Activities at Ashfields Care Home
At Ashfields, we strive to make our care and services as person-centred as we possibly can, and this includes our provision of activities. We will give prospective residents a 'Getting to Know Me' booklet to fill out with their loved ones before their arrival, which includes a little life history and a tick sheet for a vast amount of activities. This enables us to offer bespoke activities and helps us to learn valuable information about residents and what might stimulate them in conversations and trips.
Our specialist activities and lifestyle staff make sure there are always meaningful activities to take part in, such as gardening, baking and trips out to various locations nearby, including local cathedrals, cafés, garden centres and much more.
Residents are encouraged to take part and we try to get every person out at least once a month to places they might be interested in visiting, but it is always their choice, ultimately. We believe that having choice is very integral in helping residents feel that they still have control of their lives.
Activities are provided by everyone in our home, from Carers and specialised activities staff, right through to the admin team.
We are a registered member of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), which means that we are always working to make the quality of life of all residents as high as possible by offering person-centred activities that aim to stimulate both mentally and physically.
Xen Greenwood
My name is Xen and I am lucky enough to be the Activities Coordinator here at Ashfields.
I have experience working in care homes in Activities and leisure and lifestyle roles. In my own time I love to go antique shopping and making crafts.
I love being part of the Ashfields team and supporting our residents to live their best lives with fun, interesting, and varied activities available every week. I always feel its important for the residents to have the opportunity to explore new interests as well as keeping up with previous interests and hobbies.
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 Ashfields Care Home
Quiz Night
What a success!
Fabulous turn out for our quiz and chip night! We had a full room with residents, staff and the community taking part.
We had a gorgeous hamper for the winning table and a wooden spoon for table who placed last.
Trip to Waterloo Park!!
Today the residents enjoyed a lovely trip to Waterloo Park. We had a stroll around the park before taking a seat to relax and enjoy some cool drinks and sandwiches
Local School Visits!
Another great visit from the primary school today!
Today we had a visit from some of children of our local primary school. The children came and read to our residents, enjoyed having conversations and playing games.
Easter Celebrations
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is one of the biggest Christian holiday of the year!
Here at Ashfields we celebrated the holiday with lots of chocolate eggs, creative activities, and some quizzes! The chocolate egg, an ancient symbol of new life, has been associated with pagan festivals celebrating spring, which residents found very interesting.
Mini donks!
A huge thank you to Mini donks for wellbeing as they brought their 3 beautiful mini donks to see our residents here at Ashfields.
Animal Therapy is a great way to improve residents self-esteem and confidence! The mini donkeys were a great emotional, social and sensory activity.
The residents thoroughly enjoyed seeing the donks, the room was full of joy and laughter.
St. Patrick's Day
St Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a religious and cultural holiday held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
St Patricks Day is celebrated all across the world. The residents at Ashfields celebrated with learning all about the culture and history, had a Irish themed party, and of course Irish coffees, which went down a treat with the resident.
Upcoming events
Dementia Café
Please come and join us for our monthly Dementia Cafe. Open door for everyone.
Professional Networking Event
We are delighted to be launching our first networking event at Ashfields. Everyone welcome.
