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.
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 West Abbey Care Home
Christmas Fun at West Abbey!
We, here at West Abbey, are all 'Ho-ho-hoping' that you have had a wonderful Christmas - we certainly have!
Christmas joy was spread by our very own Father Christmas in residence, who helped with the present delivery before we all enjoyed some delicious festive dinner provided by our incredible West Abbey Chef evles here in our kitchen.
HUGE thanks go to our incredible team here in the home for all doing your bit in spreading so much joy for everyone throughout the home.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
'Twas the Night Before Christmas...
'Twas the night before Christmas as festivities began, an entertainer arrived and her name was Jan!
Sitting in awe, as she sang for our folk, festive songs a lot and the occasional joke.
She sang with her heart, a classic or two, songs for the season, which mostly they knew!
And as she ended her set of wonderful songs, the residents' dinner announced with loud gongs!
So off she went as she drove out of sight, 'I''ll be back next year, Merry Christmas, good night!'
Flower Power...
We wanted to thank our friends over at Somerset District Council, who, before Christmas, very kindly stopped by our home to donate some beautiful flowers for all of the residents to enjoy here in our gardens.
Thank you so very much, from the bottom of our hearts - What a wonderful act of kindness!
What magnificent pops of colour, especially this time of year.
Hedgehog visit!
We had a visit from the most adorable hedgehogs, they have become one our new pet therapy animals! We cant wait for their next visit.
Haynes Motor Museum
We had an amazing trip out to the Haynes Motor Museum. We took some of our residents out on this trip and they had such a fantastic time.
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.
