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.
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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
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.
Old & Young
West Abbey has recently hosted an intergenerational playgroup for residents and members of the local community. The event, which took place within the home, welcomed the group of pre-school children and staff from Little Discoveries Childcare in Yeovil to enjoy music, games and activities with residents at the home.
The catering team at the care home provide a selection of healthy snacks on the day, including hand cut fruits and vegetables and staff were greeted by smiling faces from all who visited!
Open Day
Staff, residents, relatives and the local community came together at West Abbey to enjoy an open day that was held at the home on Saturday 18th January.
We hosted a variety of activities all based around Winnie the Pooh throughout the day, including a word for word activity and flower arranging, which were enjoyed by everyone who came to the event.
Staff at West Abbey made everyone feel welcome and were delighted to see different generations having fun together. Visitors enjoyed plenty of refreshments, such as decorated Winnie the Pooh honey cakes, prepared by the catering team, who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!
Christmas Festivities
West Abbey Care Centre, in Yeovil, got into the Christmas spirit on Christmas Day by having staff dress up in all their festive outfits to celebrate Christmas Day for its residents and their guests, as well as delivering presents and stockings to every resident within the home!
West Abbey’s Christmas festivities were in full swing with music playing, homemade Christmas cakes to enjoy and presents and festive cheer aplenty. Residents enjoyed a feast of festive foods prepared by the home’s chef, which were enjoyed by all.
General Manager, Helen Colaço said: “We endeavoured to give each of our residents something that they could really be excited about Christmas and have had lots of treats for the people who live here and their guests. I am pleased that we could hold something like this for our home and it is clear that everyone has really enjoyed the day!”
A resident at West Abbey Care Centre said: “It has been a lovely day. It was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get in spirit. I really enjoyed seeing all the elves around the home!”
Residents Choose Their Own Christmas Tree
Residents at West Abbey Care Centre in Yeovil recently visited their local Christmas tree farm in order to pick their very own tree, which has pride of place within the lobby of the home.
Staff and residents from the home travelled out to Yeovil Christmas tree farm bright and early in the morning in order to have a look at all the Christmas trees on offer to pick the best one for their home.
Residents spent nearly an hour looking around at each and every tree, wanting to choose wisely to pick the most impressive looking tree on offer, and braving the wind on a chilly but bright day!
Helen Colaço, General Manger at West Abbey Care Centre, said: “One of our favourite days in winter is going out to choose our tree, not only do the residents get a lovely day out, we get to look at it knowing that we chose it ourselves. It looked like a great tree when it arrived and looks even better now it’s been decorated”.
