Activities at Windmill Manor Care Home

Staff and residents at Windmill Manor have been having fantastic fun hiding Easter bunnies all over our beautiful garden for local children, families and friends to find.

We decided to challenge the children to find 20 Easter bunnies. The children then had to write down the name of each bunny next to the appropriate number and race against each other to get to the finish line first.

It was so lovely first to participate with the children to decorate eggs with brightly coloured paints and pens.

Dinah Walker a resident at Windmill Manor said “it is so lovely to enjoy the Easter celebration with children and families, the noise of laughter when the children were running around the garden in teams was a joy to watch”

An EGG-cellent day was had by all.

We recently received fresh strawberries and hot cross buns from Little Waitrose, Oxted for our residents and staff to enjoy over the Easter holiday.

The care home welcomed this kind gesture and our residents and staff were thrilled, what a lovely surprise and would like to say “Thank you to Little Waitrose for thinking of us”.

Maggie Golub Head Chef of Windmill Manor said “We offered strawberries at breakfast, strawberry smoothies, strawberry Gateaux, and good old strawberries and cream.  The Hot Cross buns were a perfect accompaniment for afternoon tea at Easter time”

Windmill Manor has built up excellent reputations within its local community, regularly holding events and activities for residents and surrounding neighbours. 

Windmill Manor care home in Hurst Green celebrated Nutrition and Hydration Week (11th – 17th March) with lots of yummy, wholesome food, thirst quenching beverages and some interesting activities along the way.

Nutrition and Hydration Week aims to highlight, promote and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally.

At Barchester, each resident’s specific dietary requirements, likes and dislikes are individually catered for at all our homes. Meals are prepared to each resident’s tastes and all staff understand the importance of good nutrition and hydration for all our residents and patients’ wellbeing.

Staff and residents at Windmill Manor have devised an exciting, challenging and fun week of activities and food tasting, along with some very interesting facts about healthy diets.

Ellie Lyons, General Manager at the home, said “Our chefs are trained to prepare dishes our residents’ specific dietary requirements as well as all their likes and dislikes. In addition to being trained in how to cook delicious and well prepared food, the chefs are trained in nutritional balance and special diets.  They put a lot of time and effort into menu planning and so we all wanted to say thank you to them during Nutrition and Hydration Week.

Penny a resident at Windmill Manor, commented: “The variety of different food and drinks over this last week has been amazing, it was definitely Michelin standard, so well done to our chefs and activities for a great week of Nutrition & Hydration”.

A message from Ellie Lyons General Manager of Windmill Manor:

Today is International Women's Day 2024. It’s our opportunity to recognise and celebrate the achievements of women.

"International Women’s Day is such an important day in our calendars where we can celebrate those who have had an influence on our lives.

Today, I would like to THANK all the work my Team do to enhance the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We are very blessed to have such incredible, diverse team throughout Windmill Manor Care Home and every individual within the organisation plays their part in meeting our vision at Barchester and living our values.

Another very successful Care Networking Event.

Windmill Manor Care Home in Oxted hosted a relaxed and informal networking opportunity, specifically designed for businesses and professionals who are interested in supporting and caring for the long-lived in our community.

• Informally network with others

• Tell others about your organisation and the services you provide

• Have a tour of the facilities at Windmill Manor

• Hear about the services Crossroads Care Surrey provide to support unpaid carers

Our aim is to bring local organisations together to learn from each other and build supportive and collaborative relationships for the benefit of our local community

Our aim is to bring local organisations together to learn from each other and build supportive and collaborative relationships for the benefit of our local community.

Jean has wanted to go back to the town she grew up in and then brought her own children up in, so staff at the home made her wish a reality proving, it’s never too late.

Jean was born in Redhill Surrey in 1932 and continued to live in that area until she  joined her late husband Ron to live at Windmill Manor Care Home in 2021.

Jean hasn’t been back to Redhill since Ron (Jeans late husband) moved in to Windmill Manor Care Home where they lived next door to each other for over a year. Staff at the home were delighted to be a part of making her dream come true, as they knew how much it meant to her, and they all wanted to be there to see the smile on Jeans’s face when we told her what we had arranged.

We took Jean for a lovely lunch at the “Toby Carvery” and after went to the “Belfry” shopping centre where Jean used to go to all the time. We have been dedicated to helping Jean achieve her trip down Memory Lane. It was wonderful to witness this momentous occasion.

In response to this wonderful surprise, Jean  said: “I was on the verge of tears. It is such an amazing feeling to know that such a loving group of people care so much about me that they helped me to live out a dream – and I didn’t even ask.”