Activities at Westwood House Care Home
As Activity Coordinator at Westwood House I am fully committed to organising activities for all of the residents. This includes activities within the home such as reminiscence sessions, and planning events such as the Summer and Christmas parties. We have also provided some very successful trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and have monthly visits from entertainers and musicians. We are always encouraging local schools to get involved and have recently managed to get a local charity 'Spare tyre' working with us very successfully.
It is important to me that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Liz Wickers
My name is Liz and I am the lifestyle coordinator at Westwood House. I have always lived and worked in Southwark and Lambeth boroughs. I spent 25 years within the education sector before deciding to try new roles. As well as teaching I have also had the privilege of being a personal carer in Dementia. I am so happy that I have been welcomed into the Westwood House family where I can continue to grow and develop.
I aim to offer a range of varied and tailored activities and group sessions that are meaningful to each of them. I am thrilled to be supporting the team in delivering fun, engaging and interesting activities for our residents.
I look forward to meeting you all!
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 Westwood House Care Home
Making Pasta
Residents had a lovely afternoon making pasta with a pasta making machine. They made with an extra special filling. The pasta was cooked and eaten that evening for supper, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
General Manager, Stella Bernatek, also talked to them to explain how it would have been made in rural Italy and how the matriarchs of the homes would have sat outside in the streets in the baking sun with their pasta making boards in front of them and they would have chatted and laughed while making beautiful wholesome meals for their families.
Pen Pals
This is a photo of Jean, who is enjoying writing a reply to some of our pen pals at St James the Great and Sydenham High Schools. She also wrote a lovely letter of thanks to St James the Great for the effort the young children have made. Head teacher, Chris Andrew, keeps the card on his desk at school and shares it with the children in assembly.
The Magic Table
Residents are using our Magic Table individually on Memory Lane. These interactive sensory games of great for those living with dementia.
Jigsaw Puzzles
Residents have been enjoying some wine whilst completing their puzzles. Everyone had lots of fun!
Music & Wine
We enjoyed the music provided by one of our residents, who was playing the electric organ. She had good support from the rest of the residents in our lounge, and one or two others were busy trying to complete jigsaws as part of a challenge while enjoying a glass of wine.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
We celebrated our McMillan Coffee Morning on Friday 25th September. Robert assisted our residents to make some lovely cakes, which showed our appreciation to them and to all of the NHS nurses who all work so hard.
It was a very different occasion this year without any visitors, but we made up for it with lots of chatting and laughter. We talked about the NHS nurses, and everyone really appreciates the hard work they do. The cakes were very tasty and disappeared very quickly.
