Activities at Ashcombe 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.
Michelle Martin
I’m a fun, loud and outgoing individual who loves organising fun activities for residents at Ashcombe House (and staff, if possible). I’m very creative and keep the residents very active, both mentally and physically In my spare time, I love doing a lot of fundraising, which usually ends up with me sliding in mud.
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 Ashcombe House Care Home
Santa at Ashcombe
We were very lucky that the big man in red himself took time out of his very busy schedule and put in an appearance at the residents' Christmas party. With a "HO HO HO" and laden with presents, Santa took time to visit every resident, giving gifts and wishing them a merry Christmas. The party continued with a buffet lunch, music and Christmas carols.
He's Behind You!
With current government guidelines preventing outside entertainment, staff decided for one night only to perform their own version of pantomime classic, Cinderella.
Residents really enjoyed heckling the staff; we are already planning another panto for this year!
Elf Day
Elf antics and fancy dress helped staff and residents celebrate Elf Day to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s. Elf-inspired games and prizes raised plenty of laughs amongst residents and fun was had by all.
Bonfire Night
Usually the home attends a local firework display, but with current covid measures in England all displays were cancelled.
We hosted our first ever firework display in the homes garden. So Instead of residents feeling the cold of the night air they were able to sit in the homes conservatory in the warm with a cup of hot chocolate and watch the display of colourful fireworks from a comfy armchair.
Joan Bull resident at the home said: “It was fantastic to see all the colourful fireworks whilst in the warm, I liked that there was no noise as the loud bangs usually make me jump!” .
Birthday Celebrations
A birthday is always a great excuse for a celebration, our head chef, Vicky, is amazing at creating birthday cakes to suit the resident and really has created some masterpieces. Birthdays are celebrated with decorations, balloons and cake, you can never have too much cake.
Flower Arranging
Flower arranging sessions are always a popular activity and residents enjoy displaying the finished arrangements in their rooms. This activity is enjoyed by all residents and provides a fantastic sensory experience. Flowers really bring a smile to our faces from Identifying the flowers to reminiscing of gardens back home.
