Activities at West Oak Care Home

Karaoke has become a real favourite activity for West Oak. After a very kind donation of the Karaoke Machine with built in TV from one our Residents Sons, it has become a very positive and fun afternoon. At first our Residents were very reluctant to sing into the microphone, but with time, reassurance and having a little go themselves their confidence grew and grew. Now our Residents have requested a Karaoke afternoon once a fortnight to enjoy the afternoon of fun, singing and having a sociable afternoon with friends.

Staff and Residents had great fun practising their pancake flipping this afternoon. There was a great sense of togetherness as Residents encouraged each other to flip their pancakes. There was lots of laughter as pancakes flew high in the air with most landing in the frying pan.

Later on Residents enjoyed tasty homemade pancakes with a choice of traditional fillings, which was a lovely way to end our Pancake Day celebrations.

We had a lovely lunch trip to Oakingham Belle in Wokingham, with two members of our Gentlemen’s Club. The menu was amazing with lots of choice for starters, mains and puddings. But sausage and mash, scampi and chips were their favourites. With a nice variety of ice cream to finish the perfect meal. This was the first trip out for John and Len and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

A very special day for our Resident Peter visiting his cousin Jayne in Warwickshire.

Activity Co-ordinator Dawn drove the mini bus with volunteer Jean and Peters support worker Colin for his day trip out. We met Jayne and visited Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield for lunch before continuing our journey to the beautiful Stratford Butterfly Farm.

Jayne was over the moon and couldn’t thank us enough to be able to spend some quality time with Peter in her home town. Peter was all smiles and we could see how much the trip meant to him, even when the beautiful coloured butterflies were landing on him.

It was a beautiful day to remember .

Residents enjoyed our Yorkshire Day celebrations in the garden with traditional Yorkshire Tea, Biscuits and Cakes.

Our two Gentlemen from Yorkshire said that they had a great time and the afternoon reminded them of when they lived in ‘Gods Own Country’

Residents and Staff had wonderful time at our Classic Car Show. It was great to see so many visitors stop by too, particularly those from the local school. The Ford Popular from 1953, Jaguar XK150 from 1960, and a 1996 Jaguar XJS sparked a wide range of conversations and brought back a lot of memories for our Residents, which we enjoyed hearing about over the delicious Cream Tea.