Activities at Ashby House Care Home
Activities at Ashby House
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to enrich peoples lives here at Ashby House. We stimulate people both physically and mentally by organising fun filled, group and individual activities to promote the well-being of those we support.
There are regular outings in our very own minibus and visits from PAT dog therapists, church services, musicians, dancers, and local school children. We also have our very own 'Good Life' gardening club, where we grow our own produce, which we then use in our cooking club. We also host weekly bingo sessions which are proving very popular and are growing in numbers.
Charlotte Arbon
I joined Ashby House in April 2022, I thoroughly enjoy my role as Activities coordinator and love coming to work and having chats with the residents and families.
I listen to the residents and learn about their interest and support them to be involved with activities. When I am not at work not at work I love spending time with my family playing board games.
We would love to have new ideas, if you have a skill you would like to share or would like to be involved with activities please email us at ashbyhouse.activities@barchester.com
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
Read our brochure
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 Ashby House Care Home
Autumn photo shoot
We set up an area in our home and decorated it for a seasonal Autumnal photo shoot. Residents really enjoyed doing this and have asked to do a festive photoshoot for Christmas time!
Sensory lavender bags
We enjoyed making our own lavender bags for our residents this month. Firstly some of our residents helped pick the fresh Lavender from our Sensory Garden, we really enjoyed this part, getting residents outside in the fresh air and the smell from the Lavender was amazing.
We then filled our organza bags, and now our residents all have their own bags in their rooms.
Autumnal Arts
Residents have been getting creative making some lovely Autumnal cards and wreaths for our Harvest Display we will have on display in our home. Here we are enjoying Leaf Printing.
Care Awards Divisional Winner!
Our fantastic Senior Nurse Wendy George has won Registered Nurse of the Year for the Central Division. Wendy has worked at Ashby House for many years and we are so happy and proud that she was nominated and won this great achievement!
G-Fitness
We have G-Fitness come into our home each month to do an exercise session with our residents. This is a great way for our residents to stay fit and active, and lots of fun too!
Days Out!
Our residents have been enjoying some local trips out, we have been out for pub lunches and been to local garden centres. We have so many interesting and lovely places in and near to Milton Keynes to visit, we have so many more great trips planned. It’s a lovely way for our residents to socialise and learn and experience new things and also keep up with any hobbies or interests they may have had before coming to Ashby House.
Upcoming events
Dementia Cafe
Join us for our dementia cafe, enjoy cakes, refreshments, activities & a warm welcome. Family / carers come along too, make new friends in a safe space.
