Celebrating life at Barchester

Residents at Ashfields Care Home love the animal therapy sessions that our dedicated Activities Team organises *weekly/monthly*. As one of the foundations of our Life Enrichment program, we know that animal therapy can help reduce blood pressure and improve overall cardiovascular health. 

Animal therapy is one of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program and features regularly on our resident-led weekly activity planner.

We’re delighted to announce that Liane, your private stylist, will be visiting their Beautiful Salon at Ashlar House once a month, for the entire day!

Liane will provide a personal, relaxed styling experience tailored to each resident’s individual needs, ensuring everyone receives the care, attention and service that’s right for them. Room service is also available for residents who prefer to be seen in the comfort of their own room.

Our home was filled with music, laughter, and smiles as residents, their families, friends, and members of our local community came together for a wonderful afternoon celebrating the swinging sixties.
Everyone enjoyed a delicious buffet prepared by our amazing kitchen team before singing and dancing the afternoon away to the brilliant entertainment from our favourite duo, Tracey and John, who had everyone joining in with the classic hits.
A huge congratulations to our lovely housekeeper, Claire, who was crowned our Best Dressed winner.

At Barchester homes we have resident ambassadors. They have various roles they can take on within the home.  Jean one of our resident ambassadors joined our Fire Marshall training to see what staff are taught to keep residents safe during a fire. She reflected on how different it was to when she worked in a school. I think she’ll be spotting green lights from fire lights and fire break doors everywhere now. It was nice to hear about the job fire break doors do and how the building is evacuated from around the fire first, to behind the fire break doors and not a total evacuation straight away.

Our residents had a fantastic afternoon visiting the Newton St Loe Bird of Prey Project, home to over 18 species of magnificent birds of prey and owls.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed watching the incredible flight display, seeing these beautiful birds soar overhead and learning more about their unique characteristics. It was a truly memorable experience, with lots of smiles, laughter, and conversation throughout the day.
The bird of prey project for made us feel so welcome and gave our residents a wonderful afternoon. 

One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live musical entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing genres along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar.

Our Residents enjoyed a fully themed Western Wednesday. Cowboys hats on they enjoyed a special western menu and all our communities came together to enjoy some classic country and western favourites form one of thier favourite entertainers Ray. There were Yee ha's and yippee ki-yay's all around.

At Alice Garnge that's what we like to do - create memories, and ensure our residents are leading full enriched lives.