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
Pumpkin Picking
Residents and staff had a fun time pumpkin picking at Hill Farm Shop. There was plenty of choice in pumpkins and also a beautiful view. Residents enjoyed themselves very much!
Barchester's 25th Anniversary
We just wanted to thank everyone for coming to celebrate Barchester's 25th anniversary at our tea party. These kind of events bring so much joy to the home.
Cinema City
At the end of each month we go to Cinema City to enjoy a dementia friendly viewing with the choice of two films. Friends and families are more the welcome to join us, please let us know if you would like to come!
Zoolab visits Ashfields
We recently had a visit from Zoolab who brought in wonderful animals from all over the world in the home. Residents were able to hold and feed these animals, although not everyone wanted to hold them, especially the snake!
PAT Dog Therapy
Residents can now look forward to a new regular monthly visitor, our PAT dog! They really enjoy his company and he brings such massive smiles to their faces. We can't wait for his next visit.
Autumn Fete
At the end of September we helf an Autumn Fete at Ashfields to raise money for the residents fund, we managed to raise and amazing amount of £408.28! We would like to say a massive thank you to everyone that helped and came to this event. Musical entertainment, many stalls and a day full of happy and joyful faces!
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.
