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.
Rosie Duhig
I joined the Barchester family in November 2024 and have instantly felt welcome and supported. As an activity coordinator, I am passionate about getting to know our residents and delivering person-centred care and activities to all residents, an approach supported by a holistic, whole-home view.
I have been in a Care support role since 2019 and an Activity Coordinator since 2020. I love that my role brings laughter and joy to others. It so wonderful seeing people engaging in an activity they enjoy and interacting with each other. I am very passionate about Intergenerational projects, as something magical happens when old and young get together.
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
We love to dance at Westlake House.
Westlake House residents enjoyed dancing with Simon Guntrip the other day! We love to dance and as you can see we have still got the moves. Life enrichment is a huge part of what we do at Westlake House. We strive to make the latter days of our residents memorable with lots of fun activities.
For more information visit us at https://www.barchester.com/home/westlake-house-care-home Tel: 01403 270 773
The Centenarian Best Buddies.
Tony, resident at Westlake House recently reached the grand age of 100. Tony is Best Buddies with Baxter, who himself is a Centenarian (in dog years.) Baxter often comes to visit Tony and helps his owner Dave, our Maintenance assistant, with jobs around Westlake House.
You will often see both Tony and Baxter having a chat over a cuppa and giving advice to the Maintenance Team on the best tools for the job!
For more information visit us at https://www.barchester.com/home/westlake-house-care-home Tel 01403 270 773
Carers week!
It's Carers week from tomorrow (5th of June to the 9th of June) Our Carers do such an amazing job to make sure that our residents are well looked after. Last week the residents were busy making some cards and preparing surprise treats for all of them. We love and appreciate the hardwork they do and we hope to make this week special so they can see how much we appreciate them.
For more information contact us to arrange a show round.
