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
Cello Performance
Residents enjoyed a bit of culture with a wonderful cello performance.
Easter Egg Hunt
Residents enjoyed decorating the lounges and dining rooms with branches covered in eggs and feathers. They also enjoyed an Easter egg hunt, braving the cold outside and meeting the Easter Bunny, who had a wonderful collection of eggs!
Birds of Prey
Residents enjoyed meeting kestrels and owls; they had lots of fun soaking up the sunshine in the garden and learning all about the different types of birds, including a rare black barn owl.
Vocal Entertainer
Curtis came back by popular demand and sang some of our favourites from the Rat Pack era, leaving some of the ladies swooning.
Red Nose Day
We started off with WHAM (Wadhurst Healthy Activities and Motivation) and ended our day with NAPA Sing Challenge, accompanied by Jane Spur on piano.
Story Time
Residents enjoyed an afternoon of story telling when staff brought in their children to celebrate National Story Telling Week.
