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.
Ryan Palmer
Hello, I'm Ryan and I joined West Abbey in 2018 in Hotel Services team where I was nominated 2 years running in the Barchester Care Awards by residents and their families. I moved to Activities in June 2021 which suits my outgoing personality. I know our residents well and love seeing their enjoyment of the entertainment we provide plus going out into the community on our mini bus, I have lived in Yeovil all my life so know all the best places to visit. The team call me the 'IT hero' as I'm always able to resolve the connection issues with our virtual events and our computer / tablets!
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
Over the Rainbow
These rainbows were made my staff and residents alike, and can be seen from the main road for anyone passing!
Easter Celebrations
Staff and residents at West Abbey celebrated Easter with Easter eggs and hot cross buns aplenty.
West Abbey enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter eggs, which very kindly donated by both Morrison’s and Tesco for staff and residents to all enjoy over the Easter period!
As always, we’ve all been looking forward to Easter. It’s such a nice time of the year – the residents love all the colourful Easter eggs and got some fresh air out in our gardens. We would like to thank both Tesco and Morrison’s for their donations; they’ve both really helped us to make this an eggs-cellent day at West Abbey!
Mother's Day
Residents celebrated Mother’s Day with a tea party for all residents, ensuring that every lady received something for the day on top of the many gifts and flowers sent into the home over the weekend!
Staff at West Abbey arranged for each resident to receive a gift on the day, which included flowers, teddy bears and specially made wooden hearts. Head Chef, Andrew Pippard, prepared a special afternoon tea with freshly made scones and sandwiches for all to mark the day.
We all had such a special day; the ladies loved receiving their gifts and the staff did everything they could to spoil everyone rotten.
Intergenerational Fun
West Abbey Care Centre in Yeovil have teamed up with Preston Primary School for a newly launched partnership which includes a pen pal scheme as well as giving the pupils at the school a chance to show off all their hard work, in this case showing off their masks that they’d made for Mardi Gras!
Residents of West Abbey Care Centre were overjoyed to see their young visitors and were very impressed by the craftsmanship which went into making the masks, as well as making new friends in the inter-generational scheme. Residents got to try on some of the masks, all while being able to get to know the pupils, something that in the next few months will become a much more frequent occurrence.
Helen Colaço, general manager of the home said: “Residents have really enjoyed sharing their time with the young pupils; so many have incredible tales and they love hearing the adventures of the students, as well as being able to see what they’ve been up to as well. Both the residents and staff can’t wait for them to visit again!”
West Abbey Has a Hoot!
West Abbey was full of animal mischief when a barn owl came to visit the home. Residents were very happy to see the barn owl, along with owner Cherry Barlow, roaming around their home giving people the chance to stroke and hold their new feathered friend.
Elvis Tribute
Residents and guests at West Abbey enjoyed an afternoon of grins with a live music performance that took place at the home. Local Elvis tribute performer Andy Macnewman performed a selection of classic Elvis hits.
Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as he performed his finale song Viva Las Vegas. The hospitality team at the home also provided a spread of sweet and savoury treats for guests to enjoy during the show.
