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.

Enriching life
Watch our video on life enrichment in our homes.

Nikki Griffee

Activities Coordinator

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.

Life-encriching activities booklet

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

Magic Moments on Lyde

Magic Moments on Lyde

Lady singer, Ukulele player and her husband has recently been to visit the residents on the Lyde Unit at West Abbey. They interact with the residents and tells them all about the songs they play, which encourages them all to sing down the microphone! 
Chinese New Year Craft

Chinese New Year Craft

Residents from our Lyde unit made a dragons head for Chinese New Year. They had help from three Yeovil collage students and Two Strode collage students. It was a great afternoon and allowed the residents to show off their arts and crafts talents!
January's Birthday Celebrations

January's Birthday Celebrations

Every month West Abbey celebrate birthdays with one big birthday party on the upstairs unit. Gary the organist entertains the residents and we have a big tea party with lost of cake and badges for the people with birthdays and all sing happy birthday!
Pantomime Time

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

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 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!