Activities at Westwood House Care Home
As Activity Coordinator at Westwood House I am fully committed to organising activities for all of the residents. This includes activities within the home such as reminiscence sessions, and planning events such as the Summer and Christmas parties. We have also provided some very successful trips out to local places of interest in our minibus and have monthly visits from entertainers and musicians. We are always encouraging local schools to get involved and have recently managed to get a local charity 'Spare tyre' working with us very successfully.
It is important to me that each individual who we support can get as much from these as possible, so we try our best to arrange activities that reflect their interests and capabilities as best as possible, and encourage them to participate in any way they can. We also encourage relatives to join with activities and events as often as they can.
Liz Wickers
My name is Liz and I am the lifestyle coordinator at Westwood House. I have always lived and worked in Southwark and Lambeth boroughs. I spent 25 years within the education sector before deciding to try new roles. As well as teaching I have also had the privilege of being a personal carer in Dementia. I am so happy that I have been welcomed into the Westwood House family where I can continue to grow and develop.
I aim to offer a range of varied and tailored activities and group sessions that are meaningful to each of them. I am thrilled to be supporting the team in delivering fun, engaging and interesting activities for our residents.
I look forward to meeting you all!
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 Westwood House Care Home
The Strummers
Always a pleasure to spend the afternoon being entertained by the fantastic ‘Strummers’, a local group who entertain many care homes around the borough.
They always get us all singing and dancing, and we always look forward to their visits.
Owl Adventures!
As part of National Bird Day, the residents at Westwood House enjoyed a visit from some owls and a hawk.
We had the chance to stroke and hold these magnificent creatures and watch them in flight.
Celebrating and understanding more about our wonderful wildlife made for a great afternoon.
EnabLE!
Residents, staff and relatives joined us in celebrating all the work that Team Westwood have put in to ensure a smooth transition, and that we are ready for our new digital reports and document system.
From today, you will see the staff with handsets that they will use to report and document all the health, care and support given to our residents. Please feel free to ask us if you would like more information about ‘Enable’ and how this will continue to support us in delivering the best care for your loved one.
Magic Table Fun!
At Westwood house, we are so fortunate to have a Magic Table which brings so much joy to the residents.
The Magic table is a wonderful sensory resource that enables our residents, particularly those living with Dementia, to play games alone or with a group.
Today we discovered many different varieties of flowers and had a quick game of tennis.
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Team Westwood welcomed members of our local community to join us for our Christmas Party.
So much fun, laughter and best of all, new friends made!
It is so important to us to ensure our elderly or vulnerable members of the community are cared for and we absolutely love having them join us for events.
Afternoon Tea at Dulwich College
The residents and staff were invited to a tea party at Dulwich College.
We all had a wonderful afternoon being entertained by the students and staff, and the choir singing Christmas Carols was an absolute joy.
Many thanks for such a wonderful time to all the staff, students and volunteers.
