Activities at West Abbey Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, as well as visits from the Donkey sanctuary, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our Cheese & Wine evenings and BBQ's in the summer, that we encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained. We encourage our residents to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can to ensure that life at West Abbey is fun and active for all.
Ryan Palmer
Hello, I'm Ryan and I joined West Abbey in 2018 in Hotel Services team where I was nominated 2 years running in the Barchester Care Awards by residents and their families. I moved to Activities in June 2021 which suits my outgoing personality. I know our residents well and love seeing their enjoyment of the entertainment we provide plus going out into the community on our mini bus, I have lived in Yeovil all my life so know all the best places to visit. The team call me the 'IT hero' as I'm always able to resolve the connection issues with our virtual events and our computer / tablets!
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 West Abbey Care Home
Afternoon sing a long
Sunshine and a good sing along is often the order of the day for the residents at West Abbey. Whether its in the beautiful gardens or one of the spacious lounges. Always lots of fun.
Plant a Tree for the Jubilee
Such a fitting tribute on the Queens birthday to have the Mayor of Yeovil Join us. Evie spent the afternoon planting the apple tree, chatting to residents & telling stories of the history of the chain of office she wears around her neck. She played games on our interactive magic table & joined us all for afternoon tea in the garden, with homemade sweet treats made by our Head Chef Louis. We have promised the Mayor a homemade apple pie from the first batch of apples from the tree.
Mother's Day
Our residents all joined in to kindly picked out the winners name today for the Mother Day Bouquet! Everyone wanted to see the bouquet and have a photo with it as it really did bring summer into the home. On Sunday every lady received a lovely flowering plant from West Abbey with a heart message from the team and enjoyed a special afternoon tea party
Spring seed planting!
Here at West Abbey we thought we would make the best out of the sunshine so this morning we had coffee in the garden then after lunch we headed out to our ploy tunnel to plant some seeds, we have planted some cucumbers, sweet peas, and a wild flower mix, residents really do like to be out in the fresh air.
Music therapy at West Abbey!
Our Music Therapist Siska encourages residents to join in with musical instruments, creating sounds to mirror her drums - who can resist giving the tambourine a shake?
Scrabble competition!
Residents love a game of scrabble and its lovely to see a group so engaged in the game!
Did you know Scrabble was conceived during the Great Depression by an unemployed New York architect named Alfred Mosher Butts, who figured Americans could use a bit of distraction during the bleak economic times
