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
Chinese New Year Craft
January's Birthday Celebrations
Pantomime Time
West Abbey's recent pantomime was 'Jack and the Brussel Sprout Stalk' performed by our staff member on Christmas Eve! We played to a packed house of residents, families and staff. The pantomime was written and produced by Mark Kaleda Maintenance Manager.
Shelley Visits West Abbey
The residents from West Abbey enjoyed a story time session from Shelley who told stories from all around the world and introduced everyone to Holly the puppet!
Barry Pentelow Visits West Abbey
Barry Pentelow came to visit the residents and bought some memorabilia to look at. All the residents had a delightful afternoon looking at hats and decorations and dressing up in them!
Christmas Celebrations at West Abbey
A resident set up a lights display in the main reception one evening in December so that everyone could Christmas music, drinks and nibbles!
Upcoming events
Barchester's Big Quiz - Live Virtual Event
Calling all quizzers!
Join us for an exciting quiz to test your general knowledge and see who is the biggest brainbox of them all!
