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
Minibus Trip for lunch and Zumba
Our residents here at Ashfields were delighted to have a trip out on our home Mini Bus to enjoy a delicious festive lunch at The Racecourse.
A big thank you to all of the amazing staff for all of your care and attention - it really was a superb lunch and we all had a splendid time!
And after lunch had settled everyone enjoyed a fun and interactive Armchair Zumba Session. Well, with Christmas coming it is good to get a bit of exercise in!
Norwcih Brass Band Performance
An evening of festive cheer here at Ashfields including Mince Pies, Mulled Wine and delightful music played by the City of Norwich Brass Band.
We all had a wonderful evening here together and are very much looking forward to the big day now!
Festive Donation to Norwich Foodbank
Staff, residents and families at our home have been busy collecting much needed supplies over the last few months to deliver a bumper donation to Norwich’s Trussell Trust Foodbank just in time for Christmas.
General Manager of Ashfields Raaj added, “All we hear in the news is about the costing of living crisis and I want to say a huge thank you to all of our residents, staff members, relatives and friends for all of their generous donations. Your kindness to help and support those less fortunate during this difficult time of year has been absolutely amazing. Our Minibus was pretty much full!”
The Trussell Trust Foodbank provides three days of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food and works with nutritionists to ensure food parcels contains sufficient nutrition for at least three days’ worth of healthy, balanced meals for individuals and families. More information about the food bank, what they need and where to drop off donations can be found here: www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/norwich/
Activities Coordinator Hayley Gurklis said, “This really has meant so much to all of us here at the home to be able to do something for others this Christmas. We will definitely be collecting again in the future!”
Christmas Book donation to Rackheath Bombers
Our staff took a trip out to deliver Christmas Books from all of our team and residents here at Ashfields to the children at our local Pre-school - Rackheath Bombers. A big thank you to all of residents for helping to wrap them. The children were absolutely delighted!
Happy Birthday Iris!
Our resident Iris has had been had a lot to celebrate of late having reached a milestone 104th birthday!
Iris Turner - who worked at the old Mackintosh’s Factory in the city certainly has not slowed down since she moved into Ashfields - having been Strawberry picking in the Summer and has even been out recently to the local Stables too!
General Manager Raaj Purohit added, “We are delighted to be celebrating Iris’s amazing achievement and we wanted to make that sure Iris had a truly special day!”
Staff, family and residents held a surprise party for Iris complete with Flowers, presents and Iris’s favourite –Turkish delight! Iris said “This has been the best day best ever – I have never had a birthday like it!”
With Iris’s daughter Linda adding, “To hear my Mum say that she had never been happier was just wonderful to my ears and I just want to say thank you to all for my staff for the care and joy my mum received from her birthday celebrations and from living at the home.”
Deck the Halls!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here at Ashfields!
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.
