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.

Enriching life
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Life-encriching activities booklet

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 Westlake House Care Home

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Burns Day celebrations

Residents enjoyed a traditional Burns Day lunch today with a choice of delicious dishes all homemade by our chefs - and what better to complement your meal, a glass of wine!

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Art club

Residents love showing off their art and craft, our weekly classes are a chance for everyone to try something new. We are looking forward to the warmer weather when we can get out in the garden for nature to inspire us!

Craft Club

It was all eyes down around the table yesterday for craft club as residents chose to colour, craft, paint, or draw. With all the equipment provided it lovely to see residents rediscover, or try something new with the encouragement of friends

Trip to Box Hill!

It was all smiles as residents took a trip on our mini bus to Box Hill on North Downs to admire the panoramic views of the countryside, we are staying safe and avoiding mixing with the general public so no café stop but we took a lovely picnic basket with our own refreshments!

Scrabble competition!

The concentration and sense of competition was very apparent as residents played scrabble this week! Whatever the weather there is always something to do in the company of friends

Flower arranging

We brought colour and fragrance into our home this week with an afternoon of flower arranging! After all our efforts we sat back to admire the arrangements before distributing around Westlake House for everyone to enjoy