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.
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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 Westwood House Care Home
April's Employee of the Month
Our employee of the month for April is one of our Carers, Ishika Mills. Ishika has been part of the team here at Westwood House since August 2009. Ishika is currently working towards her Care Practitioner qualification, and I am quite sure that she will be successful in achieving that in the next few months.
Ishika's nominations included comments, such as her always being "helpful in finding things", always giving "her best at work," and that "she is wonderful."
The Royal British Legion at Westwood
On Tuesday 9th February at 2.30pm we met with Emily Harris from the Royal British Legion who gave us a very interesting presentation about the British Legion, her role and what the British Legion offers. We had a look at some thought provoking photos and had a good discussion during the session. All who attended really enjoyed the talk and are keen to get more involved if possible!
Two Birthdays, One Week
Dementia Champion
Westwood proudly awarded two of their staff, Catherine and Rogelio dementia champions!
