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
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.
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

Social Distancing Excercise Classes

Carol, Westlake's Activities lead is a master of all activities - from arts and crafts to hairdressing in lockdown.  Carol is seen here exercising with several of our resident's - adhering to social distancing of course.

Westlake Gardens

Look at this beautiful Rhododendron bush in full bloom.  This bush like so many is just outside the residents bedroom windows for many to see.

A Gift of Thanks

These handmade cakes are a gift of gratitude to our staff to a family member and very lovely they were too.

A mixture of pictures

A mixture of pictures taken  over the past few weeks at Westlake House.  We have received gifts from the community including cakes, flowers, knitted mask clips and many more.  Also included in this collage is a picture of our gardens and of course some residents enjoying our gardens

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Queen Elizabeth 11 Birthday Celebrations

Lots of lockdown fun accompanied with a 'special' afternoon tea for our staff and residents. 

Our Rainbow

Today Westlake Care Home showed their own message of hope to the community.  Helped by staff our residents made and displayed their own Rainbow at the entrance of the care home.  We hope it makes you smile.