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.
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 Ashby House Care Home
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!
Flower Arranging for international flower day!
Flower arranging is a lovely creative, sensory and therapeutic activity, and always enjoyed all here at Ashby House.
Today we had some beautifully scented flowers to work with and residents really enjoyed putting together their own displays. It's lovely having fresh flower arrangements around the home, with the beautiful scent they bring!
Chinese Dining Experience
We held a Chinese Dining Experience here at Ashby House as part of our Chinese New Year celebrations.
Our Chef had made us fantastic Chinese Menu for our residents to enjoy, our Activity Team had decorated the Dining areas and played Traditional Chinese music for a truly authentic Atmosphere.
This event was a hit with our residents.
January Birthdays
This month we have celebrated many of our residents birthdays.
Here at Ashby House we make an extra fuss of our residents on their birthdays. With a freshly baked birthday cake from our wonderful kitchen team, birthday decorations in their rooms, these are the special days here at Ashby House that we truly make special. With events personalised for that special resident on their birthday, such as, Tea Parties with other residents, Pamper sessions, musical fun or exclusive use of one of our Lounges with family members for a private party.
Royal Parks London
Across our services our residents have enjoyed a wonderful live virtual talk about starlings, one of the UK’s most gregarious birds, hosted by Rachel Dowse from The Royal Parks London.
Rachel examined our long history with this bird and the importance of common species to our lives. Our residents had the opportunity to find out more about the great murmuration and why we need to pay special attention to these beauties before it's too late.
The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas!
The Countdown to Christmas is on! We have a packed month throughout December and invite you to join us for any of our activities and events. Merry Chrsitmas everyone.
