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
Tenpin Bowling
This afternoon a group of our residents got together for a competitive game of Tenpin Bowling. The objective was to encourage concentration and coordinator to knock down all ten pins on the first roll of the ball “STRIKE” We all had a fantastic afternoon!
New Year Minibus Trip to Norwich Cathederal
This morning our residents visited the iconic landmark - Norwich Cathedral.
We reflected on the year 2022, lit candles 🕯and said prayers for loved ones who unfortunately won’t be joining us in 2023.
Flower Arranging and Delightful Displays
This week in our Flower Arranging Club here at Ashfields we put together some beautiful vases of fresh Blue and White Flowers for our Dining Room Tables ready for our New Year celebrations to match the home decor.
Residents felt a great sense of achievement after seeing the beautiful floral displays they created. One of our residents shared her expertise and cut the unwanted stems off the Carnations at the shoot to plant in our home gardens whilst other residents in the group had not heard of this before and are looking forward to seeing them grow!
Merry Christmas!
Christmas morning at Ashfields - Nosecco & Orange Juice to make our very own non-alcoholic version of Buck’s Fizz for breakfast with a selection of Pastries.
Gift giving and unwrapping and an amazing Christmas dinner cooked by our fantastic Head Chef ! We are now getting ready to watch the King’s speech too!
Merry Christmas everyone from all of us here at Ashfields Care Home.
Christmas Jumpers, Cakes and Christingles
We have been busy getting into the Christmas spirit here at Ashfields - complete with Christmas Jumpers, Christmas Cake decorating , live entertainment from the fantastic Trevor Walton and making our very own Christingles too! We have all had a lovely time together and certainly ready for the big day now!
Minibus Trip for lunch and Zumba
Our residents here at Ashfields were delighted to have a trip out on our home Mini Bus to enjoy a delicious festive lunch at The Racecourse.
A big thank you to all of the amazing staff for all of your care and attention - it really was a superb lunch and we all had a splendid time!
And after lunch had settled everyone enjoyed a fun and interactive Armchair Zumba Session. Well, with Christmas coming it is good to get a bit of exercise in!
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.
