Activities at Windmill Manor Care Home

Thank you kindly to Little Waitrose Oxted for donating these beautiful flowers.

Look what the ladies at Windmill Manor Care Home achieved.

The flower arranging class was led by Julie, currently on respite at Windmill Manor, who was previously

a florist. Julie explained to the group where to start when making a bouquet and showed great technique for us to follow.

Julie created a beautiful bouquet with cream roses and then the group created an explosion of colour with their bouquet.

We had a lovely afternoon made possible by the generosity of “Little Waitrose Oxted”

Resident John, at Windmill Manor previously worked for Aston Martin and the late Sir David Brown in Yorkshire, where John was born.

In 2023 we took John to Supercar Saturday at Hever Castle, where he had a wonderful time looking at all the cars but Aston Martin in particular will always remain a clear favourite for John.

We were fortunate to be able to return to Supercar Saturday again this year, and John’s dream really did come true!

John got to sit in the brand new DB12 Volante, and was overjoyed with this opportunity.

In response to his wonderful surprise, John said “It’s my 91st birthday this Thursday and can honestly say this has been one of the best birthdays treat in my life, seeing the first DB built when I was just a lad, to now sitting in the latest model is incredible, I’ve loved every minute of it”.

Thank you so much Little Waitrose, Oxted for the kind donation of all these beautiful flowers.

The ladies at Windmill Manor Barchester Care Home were absolutely thrilled to each be

Given a vase full of flowers for their rooms, especially residents that are having to stay in bed for health reasons.

It was so lovely to bring memories of the garden inside for them to see and smell.

What lovely afternoon we all had at the Windmill Manor Family Summer BBQ!

Perfect weather, delicious food and drinks by Head Chef Maggie and second Chef Rob, entertainment was brilliant BY “Barry Stevens” who is loved by all at Windmill Manor, and a big “Thank You” to all our staff working on the day for joining in and making our BBQ special.

It was a really lovely day with happy memories made.

A lovely afternoon having a delicious cream tea at “Titsey Foundation Tea Rooms”

The views are magnificent overlooking the fields of cattle, fresh air, a real countryside experience.

Warm freshly baked scones that crumbled when touched served with fresh clotted cream and homemade jam was a real treat, followed by glorious lemon cake and mince puffs accompanied by tea or coffee.

The ladies from Windmill Manor Care Home all agreed, even though they all love watching Wimbledon, it was really nice

to get away for a couple of hours to such a picturesque place and enjoy some real traditionally baked scones and cakes.

The staff of Windmill Manor continued to Get Barchester Moving with “It’s a Goal”.

Two teams of female staff members went head-to-head to see who could score the most goals whilst keeping on the MOVE and continue raising money for Barchester Foundation. 

Fantastic afternoon with gorgeous weather, the supporters gathered in the garden to cheer on the chosen team.

Whispering Willows V Memory Madams.

It went to a shoot-out where the Memory Madams nailed it with 1 Goal more than the opponents to take the prize.

All staff enjoyed having fun and all agree

EVERYONE’S A WINNER AT WINDMILL MANOR!

To help boost the Foundation’s coffers in 2024, on 20th June staff and residents and family, friends and members of the community joined to watch 6 members of our staff take part in an 800 metre track event at Holland Sports, our local club. Everyone came together to Get Moving and helped to raise money for this fantastic cause.  

We had the most wonderful day, it was so lovely to see everyone come together to take part and raise such a brilliant amount of money for Barchester’s Charitable Foundation, it is a great charity that helps many people in need, particularly lonely older people, which is a cause very close to our hearts.  Plus it’s good for our own wellbeing to move as much as we can.  We want to say massive thanks to everyone involved, we all had so much fun and we helped raise vital funds into the bargain!”

A unique opportunity to engage with farm animals to increase wellbeing.

The pleasure was all ours when Fiona and her Farm Friends visited Windmill Manor.

I have seen time and time again the benefits that spending time with animals in your environment can bring.

The conclusion is shown in the photographs.

Thank you Charity Quiz Night.

We always like to get involved in Alzheimer’s Society annual campaign and in 2024.

Dementia Action Week runs from 13th – 19th May.

What a great evening at Windmill Manor Care Home of Quizzing, delicious food and drink by Maggie our Head Chef and hosted by Quiz Master Ellie, General Manager of Windmill Manor.

All proceeds raised going to  the “Alzheimer’s Society”.

“ Iris’s Team” Iris, being a resident at Windmill teamed up with staff, friends and family, took the trophy with an exceptional result.

The Luxury Hamper went to Pat Cutcliffe, wife of David also a resident at Windmill.

Thank you to all who participated and supported  Windmill Manor raise money for this wonderful Charity.

Resident at Windmill Manor Care Home, Dinah Walker belonged to “Surrey Harmony Chorus” for over 15 years.

Surrey Harmony has been established for over 30 years and is a women’s chorus based in Coulsdon, Surrey. The chorus is part of the UK barbershop organisation, Ladies Association

Of British Barbershop Singers (LABBS).

Surry Harmony is a group of friendly, fun-loving women who meet each week to enjoy the pleasure of singing four-part acappella in the barbershop style. We sing for fun, to entertain and in competition.

Dinah has lived at Windmill Manor for 1 year and is loved by staff and residents alike. Staff at the home were delighted when approached by a member of “Surrey Harmony Chorus”

who asked if it was possible to come and sing for Dinah. This was going to be a dream come true, as they knew how much the group and singing meant to Dinah,

they all wanted to be there to see the smile on her face when she realised who had walked in.

Mention “Barbershop” to most people and the first image that comes to minds four chaps in straw boaters and natty, candy striped blazers.

That’s where barbershop started, but its’s come a long way in the past 100 years! Barbershop is a style of close harmony singing, sung in four parts:

Tenor, Lead, Baritone and Bass which Dinah sang.

In response to this wonderful surprise, Dinah said “ I was on the verge of tears. It is such an amazing feeling to see my friends from “Surrey Harmony Chorus” and be

Able to sing with them again,

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.