Activities at West Abbey Care Home

Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest, as well as visits from the Donkey sanctuary, musicians and entertainers. We also host evenings such as our Cheese & Wine evenings and BBQ's in the summer, that we encourage relatives to come to. Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained. We encourage our residents to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can to ensure that life at West Abbey is fun and active for all.

Enriching life
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Ryan Palmer

Activities coordinator

Hello, I'm Ryan and I joined West Abbey in 2018 in Hotel Services team where I was nominated 2 years running in the Barchester Care Awards by residents and their families. I moved to Activities in June 2021 which suits my outgoing personality. I know our residents well and love seeing their enjoyment of the entertainment we provide plus going out into the community on our mini bus, I have lived in Yeovil all my life so know all the best places to visit. The team call me the 'IT hero' as I'm always able to resolve the connection issues with our virtual events and our computer / tablets!  

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 West Abbey Care Home

Visit from Perrot Hill Prep School

We were so pleased to have the children back from Perrott Hill. They performed brilliantly and the residents loved them.

Our visiting PAT dog

Our residents love their visits from our regular PAT dog. He brings all the smiles!

Trip out for coffee and cake

Our residents enjoyed a wonderful morning at Pip's Railway Carriage Cafe this week. The cake was delicious.

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West Abbey's Music Festival

We had a great day at our very first music festival here at West Abbey! The residents and their families had a wonderful time. 

Beatrix Potter Tea Party

Residents enjoyed tea and cake whilst listening to short stories written by Beatrix, we discussed our favourite characters and how wonderful the books was to read growing up!

National Ice cream day.

On Sunday we celebrated National Ice cream day! We had a visit from our local ice cream van and the residents really enjoyed this!