Activities at Ashfields Care Home
At Ashfields, we strive to make our care and services as person-centred as we possibly can, and this includes our provision of activities. We will give prospective residents a 'Getting to Know Me' booklet to fill out with their loved ones before their arrival, which includes a little life history and a tick sheet for a vast amount of activities. This enables us to offer bespoke activities and helps us to learn valuable information about residents and what might stimulate them in conversations and trips.
Our specialist activities and lifestyle staff make sure there are always meaningful activities to take part in, such as gardening, baking and trips out to various locations nearby, including local cathedrals, cafés, garden centres and much more.
Residents are encouraged to take part and we try to get every person out at least once a month to places they might be interested in visiting, but it is always their choice, ultimately. We believe that having choice is very integral in helping residents feel that they still have control of their lives.
Activities are provided by everyone in our home, from Carers and specialised activities staff, right through to the admin team.
We are a registered member of the National Activity Providers Association (NAPA), which means that we are always working to make the quality of life of all residents as high as possible by offering person-centred activities that aim to stimulate both mentally and physically.
Xen Greenwood
My name is Xen and I am lucky enough to be the Activities Coordinator here at Ashfields.
I have experience working in care homes in Activities and leisure and lifestyle roles. In my own time I love to go antique shopping and making crafts.
I love being part of the Ashfields team and supporting our residents to live their best lives with fun, interesting, and varied activities available every week. I always feel its important for the residents to have the opportunity to explore new interests as well as keeping up with previous interests and hobbies.
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 Ashfields Care Home
A St Patricks day jig
At Ashfields Care Home that's what we like to do - create memories, and ensure our residents are leading full enriched lives.
Our Residents celebrated St Patrick's singing along to the Banjo Man and enjoying a "jig" to the music. They spent the morning decorating some 'lucky leprechaun' cupcakes to be enjoyed by everyone and donned some fancy dress to truly enjoy a fun filled Paddy's day
One of the cornerstones of our life enrichment program is live musical entertainment. Resident involvement in choosing genres along with feedback after each performance means that we are able to constantly improve our activities calendar..
The Walled Garden
Regularly popping out for coffee, pub lunches, mini-bus trips, and other outings is an essential part of our weekly activity calendar.
Our Residents visited The Walled Garden this afternoon and enjoyed looking around the greenhouse and all of the succulents growing. It was a glorious day and then we headed for the Café for some refreshments.
Supporting residents to enjoy shopping, meals out and exploring new communities is a key aspect of the weekly activities calendar and our wider life enrichment program.
A Trip to Redwings Horse Sanctuary
Regular trips to local attractions, areas of natural beauty and other excursions are important parts of our life enrichment program and feature often on our resident-led activity planners.
The sun was shining so we all hopped in the Home's mini-bus for at outing to Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
A fantastic morning, our Residents met the horses they care for at Redwings and enjoyed a cuppa and cake in the café.
Regularly popping out for coffee, pub lunches, mini-bus trips, and other outings is an essential part of our weekly activity calendar.
A trip to Asia
Regular outings are just one aspect of our life enrichment program and all the trips we take are at the request of the residents. Our monthly activities calendar boasts a range of outings and entertainment.
Our Residents enjoyed a trip to the The South Asia Collection in Norwich to enjoy viewing artifacts fro Asia. The collection has over 5000 pieces.
They enjoyed the sensory experience as it was very colourful and the Team at The South Asia Collection were very enthusiastic and helpful with our Residents.
At Ashfields we support and encourage our residents to continue doing the things they love whilst also making new friends and exploring new adventures.
Creative expression
At Ashfields Care Home we know that being able to continue lifelong hobbies or interests is a key part of our resident's identities, and we make every effort to encourage and support each resident to be able to do so.
Residents worked alongside Matthew from Creative Mojo Norwich and really enjoyed creating a "sweet as pie" collage.
Art creates an outlet for self-expression and communication. Many people with Alzheimer's or dementia lose the ability to communicate verbally and creating activities can give patients a new avenue of expression.
Recognising our fantastic Activities Team
At Ashfields Care Home we are proud to recognise all the hard work and planning that our Activities team Xen and Ronni deliver to ensure that our Residents lifestyles are truly enriched.
It was the National Activity Provider and Professionals week and the Residents wanted to extend thier thanks to our activities team for all of their efforts. Ronni & Xen wear many hats (often quite literally) around the home providing the daily activities, running our clubs and planning outings and entertainment.
Our Activities Team is dedicated to ensuring that we organise events that encourage our residents to host their families and friends at Ashfields. Our home is always to open to loved ones who wish to take part in our life enrichment program.
