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
5 star rating!
A massive well done to our Kitchen team here at Ashfields, Head chef David, Second chef Tom W, and Kitchen assistants Tom E and Janette!
After having a visit from environmental health we received yet another 5 star rating.
Valentines Day Celebrations
The day to celebrate romance and love!
The residents spent the day being creative with decorations, painting and baking. We also had a sing along to old love songs which made for lots of smiles and laughter.
Chinese News Year Celebrations
Celebrating the Chinese New Year here at Ashfields - the year of the Rabbit. The Rabbit is the symbol of longevity, peace and prosperity in Chinese culture.
We all enjoyed traditional Chinese Dragon and dancing - residents had the opportunity to touch the nose of the Dragon too as it represents good luck!
Zumba Class
This weeks Zumba Class soon became a freestyle dance session as our residents took to the floor with their expertise. The room sure was filled with song and laughter!
Elvis Show
Here at Ashfields we celebrated the King of Rock and Roll - Elvis Presley’s birthday with an afternoon tribute and it sure was fun!
Spa Day
Ashfields Spa opened for a morning of relaxation and treatments for the mind body and soul.
Foot spa included; foot soak, foot mask and moisturising. Manicures included: soaking, file and polish.
We listened to relaxing chimes whilst sipping a refreshing glass of cold lemon water too! - absolutely delightful!
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.
