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
Christmas Lights on!!
Christmas at Ashfield's
We have officially started Christmas at Ashfield's with th light switch on today.
We have turned on the outside lights , put up the Christmas trees and have started to make the home very Christmassy
Burts Amazing Creatures!!
Another great visit from Bert this morning with his amazing creatures; rabbit, ferret, millipede and bearded dragon
The residents enjoyed seeing the animals today listening to what they eat and how they are looked after. They had cuddles with the bearded dragon and stroked the fluffy rabbit
Bonfire Fun at Ashfields
As the darkness came we sat in the warm watching some beautiful fireworks on the television whilst doing a marshmallow fondue and having hot dogs for dinner; perfect firework night combination
Elvis is in the building!!
We had a blast this Morning with Elvis entertaining the home. The residents love musical entertainers, but Elvis is a sure favourite
Local History Talk
We were joined by local historian Paul Dickson who gave a wonderful talk on the history of Norwich.
Residents and staff were amazed by the history and enjoyed sharing their memories of our beautiful city.
We were surprised by why "Tombland" has its name at that " Rolos" were first made here at Mackintosh's chocolate factory.
Afternoon Tea!!
Yesterday we welcomed a lovely new resident to our home.
Before her arrival we found out that she loves afternoon tea.
So to make her arrival special and person centred we set up an afternoon tea for her and her family in our private dining room
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.
