Activities at Westvale House Care Home

The residents at Westvale House where so happy to have Jack & Jill’s nursery children back for a visit in the garden after not seeing them for over 15 months!

The residents and children enjoyed taking part in our ‘Care home Olympics’. The children enjoyed taking part in the egg & spoon race and the residents had lots of fun in the bean bag competition.  It was a thrilling and fun morning and we are looking forward to them returning soon.

It was a special day for all of us at Westvale care home in Warrington as we celebrated National Biscuit Day.

We certainly had a fun-filled day of biscuit dunking and tasting, paired with a good old cup of tea. Our residents got involved in a biscuit tasting activity, themed quiz and chat about all things biscuits.

Some of the residents got the change to share a cuppa and biscuits with their family in the garden.

It was a lovely day, enjoyed by all. 

Here at Westvale in Warrington, we understand the importance of remaining active.

To acknowledge National Senior Health and Fitness Day, we focused on some gentle physical activities, like seated yoga, armchair exercises and walking.

Some of our residents preferred to join the group sessions, organised by the team, others focused on their individual movement activities.

We also took the time to learn more about the benefits of physical activity and how it can improve anxiety and overall well-being.

Residents at Westvale care home in Warrington are celebrating being able to go on trips out again as lockdown restrictions ease across the country.  Residents are now able to go on a short trip with their designated visitor without having to isolate on their return.

Resident, Nancy enjoyed a long-awaited trip with their named visitor to Sankey Park where they were able to enjoy the views and feed the ducks and take advantage of the dry sunny weather.

Charlotte Aspinall, General Manager commented: “We couldn’t be happier that our residents can start to go out again with their named visitor.  Obviously we still have to be careful so we’re testing visitors before they take residents out but it is wonderful that our residents can spend time with their families out of the home.  It really feels like we’ve turned a corner.”

Here at Westvale in Warrington we were delighted to spend time creating a beautiful floral masterpiece to enter the #BloomingBarchester competition in partnership with Blooming Haus following their amazing virtual flower arranging masterclass. 

We all had a wonderful time decorating and working on our arrangement and we are happy to say we were impressed with our skills in applying all the tips and ideas learnt during the class to make a colourful floral design.

Residents had a lovely day celebrating National Bee Day where they enjoyed watching  virtual facts on Bees, Honey tasting with activities coordinator, Sarah and the firm favourite honey, was Orange Blossom flavour! We also enjoyed tasting the Buzzy Fairy cakes made by the homes chef, Maureen.  It was a fun-filled day for all!