Private Residential Care Home in Sevenoaks

From Pumpkins to Pilates

Life at Rivermere Care Home is guided by our residents who relish all the activities and events we put on for them as well as pursuing their own interests. This could be:

• Growing pumpkins
• Playing giant Scrabble
• Walking for charities
• Patting a Shetland pony or a snake
• Practising Pilates
• Painting
• Yoga and meditation

Minds and bodies are kept active with daily quizzes and crosswords, listening to speakers on the history of teapots, conservation or the local history of Sevenoaks, with musical exercise, a game of croquet, or gardening. The words that find their way on to the giant Scrabble board are often a talking point and the keen Scrabble teams like pitting their wits in tournaments against other neighbouring homes. An active gardening club enjoys growing flowers and vegetables in the raised beds.

Everyone pulls together to make our open days and fetes great successes. Residents are happy to contribute to the wider community by raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society and local charities. They also appreciate a wide variety of musical entertainment from harp music, to jazz and Elvis Presley and like to participate in the special themed events we put on. Tea at the Ritz is the next one, I think. Very best dresses and suits for that one, then!

As we have our own minibus, we often get out and about. You will often see us enjoying the sites of nearby Sevenoaks or further afield around Kent. We are spoilt for choice in the abundance of nearby castles and gardens, but the seaside, garden centres and the theatre also prove popular places to visit.

We encourage friends and families to be as connected as they would like to be, and we invite them to our regular councils. The more the communication, the better the care and attention. Our families play an active part in home life, its a real feature of our Sevenoaks nursing home.

Eat in or take away?

You are what you eat and at Rivermere we take food seriously, while making meal times fun and enjoyable occasions for our diners. There is always a wide variety of nutritional choices at all three meals of the day, which are cooked on the premises, from fresh and seasonal ingredients whenever possible. We like to source our food from local sevenoaks suppliers and producers, that way its freshness is guaranteed.

We like to mark special days – haggis on Burns Night, lots of green food for St Patrick’s Day, home-grown pumpkin pie at Hallowe’en, for instance. Once a month residents organise takeaways which they enjoy on their laps with a good film on the screen.

Throughout the day a range of freshly baked cakes and pastries, savoury snacks, fruit and drinks are available. Birthdays and anniversaries deserve special attention and our team enjoys making cakes and treats for those days, when relatives are more than welcome. There is a private dining room as well, if you want to have friends and family to yourself.