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.
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 Ashfields Care Home
Birthday Celebrations
Resident, Biddy, recently celebrated her 98th birthday here at Ashfields. The PAT dog lady also joined us on Biddy's birthday.
Gone Singing
We attend a singing group on second Tuesday of each month at the Forum Library in Norwich, which is called 'Come Singing'. We sang along to lots of old songs that brought back some wonderful memories.
New Year's Balloon Release
Residents at Ashfields wrote their New Year's resolutions on a piece of paper, put it into a balloon and released them in the garden. It was beautiful to watch them float away.
Armchair Zumba
We host Armchair Zumba exercise session on the first Thursday of every month, starting at 11:15 a.m. Residents really enjoy this as a group activity; it enables them to keep fit whilst listening to the music they enjoy.
Brass Band at Ashford
We recently had the pleasure of hosting our local Salvation Army's brass band here at Ashford.
Watching the Football
We enjoyed watching the football at Carrow Road. Family members joined us; they were very generous and bought everyone a hot drink. We would just like to say thank you to Norwich City for having us.
Upcoming events
Countdown to Christmas
Take a look at all of the wonderful festive events and activities throughout December. Please feel free to join our celebrations. Contacts us for more information.
