Activities at Westergate House 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.
Lee Austin
My name is Lee and I am the Head of Lifestyle here at Westergate House.
I support our residents daily to do the things they enjoy and it is extremely important to me that we are offering a premium and person centred service to each resident. I support our residents on a daily basis by providing meaningful and quality activities either in groups or on a 1:1 basis, to help encourage and build confidence while creating an enjoyable environment for everyone. Westergate House is the home of our residents, we as staff are working in it, so it is extremely important to me that we are respectful of that, while offering a premium and person centred service to each and every resident.
I am a trained actor and professional vocalist and not shy in making a fool of myself. If I do that every day to put a smile on our residents faces then I’m happy I have played my part, along with the rest of the amazing team, to brightening their day. If you hear someone singing along the corridor or see them dancing in the lounges, it will probably be me.
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 Westergate House Care Home
Just Us
Residents and staff at Westergate enjoyed an afternoon with 'Just Us', a group who sing in a variety of different styles and performed a mash up of light verse, limericks and a range of songs.
Watercolour Afternoon
Residents of Westergate House enjoyed a very therapeutic afternoon using watercolour paints to explore their inner artist. The session was rounded off with tea and cake.
The Garden Theatre Production
Residents of Westergate attended the Tangmere Dementia Hub for a showing by The Garden Theatre Production. The non-verbal production created a world whereby residents willing entered into the seasons of the year. Lighting, film and music, together with simple, yet stunning effects, led residents to cautiously touch something to see if it was hot – a truly magical production!
Autumn Fireworks Display
We enjoyed our annual firework display on 1st November. Residents, staff, family and friends gathered on the crisp and cold night to enjoy a warming supper of hot dogs and soup together. The maintenance team, together with one of our enthusiastic nurses, did a first class job with the technicolour night time extravaganza, treating everyone to a spectacular display which lit up the night sky to the delight of our spectators.
Barchester's 25th Anniversary
Folks at Westergate House had lots of fun celebrating 25 years of Barchester.
We got into the spirit of the celebrations with a visit from the Carousel Theatre Group, who performed ‘Radio Days’. Residents also enjoyed singing along with some guest entertainers, who joined us for the occasion.
Westergate retains 'Good' rating
Westergate House has again achieved an overall CQC rating of ‘Good’ from its last inspection on 5 September 2018. The home was rated ‘Good’ across all five key lines of enquiry.
The report said ‘People were supported by staff who are kind and caring. There was a caring, friendly and relaxed atmosphere within the home.’
It continued ‘One resident said that staff are all very cheerful. And a visiting relative said ‘the staff are caring, approachable, know individuals and are dignified with them.’
Another resident commented ‘The best thing for me is that there is always someone to help.’
Paul Middleton, General Manager said ‘We are absolutely delighted to retain our Good rating from the Care Quality Commission. It is down to the dedication and hard work of the great team we have, who take pride in delivering quality, person-centred care to our residents. However, we never sit back on our laurels and are always looking forwards, striving for excellence and further enhancing the lives of residents at Westergate.
