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
Community Christmas Carol Concert
This evening our residents here at Ashfields Care Home joined our Rackheath community friends at the Church for the Christmas Tree light switch on and Carol Concert too!
We warmed up with Mulled Wine and just want to say a big thank you to the Rackheath community for enabling us to be part of such an enjoyable evening.
Elf Day
Our staff at Ashfields spread the festive cheer by dressing up as Elves to raise awareness for the Alzheimer’s Society.
The Christmas Elves supported our residents to make their very own Elf Hats during our Arts and Crafts session followed by a nice warm Hot Chocolate - with Cream and Marshmallows of course!
Festive Fun Trip
This afternoon we took a trip out on our home Minibus to our local Wyvale Garden Centre for a festive shop.
The festive lights really put us in the Christmas spirit and encouraged us to sing Christmas carols on the ride back home!
Come on England!
Who’s ready for the world cup 2022? We are here at Ashfields!
Local Stables Minibus Trip
Earlier this week we took a short drive on our home Minibus to our local Stables to help take care and groom two Ponies - Rockey and Charlie.
Tasks included brushing them down and removing dirt and debris from the inside of the Ponies hoofs.
We than sat with some Tea and Biscuits of course whilst watching the Ponies perform cantering and jumps too!
Exotic Animal Petting Session
This morning we held an Animal Petting session in our main lounge here at Ashfields. We were visited by a variety of Animals/Reptiles including a Hedgehog, Ferret, Bearded Dragon and a Corn Snake too! We learnt all about their characteristics and habitats and our residents cannot wait to meet some different ones next time!
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.
