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.
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 Westergate House Care Home
Flower Arranging
This was such a popular activity for our ladies; they enjoy the scents, colours and feel of different flowers. We have some residents who are really good at arranging flowers and it brought back past memories for them. Some gentlemen are also getting involved, which is nice to see.
Gaston Farm
We planned a trip to Gaston Farm and residents really enjoyed it; they got to pet lambs, chicks and ducklings, which went down very well. There were smiles all round!
Bluebell Woods
We visited the wonderful - and local - Bluebell Woods; residents enjoyed the colourful outdoors and the exercise in a beautiful setting.
National Real Bread Week
We celebrated this week with a bread baking competition between our units. Residents enjoyed a day of kneading, proofing and baking bread. Baking aromas and delicious bread were enjoyed by all and brought back childhood memories.
Dining Out
During a residents' meeting, a request was made to go to an Indian restaurant, so it was arranged, and residents thoroughly enjoyed their lunchtime visit. The variety of cuisine was enjoyed by all; one resident even rediscovered his passion for Indian curry.
A Triple Celebration
Westergate House has three reasons to celebrate this week: October's Employee of the Month is our Head Chef, Marc, who was nominated for his excellent new menu - residents and staff alike are very impressed with his new dishes; our Activities Team Leader, Christopher, has just become a dad again with the birth of his son, and our wonderful Home Trainer, Laura, was nominated in the Home Trainer category for the BHC awards this year. Triple whammy at Westergate.
