Activities at Westlake House Care Home
Residents enjoy playing hoopla and bocce bowls, which combine exercise with the thrill of competitive sport. We invite entertainers and musicians to visit the home on a regular basis and residents very much enjoy watching them perform.
We also have our pet therapy dog, Marley, visit the home on a fortnightly basis, and residents love petting him. They also enjoy health and fitness days, where they get the opportunity to participate in armchair exercises and target games.
We always celebrate National Volunteer Week, which we use as a chance to say thank you for the wonderful work that our volunteers do that further enhances the quality of life for those who live at Westlake.
As well as continuing with our favourite activities, such as arts & crafts, bingo, knit & natter, Scrabble, board games, bridge, quizzes, pampers & manicures, reminiscence sessions and musical memories, we always like to launch new activities for residents, which give them the opportunity to socialise with their friends and families. These could be our own vegetable patches, flower arranging sessions, a book club or anything else that our imaginations conjure up.
Rosie Duhig
I joined the Barchester family in November 2024 and have instantly felt welcome and supported. As an activity coordinator, I am passionate about getting to know our residents and delivering person-centred care and activities to all residents, an approach supported by a holistic, whole-home view.
I have been in a Care support role since 2019 and an Activity Coordinator since 2020. I love that my role brings laughter and joy to others. It so wonderful seeing people engaging in an activity they enjoy and interacting with each other. I am very passionate about Intergenerational projects, as something magical happens when old and young get together.
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 Westlake House Care Home
Scrabble competition!
The concentration and sense of competition was very apparent as residents played scrabble this week! Whatever the weather there is always something to do in the company of friends
Flower arranging
We brought colour and fragrance into our home this week with an afternoon of flower arranging! After all our efforts we sat back to admire the arrangements before distributing around Westlake House for everyone to enjoy
Christmas Day in our home
After a relaxing start to the day, which involved opening presents with friends and family, the residents gathered in the dining room for a wonderful Christmas Day lunch together.
Treble Trouble!
Westlake House had a visit from three elves at the weekend! They unexpectedly joined the residents for an afternoon of laughter, dance and lots of fun. The residents judged the elves on their " elfishness" and although there was stiff competition!! A draw was declared and all was well in Elfland
Beautiful Violin Playing!
Today Ceskie, a talented violinist, played for our residents. and we all loved her performance. Having studied at Chethams, Ceskie moved to Berklee College of Music in Boston on a Scholarship where she developed skills in string arrangement and Music Production.
Due to ongoing travel restrictions she is staying near Horsham and we are very fortunate to hear her play so beautifully with residents commenting how moving they found her performance.
Feeling festive some residents chose to dress in their Christmas jumpers!
John Cheeny Entertains!
We welcomed a very popular entertainer today to get us in the mood for the festive season
