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.
Nikki Griffee
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.
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
Burns Night
Burns Night was a great success.
With the whisky flowing and a delicious lunch of Hagis, prepared by our Head Chef, we really enjoyed each others company.
We also had the pleasure of listening to Robert Burns poetry, sang beautifully by one of our residents.
International Flower Day
International Flower Day is on the 19th of January every year, providing a day to connect and bond with people through a shared love for flowers. To celebrate the day, residents and family members joined the staff for an afternoon of flower arranging, good conversations and lots of fun and laughter!
Book Club
The start of our Community Book club was a hit at west Abbey yesterday evening. We have started with the book Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. We read up to chapter 4 and we have all decided to read up to chapter 20, so if anyone would like to join us next month on the 2nd February then pop along and join in!
Happy New Year
Our residents and colleagues have been busy enjoying a New Years Party to welcome in 2024, everyone enjoyed party food and some fizz! We are looking forward to making more memories in 2024. From everyone at West Abbey we wish you all a very Happy New Year.
Employee of the Month
Here at West Abbey we have been enjoying our monthly celebration of Employee of the Month. For December we have awarded Dani, our Clinical Lead the certificate and gift for all his hard work and dedication to our residents. Congratulations Dani!
Father Christmas
We have had a visit from Father Christmas today who brought presents all round. The residents also enjoyed additional gifts which were donated from our local Scout group! After enjoying the exchange of presents our residents then sat down for a three course meal. Our residents and relatives would like to say thank you to the activities team who ensured our tables were laid to perfection, with all festive trimmings, just as you would have at home.
