Life at Bridge House Care Home in Wallington
Every hour, thoughtfully considered.
Bridge House is a Grade II listed house on the River Wandle, opposite Beddington Park, with 36 single rooms. The day has a shape, but with 36 residents the staff know who likes an early breakfast and who wants a lie-in, and the routine bends to them.
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08:00Morning Welcome
Wake-up support when each resident is ready, then breakfast in the dining room or their own room, with the care team checking in at the start of the shift.
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10:00Activity Sessions
Morning sessions in the conservatories: crafts, quizzes, chair exercises and reminiscence. Residents choose whether to join or sit with the paper and a coffee.
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12:30AfternoonLunch & Social Time
Lunch is cooked in the house kitchen and served at an unhurried pace. On dry days coffee moves out to the conservatory terrace above the garden.
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15:00Garden & Companion Time
The well courtyard, the conservatories with their raised flower beds and the back garden down to the river come into their own after lunch, with wheelchair access to all three.
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18:00EveningEvening Wind-Down
Supper, a phone call home and the evening programmes, then a settled routine in a house that goes quiet early. Nursing cover continues overnight.
Activities for 36 people, not a timetable for a crowd.
With 36 residents the programme can follow individuals. The activities coordinator keeps a note of who gardens, who reads and who would rather watch the river, and plans the week from that.
Physical Wellbeing
Chair exercises, walks in the garden and along the terrace, physiotherapy by arrangement.
Creative Expression
Painting and crafts in the conservatories, planting in the raised beds.
Cognitive Stimulation
Reminiscence, quizzes and word games in small groups.
Social & Community
Parties on the riverside patio, with families welcome.
Garden & Nature
Well courtyard, conservatories and the back garden down to the River Wandle.
Personal Care & Wellbeing
Quiet time on the conservatory terrace for residents who prefer to watch the river.
Cooked in the house kitchen.
Bridge House meals are cooked on site each day with an alternative at every sitting. Texture-modified and clinical diets come from the same kitchen, and residents eat in the dining room, the conservatory or their own room.
Come and see Bridge House.
Visit us in Wallington, walk the garden down to the river and meet the team. Call 020 8647 8419 or use the form below.