Activities at Ashlar House Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Ashlar House Care Home
Christmas Jumpers And A Sing-Along
We are helping to make the world a better place by wearing a festival jumpers today in aid of Save The Children’s annual fundraising event, Christmas Jumper Day.
We were also visited today by local music teacher, Gem Cox, who performed some sing-along Christmas songs. Her repertoire ranged from centuries old carols to the rather more present day Michael Bublé.
Gem’s version of Shakin’ Stevens’ famous Christmas song even had some of the carers up dancing and singing “Merry Christmas Everyone”!
Music For Health - Christmas Special
Music For Health brought a joyful event to the home on Friday, including Santa's little helper and her sack full of festive cheer.
Our music session took a festive flavour with Jingle Bells and Christmas tales. Great way to continue our countdown to Christmas.
Live Christmas Music
The residents and staff at Ashlar House, got a special Christmas performance from BigBand singer Robert Jerome today. Residents had a wonderful surprise when the Christmas classics of yesteryear were performed by Robert paying a special visit as a Christmas Elf.
The show started with Jingle Bells where residents & staff sang & danced together celebrating the season in style with mince pies and tea to see in the joyful season!
Individual room performances also took place for residents who were unable to leave their rooms. The management staff were also treated to their very own singalong. Families and staff joined in with Robert to celebrate the Christmas season which made it an extra special day for the residents.
The Cutest Animal Therapy
Animal therapy does not get cuter than this. Our friends from Performing Pets visited us again today as part of the home’s animal therapy partnership. This time our residents were delighted to meet a mother goat and her baby kid – called Beauty and Honey.
It was wonderful to see so many smiles and hear so much laughing all around the home. When done correctly animal therapy brings joy, encourages social interaction and creates wonderful experiences for all involved.
Everyone at Ashlar House truly enjoyed this memorable experience and we are looking forward to the next visit from our therapy partners..
Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
This week we welcomed Tim Arthur playing Christmas Rock n Roll, including Christmas classics such as ‘Blue Christmas’, ‘White Christmas’ & ‘Rudolph’ all played in the style of good old rock n roll!
Of course there were plenty of other rock n roll classics too like ‘Rock Around The Clock’ and ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ to guarantee everyone: staff and families visiting their loved ones were rocking around the Ashlar’s Christmas tree!
Feathered Friends Visit
Our friends at Performing Pets never fail to amaze us. This week the Performing Pets team introduced us to their stunning barn owls, Brenda and Brian.
These beautiful creatures dazzled residents with their calm nature and gorgeous feathers. Residents were delighted to see the amazing birds in the home and to be able to hold and touch them. Brenda and Brian were wonderfully well behaved and posed for magical photos in front of one of our Christmas trees.
We cannot wait to see the Performing Pets team again soon with yet another set of beautiful, friendly animals.
