Activities at Ashby House Care Home
Activities at Ashby House
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to enrich peoples lives here at Ashby House. We stimulate people both physically and mentally by organising fun filled, group and individual activities to promote the well-being of those we support.
There are regular outings in our very own minibus and visits from PAT dog therapists, church services, musicians, dancers, and local school children. We also have our very own 'Good Life' gardening club, where we grow our own produce, which we then use in our cooking club. We also host weekly bingo sessions which are proving very popular and are growing in numbers.
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 Ashby House Care Home
Baking Welsh Cakes for St. David's Day
We all enjoyed St David’s Day this month, we had many themed activities for our residents to enjoy, one of them being baking Welsh Cakes.
Welsh cakes have been popular since the late 19th century, a sweet bread with added spices and fruit traditionally cooked on a cast iron griddle.
We really enjoyed making these Welsh treats, and later in the day we all sat down and enjoyed them with a nice cup of tea!
Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents were treated to a special virtual sensory storytelling session. Together with Art Historian Jon Sleigh and the Historic Royal Palaces community team, we explored several royal palaces through the theme of food, dining and celebration!
We enjoyed a fantastic taste-a-long experience from the comfort of our home, from Tudor treats to Stuart sweets. A lovely time was had by all.
Book Club Corner
Across our services, our residents had a lovely time joining Mark Piesing for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘N-4 Down: The Hunt for The Arctic Airship Italia’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fascinating story of the world-famous exploring airship Italia, returning from the North Pole on May 24, 1928. The airship was struck by a terrible storm and crashed somewhere over the Arctic ice, triggering the largest polar rescue mission in history.
The virtual book club experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Musical Entertainment
We enjoy regular live entertainment here at Ashby House with a variety of performers in each month. Our residents love a good sing-a-long and always join in with smiles on their faces.
Music is so therapeutic for everyone and we all love singing to our old favourite songs, making us feel so good.
Pancake Day
We celebrated Pancake Day here this month at Ashby House. Our residents enjoyed some delicious freshly made pancake’s from our Head Chef. They were a super sensory experience and went down a treat with all.
This day also took us all back to making our own pancakes for our children, or remembering our parents making some for us bringing back lovely memories for our residents to share together.
Parachute Exercise
We hold regular various exercise sessions here at Ashby House. These sessions are not only good for our residents wellbeing but meet their physical, cognitive and sensory needs too.
One of the firm favourites is with our parachute, this improves our upper body strength and is so much fun too!
Upcoming events
Dementia Cafe
Join us for our dementia cafe, enjoy cakes, refreshments, activities & a warm welcome. Family / carers come along too, make new friends in a safe space.
