Activities at Westvale House Care Home

Across our services, our residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.

Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action. We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.

Our lovely new Activities Co-ordinator, Joanne, has got well and truly acquainted with our residents the last couple of weeks! We're all so grateful to have her around.

So much so, that she became a bit of a target in our parachute games this week! Our residents had a wonderful time making shapes and rhythms with the giant parachute, which is also a great activity to get the body moving.

Halfway through, Joanne decided to pop up in the middle where there was space, and become the moving target for residents with beanbags! Some of them were a bit shy, but others truly embraced the game and made sure their aim was perfect! It was a great laugh, and a brilliant games session.

Our home was transformed into Graceland to mark what would have been Elvis Presley’s birthday on 8th January.

It is estimated that Elvis has sold over one billion records worldwide so to honour the undisputed King of Rock & Roll, we all enjoyed a fantastic day of music, fun and dancing.

Our residents found out some interesting facts about Elvis that they haven’t heard before, watched a short biography about the famous singer and actor and listened to some of Elvis’s hits.

We all had a wonderful day.

What a great Christmas!

To celebrate the festive occasion, our residents, families and staff all got together for a Christmas Party with fun-filled games, quizzes, carol singing and a raffle.

Everyone was specially dressed for the party with colourful themed jumpers and costumes, our residents enjoyed a variety of treats and refreshments including wine & mince pies, all prepared by our team who were hard at work making sure that a great time was had by all – it really was a team effort!

Our residents enjoyed an afternoon of smiles complete with a live music performance that took place at the home. Local singer Rob Steele performed a selection of all-time favourite songs and Christmas carols, which brought happy memories to all. Our residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along. Everyone had the best time, and we truly celebrated Christmas together in style!

Thank you so much to everyone who gave their time, donated prizes, bought raffle tickets and above all, came along to spend Christmas with us! It was a very special day.

We are helping to make the world a better place by wearing festive jumpers in aid of Save the Children’s annual fundraising event, Christmas Jumper Day.

Our residents were encouraged to borrow or decorate their own special Christmas jumpers and raise awareness for children in need all around the world. Even our furry friends got involved! It was a wonderful day, enjoyed by all.

In preparation for Christmas celebrations, staff and residents at Westvale House decided to have a treat-decorating afternoon, where we all put our own creative twist on biscuits, cookies and two Christmas cakes to share with everybody.

Much to residents’ delight, our team had prepared lots of cupcakes, biscuits and cookies so that residents could not only sample the wares, but have a go at creating and decorating their own with icing, fondant, edible baubles and glitter.

Residents decorated their sweet treats with Christmas-inspired designs ready for the home’s Christmas festivities. Residents had lots of fun piping Christmassy designs on cupcakes and biscuits, creating fondant creatures and characters - everyone loved getting into the festive spirit!