Activities at West Oak Care Home
Our activities team are great at building the activities programme around the likes and interests of the people we care for. Ensuring that our social events offer fun and adventure is part of the ethos of our home; it’s important that those we support can enjoy an active and social lifestyle. Of course, there will always be those who prefer peace and quiet, and in these instances, a cup of tea and a chat are always welcomed.
Dawn Davies & Helen Fagan
Dawn and Helen are at the centre of all the activities here at West Oak. They provide an interesting and varied activities schedule and ensure that there is something for everyone. They are passionate about the importance of activities and will go that extra mile just for a smile or a raised eyebrow, whether it's one-to-one time or a group session, inside or out, fun is had by all.
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 West Oak Care Home
Bringing a wedding into our home
This was a very special day for our Resident Janet, as her Grandson was getting married.
Although Janet was unable to attend the wedding in person, our staff worked closely with Janet’s daughter and Martin, from Martin Care and Support, to bring the wedding ceremony to her.
Our chef created the delicious wedding menu for Janet and her guests to enjoy before the service.
One of our lounges was set aside for Janet, close friend Vera and Martin to watch the Wedding Ceremony live on the big screen. They felt part of the wedding despite being miles away.
West Oak were delighted to be able to make this a very special occasion for Janet and her family.
Karaoke!
Karaoke has become a real favourite activity for West Oak. After a very kind donation of the Karaoke Machine with built in TV from one our Residents Sons, it has become a very positive and fun afternoon. At first our Residents were very reluctant to sing into the microphone, but with time, reassurance and having a little go themselves their confidence grew and grew. Now our Residents have requested a Karaoke afternoon once a fortnight to enjoy the afternoon of fun, singing and having a sociable afternoon with friends.
Pancake Day
Staff and Residents had great fun practising their pancake flipping this afternoon. There was a great sense of togetherness as Residents encouraged each other to flip their pancakes. There was lots of laughter as pancakes flew high in the air with most landing in the frying pan.
Later on Residents enjoyed tasty homemade pancakes with a choice of traditional fillings, which was a lovely way to end our Pancake Day celebrations.
Our Gentlemen's Club go for lunch!
We had a lovely lunch trip to Oakingham Belle in Wokingham, with two members of our Gentlemen’s Club. The menu was amazing with lots of choice for starters, mains and puddings. But sausage and mash, scampi and chips were their favourites. With a nice variety of ice cream to finish the perfect meal. This was the first trip out for John and Len and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
A trip to Warwickshire
A very special day for our Resident Peter visiting his cousin Jayne in Warwickshire.
Activity Co-ordinator Dawn drove the mini bus with volunteer Jean and Peters support worker Colin for his day trip out. We met Jayne and visited Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield for lunch before continuing our journey to the beautiful Stratford Butterfly Farm.
Jayne was over the moon and couldn’t thank us enough to be able to spend some quality time with Peter in her home town. Peter was all smiles and we could see how much the trip meant to him, even when the beautiful coloured butterflies were landing on him.
It was a beautiful day to remember .
Celebrating Yorkshire Day
Residents enjoyed our Yorkshire Day celebrations in the garden with traditional Yorkshire Tea, Biscuits and Cakes.
Our two Gentlemen from Yorkshire said that they had a great time and the afternoon reminded them of when they lived in ‘Gods Own Country’
