Activities at Wilsmere House Care Home

Wilsmere House would like to extend our warmest wishes to all our residents, families, and team members who have been celebrating the festival of light

May this occasion bring renewed hope, happiness, and prosperity to everyone. 

Today, our lovely residents enjoyed a refreshing outing to the local Garden Centre — a perfect way to lift spirits and embrace the beauty of nature! Spending time outdoors surrounded by flowers, greenery, and sunshine not only brightens the day but also supports emotional wellbeing and relaxation. 

At Wilsmere House, we believe that little moments like these make a big difference — bringing smiles, joy, and a renewed sense of calm.    

Over the Christmas period, we thoroughly enjoyed a variety of activities, including flower arranging and bingo!

Residents joined in for Christmas flower arranging with staff and our activity team. Christmas songs were playing in the background, and we reminisced about favourite Christmas traditions.

Residents also enjoyed an afternoon playing Bingo and won some Christmas-themed prizes. There was lots of fun and laughter whilst enjoying a homemade slice of cake and a cup of coffee.

Deputy Manager Annette and Physiotherapist Raluca also visited Enderley Road Medical Centre. They popped into the Regional Hyper Acute Unit and the Discharge Support Team at Northwick Park Hospital, delivering Christmas gifts.

Wilsmere House was represented at the National Care Awards on Friday night by our Memory Lane, Unit Manager Carina Pereira, who was nominated for the Registered Nurse of the Year award at the prestigious National Care Awards! 

Carina has been working at Wilsmere House care home for just over 10 years. She is an experienced Registered Nurse who started working as a Senior Care Assistant and worked her way up to the Unit Manager position. 

Carina took all the learning opportunities, clinical and especially in dementia care, for which she developed a passion. 

Carina leads a team of 17 carers and over 5 nurses, making sure that the needs of the 20 residents diagnosed with Dementia living in our Memory Lane Community called Whitegate Community are met.

Carina is the soul of the community. She is loved by our residents and really appreciated by the families and staff. She is always looking forward to improving the lives of the residents in the home, promoting choice and independence and making sure the staff are delivering the best quality of person-centred care to our residents.

We are proud to announce that Carina reached the national finals. Her commitment to excellence truly shone through, and this achievement is a testament to her outstanding contributions to our care home.
Congratulations, Carina. Wilsmere is proud!

Diwali is known as the 'festival of lights' and houses, shops and public places are decorated with small oil lamps called 'diyas'.

We decorated some areas of our home, tasted a selection of homemade Indian dishes and listened to traditional music.

Some of our residents and staff dressed up for the occasion and we all had a wonderful time celebrating the day.

Our residents, families and wonderful staff came together for a spooky, laughter-filled afternoon.  
A huge thank you to the talented Eliza, whose live performance truly made the night unforgettable! 

Her incredible voice and energy brought everyone to their feet and kept the festive spirit alive all day long.
From creative costumes to great music, food, and togetherness — it was a day full of joy and community spirit.

Look who we had come to visit us yesterday.

We had a delightful visit from Performing Pets who bought along Bonzo the Barn Owl. We last met Bonzo when he was a baby so it was really nice to see how much he has grown!  

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at Wilsmere House Care Centre!

Our residents love going out on our Mini bus, so last week we had the chance to enjoy a trip out to see the Peter Pan pantomime! 

It was a wonderful way to end the year and retain some for the festive excitement! 

Everybody loved every moment of this year's panto!

Our colleagues threw a surprise baby shower for our beloved Unit Manager, Carina. 

Congratulations Carina, we can’t wait to meet your baby girl!

We then celebrated our Employee of the month, Moshmiben. Moshmiben recently received her NMC pin and is now working as our Registered Nurse. 

She has been a great support during the enrolment of the new Enable system, well-deserved Moshmi. 

It is not everyday we get to celebrate someone's 106th birthday!

So we made sure we celebrated in style. 

Mrs Martin also received a card from the King wishing her Happy birthday.

Music, delicious cake and dancing were in order for the afternoon!

Today turned into something truly special in our lounge! Our wonderful carer Fajaz surprised our residents with an impromptu musical performance — and it didn’t take long before the smiles, claps, and little hand instruments joined in! 

There was laughter, singing, and the pure joy of being together — the kind of moment you can’t plan, but simply feel. These are the memories we cherish at Wilsmere House— where everyday care is filled with warmth, connection, and meaningful experiences.

Because here, we don’t just provide support… We create moments that make our residents feel loved, valued, and at home.     

This week, our care home came alive with colours, music, and joy as we celebrated Navratri, one of the most significant festivals in Hindu culture. Navratri, which means “Nine Nights”, is a vibrant celebration dedicated to Goddess Durga and symbolises the victory of good over evil. Each day is marked with devotion, dance, and togetherness. 

We were delighted to involve all our residents and staff in this auspicious celebration — sharing traditions, enjoying festive activities, and creating cherished memories together. 

We believe in celebrating the rich diversity of our community, making every resident feel at home while embracing cultures and traditions that bring us closer.    

We were rockin' around the Christmas tree at Wilsmere House with our residents' Christmas party! 

Residents and staff got into the Christmas spirit, enjoying a delicious spread of food and drink served by our kitchen team, whilst listening to festive tunes!

We adorned Christmas jumpers and celebrated in our decked out home!

Staff were joined by Mike O'Reilly, General Counsel and Director of Quality, Risk and Compliance, Gemma PitmanMcGrath, National Clinical E-Care Implementer and Marcin Michalczewski, Implementation Lead-eCare to celebrate the launch of our new digital system Enable. 

We are also happy to announce that Enable is live in half of our Barchester Homes.

Well done to all of our transposers who did a great job and managed to meet the deadline for the launch of Enable. It was hard work and we are excited for this new chapter of electronic care planning which will ensure all care documentation and life enrichment activities are recorded digitally on tailor made handsets.

High quality, person-centred care is at the heart of everything we do at Barchester, and everyone deserves the best care possible.

This is where EnabLE (our new digital care system) comes in. It will help us plan, record, and co-ordinate person-centred care in the moment, using hand-held devices. Following our whole home approach, anyone who works within the home will be using EnabLE to record the important life enriching moments our residents truly value.

Here at Wilsmere House we got into the spooky Halloween spirit of things by creating an Autumnal display with painted and carved pumpkins, flowers and wreaths.

We hosted a fun-filled party in the afternoon with delicious Halloween inspired treats and music.

Our Deputy Manager, Annette also decorated the wellbeing trolley and went around to all staff members for a Treat or Treat.

We all had a spooktacular time.