Activities at Westgate House Care Home
Our role in the home is fundamental to ensuring that our residents enjoy a fulfilling quality of life. We strive to provide a stimulating, creative & varied range of activities & events in the home, which everyone can enjoy whether they prefer social group engagement or one to one interaction. Residents choice is what we aim to provide to the best of our abilities. We enjoy being creative, sharing projects and discussing with our residents the kind of activities they would like to enjoy. Both indoor and outdoor activities are offered to cater for all tastes as well as regular outings to local places of interest.
Kelly Meadows & Sandra Joseph
Kelly and Sandra have worked for Westgate House for over 12 years, so have many years’ experience. They love having fun with the residents and providing a variety of activities.
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 Westgate House Care Home
Dementia Awareness Week
As part of Dementia awareness week some of our residents made their own blue flower, which means you are living with Dementia. They used clay and paints. They had great fun doing the activity.
International Nurses Day
Our residents helped us celebrate international nurses day. They prepared the garden for tea and cakes, setting the tables and watering the flowers. We also have two residents who were former nurses, they also enjoyed the celebrations. The nurses enjoyed there treat, tucking into the lovely cakes!! It was a lovely day and great to mark the occasion for our wonderful nurses.
Easter Crafts
Our residents have had a fun filled Easter with lots going on, with arts and crafts making beautiful decorations for the home. They had a garden party with lots of Easter treats and the sun was shining! We also had entertainment by Ashley who sang all the golden oldies and got the residents and staff on their feet. There was something for everyone!
Mother's Day Raffle
We announced the winners of our Mother’s day raffle on Thursday 24 March. A few of our residents joined in the fun and helped us pick out the winning tickets. We had tea and cake in our coffee shop. There was lots of prizes up for grabs but the hamper went to Rupa Johal who was absolutely delighted with it when she came to pick it up, she even sent us a picture of her cat who took a shine to it also. We managed to raise £183 FOR Dementia UK.
St Patrick's Day
We celebrated St. Patrick's Day in style. The residents had been preparing for about a week, making lovely decorations during their art and crafts sessions. They decorated the home beautifully and where very proud of their work.
We had entertainment from Debbie Watts, who was great, she had the staff and residents up on their feet, they even had ago at the Irish jig! The menu of the day was Irish stew and for dessert green jelly with ice cream, which went down a treat.
Everyone was able to wear green for £1, to raise funds for Dementia UK.
It was a great day enjoyed by all.
Comic Relief Day
The residents took part in creating some red noses on their own by painting, colouring or sticking different materials to their paper noses. The activity was truly enjoyed by all. The staff would also tell them a few jokes. In support of Red Nose Day's initiative, everyone was able to wear red for £1 contribution.
This really brightened up the home and everybody had a barrel of laughs.
