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.
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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 Ashfields Care Home
Barchester Christmas Card Competition
All at Ashfield’s would like to congratulate Biddy on winning the Barchester Christmas card competition. She done a fantastic job. Well done Biddy!
10 Years at Ashfields
Administrator, Emma Spary, recently celebrated her 10th year of service here at Ashfields. Well done, Emma!
Wear it Pink!
Wear it Pink day saw lots of fun in the home, from a pink-themed party to our Deputy Manager, Donna, dyeing her hair pink, and raising over £80 in sponsorship money for a very good cause.
Halloween
Halloween at Ashfield's was very spooky and a little frightening this year; great fun and a mess was had with carving pumpkins, face painting and a fantastic Halloween party.
Great Yarmouth
An enjoyable evening was had out at Great Yarmouth; the first stop was for tea at Brewers Fayre, and once all our bellys were full, we then visited the Great Yarmouth Racecourse, where the residents enjoyed having a little flutter on the greyhound racing.
Memory Walk
General Manager, Julie Bayes, along with her dog, Shadow, took part in a Memory Walk for the Alzheimer's Society at Eaton Park in Norwich.
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.
