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
Wadhurst Community Choir
Wadhurst Community Choir amazed folks at Wadhurst Manor with a fantastic performance and a variety of songs. Everyone got involved by either joining in with the singing or tapping and shaking on percussion instruments.
More Music Therapy
What an amazing afternoon we had! Several relatives joined us for a wonderful afternoon of singing, dancing and lots of laughter. The quote of the afternoon came as we were singing, "Take me back to The Black Hills, The Black Hills of Dakota, to the beautiful Indian country that I love,” when a resident turned round and said, "not if you have an arrow in your chest," and we all couldn't stop laughing.
Flower Power
Residents made the most of the lovely weather by creating beautiful flower arrangements to decorate the garden with.
Meet Bailey
Bailey the Labrador popped in to say a big hello to residents. They thoroughly enjoyed her company and were thrilled to be able to take her for a walk around the garden. Most agreed that no walk was complete without a canine companion to share it with!
Ronnie and Tony
Ronnie, our Pet Therapist here at the home and one of the residents, Tony, have built up a great relationship and Tony now helps walk Ronnie in the garden.
New entertainer at Wadhurst Manor!
Residents welcomed a new entertainer to Wadhurst Manor recently. We all had a lovely time singing, dancing and reminiscing as we listened to Rick sing songs through the decades and play the saxophone. Rick took requests playing our favourite tunes and left us with a CD to help us recreate the afternoon.
