a serious knitting team in the home who produce blankets and premature baby clothes for the local maternity unit.
Sarah Smith
I have worked at Wadhurst Manor in many different roles since December 2011. Prior to this I worked as a nurse, exercise teacher and and preschool supervisor. I have 4 lovely children who are now grown up and travelling the world. My hobbies include visiting my children, singing, dancing, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, reading and amateur dramatics.I find enabling residents to remain active and engaged both physically and mentally is a wonderfully rewarding job. I particularly enjoy working on our memory lane units becoming immersed in their realities, enabling them to live their best lives by concentrating on what they can do not what they can't.
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 Wadhurst Manor Care Home
Trip to Sainsbury's
Residents shopped for essential supplies then enjoyed refreshments in the café.
Countdown
Folks at Wadhurst had fun playing Countdown, with some amazing words being found. Once again, Jean walked away with the first place medal – congratulations, Jean!
International Friendship Day
What a wonderful time we all had when we were joined by friends and relatives for a tea dance to celebrate International Friendship Day. Everyone got involved with singing and dancing.
Our friends from The Mount joined us for the tea dance and resident, Rachel, very quickly learnt to waltz under the expert tuition of Sue, our General Manager. She also loved the 'hokey cokey' and joined in with several other residents.
Debonnaire Entertainment
Vanessa from Debonnaire Entertainment encouraged everyone to sing along with her songs throughout the ages.
Petpals Returns
Petpals brought in a litter of cute kittens for us to cuddle. They were so popular and evoked many a memory of cats the residents had owned in the past. Casey then went visiting residents who were in their rooms, bringing a smile to lots of faces.
U3A Poetry
Some residents joined this U3A Poetry Group in July and were keen to learn about American poets from the Victorian era.
