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
Pumpkin carving & Halloween themed musical entertainment at West Abbey
Residents at West Abbey got into the Halloween spirit with pumpkin carving, crafting our home-grown pumpkins and learning spooky, fun facts about the history of Halloween, as well as enjoying a very specially themed Halloween performance delivered by the multi talented Jan McNeill - Entertainer and Speaker who was appropriately dressed in character this afternoon!
West Abbey revieves a 'Good' rating!
West Abbey Care Home passed a recent Care Quality Commission inspection with an overall “Good” rating after being praised for a responsive, safe, effective, caring and well-led service.
The CQC inspected the home on the 7th march (the report was released on 28th march) and rated the home as “Good” overall.
The report stated that, “People's experience of using this service and what we found People and relatives said they were happy with the home and the care and support provided. The home was friendly and welcoming.”
The report went on to say “The home was spacious, clean and tidy. People had access to safe outdoor space. Regular checks on the environment and fire safety were conducted.”
In celebration of the rating and to thank each member of the team for their contributions to the home, each team member was presented with £100 gift voucher in appreciation of their hard work.
