Activities at Westlake House Care Home
Residents enjoy playing hoopla and bocce bowls, which combine exercise with the thrill of competitive sport. We invite entertainers and musicians to visit the home on a regular basis and residents very much enjoy watching them perform.
We also have our pet therapy dog, Marley, visit the home on a fortnightly basis, and residents love petting him. They also enjoy health and fitness days, where they get the opportunity to participate in armchair exercises and target games.
We always celebrate National Volunteer Week, which we use as a chance to say thank you for the wonderful work that our volunteers do that further enhances the quality of life for those who live at Westlake.
As well as continuing with our favourite activities, such as arts & crafts, bingo, knit & natter, Scrabble, board games, bridge, quizzes, pampers & manicures, reminiscence sessions and musical memories, we always like to launch new activities for residents, which give them the opportunity to socialise with their friends and families. These could be our own vegetable patches, flower arranging sessions, a book club or anything else that our imaginations conjure up.
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 Westlake House Care Home
Happy Mother's Day!
Our lovely staff decorated the Westlake stand with Mother’s Day chocolate goodies, lights and garlands. The home is also decorated with beautiful daffodils which the children of Pennthorpe School in Horsham wrote happy little messages on cards to our residents. BIG thank you to the school. We hope you have a wonderful day with your loved ones making new memories or recalling happy celebrations
Mini Bus Outing
Now the weather is warming up residents took a trip in our mini bus Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking earlier this month for a lovely coffee and cake and a look around the gift shop and grounds. The plants and flowers looked beautiful and we could see Spring really is on its way!
Birthday celebrations!
Our lovely Dorothy celebrated her 96th Birthday today with staff and residents. Our Chef made a lovely Birthday cake to mark this special day which we all really enjoyed - tasted as delicious as it looks!
Horsham Sea Cadets Visit!
Last week Lt (SCC) Kevin Milligan, RNR, visited our resident Tony Snelling, to chat about his life in the Royal Navy. Tony was awarded a certificate making him an associate member of the Horsham Sea Cadets, and a plaque ‘Glory Per Concordium Gloria’. It was a special evening as Tony’s family were there to support him and talked about Tony’s life in Royal Navy’s Fleet Arm and receiving so many medals
Pottery Hearts!
Residents painted Valentine Hearts, you can see the concentration on their faces as they created their own special Hearts! Local pottery artist Mandy McKenna Designs - Taste The Colourful Art took back to her studio and fired in her Kiln. Mary made her Heart for a dear friend who is ill in hospital, some others are now on display on our wish tree. They all look beautiful
Horsham Men in Sheds visit!
Our resident Norman used to potter around at home and in his shed on a regular basis, making things from wood which he loves, before moving to Westlake House with Betty his wife. Our activities team are keen to encourage resident to maintain their interests as well as learn new ones so, after a quick call, Chris Avery from Men in Sheds, visited with colleague, to chat about options and they donated a bird box for him to put together with future projects on the horizon.
