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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Nikki Griffee

Activities Coordinator

Hi, I'm Nikki and I originally came to work at West Abbey in 2018 and have worked in various roles supporting our residents.

What I enjoy about my job is that no two days are the same and most of all, I thoroughly enjoy everyday activities with the residents including 1-2-1 room visits all the way to professional singers visiting us. A firm favourite of mine and the residents at West Abbey is using our mini-bus weekly and visiting local nature hot spots! I look forward to welcoming you to our home.

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

Christmas Choir

Here at West Abbey we had the pleasure of the Westlands Choir singing Christmas carols, everyone joined in the festive fun. It was a lovely afternoon and residents sang along to the traditional Christmas carols. To top the afternoon off they had some light refreshments and of course, cake! Thankyou Westlands choir for singing for us.

Christmas Donation

Here at West Abbey Care Home in Yeovil we have received a kind donation from our relatives to say thank you for our dedication and care towards our residents throughout 2024.Thank you for your kindness. The residents thoroughly enjoyed the chocolate orange sponge and the Christmas cake has been saved for a later date!

Enable Goes Live

Here at West Abbey we have just gone Live on "Enable" Enable enhances the way we carry out support with the residents with greater effectiveness and efficiency. Enable manages the planning, recording and co-ordination of person centred care. There are so many benefits in moving to using digital technology to care for our residents, and for the staff improving communication and collaboration between teams .We would like all the team who worked with the transposing getting us up and running after working all day for a few weeks. Of course we had a celebration with the residents of a light bite and refreshments.

Mini Bus Trip

Here at West Abbey we went on a surprise trip to Martock parish hall watch a Goldies Christmas show. Local school children sang some Christmas carols, then we all sang along to Oldie Goldies. We then had some lunch and went back to the singing. To top the afternoon off we were treated to the entertainers the Resevoir Dogs. Everyone joined in the festive fun and didn't want it to end .
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Christmas Fayre

Here at West Abbey we have had a fantastic weekend celebrating our Christmas Fayre with residents, relatives and local community members.The day was kick started with a performance from Stoke Sub Hamden with a brass band performance alongside the Town Crier & Mayor to complete speeches. The lounge and dining rooms were full of different stall holders selling personalised items and crafts which many residents and members of the public enjoyed browsing. The day was finalised by a fantastic performance from the U3A Music Group which the residents thoroughly enjoyed.

Pet Therapy

This week we have had Harry the Pet Therapy Dog come in to visit us all at West Abbey. Our residents and colleagues all love seeing Harry, he brings a smile to so many peoples faces in the home. Pet therapy has a huge impact on emotional wellbeing and we look forward to welcoming Harry again in the next few weeks.