Activities at Ashminster House Care Home

In Ashminster House, we had our residents gather for our weekly Scrabble Club, where the theme is witty wordplay and having wonderful company! 

While four of our residents played the game, it didn’t stop others from offering ideas for words and aiming to help their friends get the highest score! 

It's behind you and lots of fun in Ashminster's pantomime Cinderella.

Residents, families and friends from the community enjoyed this year's performance. Warm and spicy mulled wine was served along with a traditional buffet.        

The ladies at Ashminster house showed their creative side in a flower arranging session.

Residents cut greenery from the garden as a base, then built up the colours of there choice to make there creation.    

The roses went down very well. This activity has inspired the residents to make their own Christmas wreath in December.          

An afternoon visit to Dobbie’s Garden Centre was about residents making choices of plants and colours for the garden.

Pat is a very keen gardener and has an eye for beautiful colours. Pansies, ivy, and autumn colours were Pat’s choice.

One of our residents suggested a singing bird box to listen to in our relaxing sensory sessions. 

Book club this month went right back to the 1970s.

Mandy, Jackie and Bunty books were read out loud, which brought back many memories. One of our ladies expressed to the group she always brought a Jackie album every Christmas for her daughter.    

Oh yes we did! Our residents had a wonderful time enjoying the pantomime of Snow White and the Seven Drawfs at Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury! 

There was lots of laughter, singing along, and smiles all round, leading to a truly magical day out that brought back so many happy memories for everyone.

There’s nothing more jolly than singing carols from a good old-fashioned piano. Emelia from the community led the residents to a carol singing in the afternoon.

Singing brings out the best voices this time of year. The residents requested silent night, we three kings and noel.

One of our residents is a keen fisherman and has spent most of his life relaxing around a fishing pond. On a trip to the garden centre he found the fish area very relaxing and therapeutic.

He now has a job where he feeds the fish at the home twice a week.      

In a recent residents meeting our ladies expressed bringing Autumn colours inside the home. Our ladies got very creative and used their skills, colours and imagination well in the making of our Autumn wreath.

This activity has inspired our residents to make another one for the local community church.    

In our monthly meeting, residents requested a fun Italian day. The home was decorated with flags, and pictures of historical land marks.

One of our residents demonstrated a pizza making activity where they invited our chef to come along. In the afternoon we watched a virtual tour of Rome, with a glass of Italian red wine.  

Pudding Club was in full swing over at Ashminster House this month! 

The residents gathered together to enjoy a fantastic selection of delicious sweet treats, having big smiles and sharing their dessert delights with their friends within the care home, which was certainly the perfect recipe for a happy afternoon!  

Here at Ashminster House, it's so important for our residents to continue to make and bake.

This time of year, the traditional mince pie making gets very competitive. Residents made their own pastry but requested to support the local supermarket for the mincemeat.      

Every Monday, residents look forward to meeting friends in the community for coffee, cake and catch-up.

There are a lot of conversations about politics, knitting, sewing and sharing memories of life at secondary school.
Many of our community friends visit on a Saturday for a knitting club.       

One of Ashminster residents was brought up on a hop farm in canterbury. He shared memories of good times running through the hop fields as a lad.

The smell of the hops shed a tear for Cyril, however he expressed they were tears of happiness.   

Residents visited Singleton lake for bird watching and getting closer to nature.

A kingfisher was spotted along with moorhens, dragon flies and a bird of prey. The excitement got even better when they watched a member of the community catch a mirrored crap.