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
Pudsey Day!
We all need a little sunshine yellow in November and helping raise money for pudsey bear this year was lots of fun!
Stepping back in time!
We all enjoyed another amazing Reminiscence session with Jan Millward. On this visit Jan took us back in time to look at bedtime and all the different style of bed clothes and assorted bed time essentials.
Jan then took us on a trip back in time to the old wars to tie in with remembrance. We had a look at all sorts from old ration books and medals, to all the gadgets that was used from mini spy cameras to the morse code!
Not only does Jan bring all her interesting items to show us but she’s full of the knowledge and stories Behind it, this allows her to connect with our residents on such a unique level.
Paying our Respects
Residents at West Abbey care home made a visit to their local memorial stand outside Preston village to laid a wreath on behalf of all the staff and residents.
Pumpkin magic!
We had a Fang -Tastic time celebrating Halloween this weekend! We had a Halloween inspired classic pumpkin carving and put on display at the front entrance for all our visitors to admire
We all enjoyed the Halloween film in the evening, nothing spooky just a bit of fun
Residents loved their ZooLab Visit!
For over 20 years, ZooLab has amazed, educated and inspired through their ethical and engaging hands-on animal encounters.
Staff and residents would also like to say a big thank you to Anna the presenter, she was amazing with the residents and was full of knowledge about all the weird and wonderful creatures she has. We all touched or held an animal without fear, even the snakes!
Our Music Therapist in action!
Our residents love music therapy when Siska, our in house music therapist, plays and sings for a group and also on a one to one basis for residents in their rooms. Recalling music memories, words from favourite hymns, carols or songs can really help residents living with memory loss.
Our Thursday choir group are practicing for a daily carol in December to entertain our residents and staff
