Activities at Westvale House Care Home

Play Your Cards Right is a popular activity amongst Residents at Westvale, as many reminisce about playing card games when they were children.

Residents who drew lucky cards and won the game were presented with a chocolatey treat of their choice for their achievement.

The afternoon was rounded off with a sing-along as Residents enjoyed a delicious slice of cake and a cup of tea or coffee.

We were delighted to join Blooming Haus’s Christmas Wreath Making Masterclass, where Master Florist, Michal and his business partner - Michael showed us the best method to create beautiful festive wreaths.

Following the tips and ideas learnt during the amazing virtual experience, we were happy to put our skills to a test and to enter the #BarchesterChristmasWreaths competition.

We all had a wonderful time creating our festive wreath/s.

Thank you @bloominghaus for helping our residents flow into the true spirit of Noel.

Here at Westvale we got into the spooky Halloween spirit of things by creating an autumnal display with painted and carved pumpkins, flowers and wreaths.

We hosted a fun-filled party in the afternoon with delicious Halloween inspired treats, mocktails and themed music.

Some of our residents preferred to paint and decorate pumpkins and to dress up for the occasion, others got involved in themed quizzes and games, and enjoyed watching Halloween films.

We all had a spooktacular time.

Remembrance Sunday is a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

During the day, our residents enjoyed putting a remembrance display together, with their own handmade wreaths and poppies, which turned out beautifully.

We enjoyed a special church service to honour veterans and armed forces members who have died in the line of duty and we read some war poems.

It was a lovely day of remembrance, enjoyed by all.

We celebrated the Cliff Richards birthday in style at Westvale House. Our residents had a fun quiz about Cliff Richard, followed by a round of 'Name That Tune' based on music from the 1960s.

We brought the music of Cliff Richard to all the communities bringing back many memories of music and we reminisced with stories from the 1960s, It was a great afternoon enjoyed by all.

Residents at Westvale had a brilliant day on Thursday 4th November as they marked the start of the Hindu festival of Diwali, popularly known as the ‘festival of lights’.

Residents helped with making colourful patterned rangoli and lighting ‘diyas’, small oil lamps which are lit to signify the triumph of good over evil. Diwali honours Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, the lamps help Lakshmi find her way into people’s homes.

The homes hospitality team prepared traditional Indian dishes including a range of warming curries, spicy samosas, crispy bhajis and papadums with lime pickle and chutneys followed by traditional Indian sweets such as laddoo and barfi for the residents to enjoy.