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
Ashfields Comes Alive for 'Day of the Dead'
The Day of the Dead is a holiday traditionally celebrated on November 1st and 2nd in Mexico. Here at Ashfields, we decided to have our own Mexican celebrations.
Staff and residents joined together to dance and celebrate this Mexican tradition and it was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone involved.
Retail Therapy
Some of our residents mentioned in this month’s residents meeting that they would like to go clothes shopping to purchase some warm clothes for the colder weather. We visited ROYS of Wroxham where many of our residents used to shop. On the way home we shared lots of memories and reflected on how much they enjoyed the afternoon.
A Trip Down Memory Lane
Two of our residents share a friendship as well as being sisters. They enjoyed a cappuccino at Staithe ‘N’ Willow which used to be a regular place for one the ladies to visit with her friend.
She really enjoyed going back to one of her favourite cafes and reminisced about the many memories of living in the village of Horning.
Pumpkin Picking at White House Farm
Our residents had their very own pumpkin picking session at a local Farm called White House farm.
It was a beautiful sunny morning walking across the crisp autumn leaves. We even had time to stop for a photo shoot!
This particular activity sparked many memories and was great fun!
Coffee Morning
This year we celebrated the world’s biggest coffee morning for Macmillan by visiting our local café Prima Rosa for a pot of tea and fresh cream cakes. After lunch we held our very own coffee afternoon with delicious cakes baked by our talented chef Tom. A lovely day had by all raising funds and awareness for Macmillan
Minibus trip
The Gentleman here at Ashfields decided to take a minibus trip to Norwich aviation museum to look at the large collection of memorabilia, personal accounts and photographs of personnel, its aircraft and operations.
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.
