Activities at Ashlar House Care Home
Activities are an integral part of life at our care home. We want to ensure that the people we support have as much fun as possible during their time with us, so it’s important that our activities programme is created with the interests of residents in mind. Our skilled Activities Coordinators bring a certain uniqueness to the home that can’t be found anywhere else, and which is reflected in the activities they organise.
Rita Green
As the Community Engagement Lead and Lifestyle Coordinator, I will be spending time with each resident and their loved ones to build a detailed picture of each individual, so that each person’s stay with us is as meaningful as possible. Although I have been working within this field for many years, thanks to the uniqueness of each resident, I am always enjoying new experiences in my role. My goal is to create an activities programme that caters to the capabilities of residents, including, but not limited to, individual and group activity.
I've spent the past few years forging strong relationships within the community and developing a pool of talented individuals that can support our in-house team to bring out the best in those we care for.
As we never stop growing and changing, it is important that we maintain an up-to-date Getting To Know Me booklet. With your help, the activities scheduled for your loved ones will be as relevant and enjoyable as possible.
I’m very much looking forward to working with all of you.
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 Ashlar House Care Home
Glenn Bowers our Health & Fitness Instructor
Glenn having worked with most of these ladies and gentlemen previously it was very clear that they was very capable, so today he decided to try some exercise up and out of the chair! They started with a good full body warm up, using lots of the techniques that we use when seated in the chair, but standing makes some of them more challenging and really helps the participants to work on their balance. Then managed a full 30 mins class. Using our chairs to help us with our balance and to use to lean and rest on when needed, we went through a series of lower and upper body exercises working on Strength but concentrating mainly on mobility, and working the areas that the residents individually mentioned to me that they felt needed moving and strengthening. The residents also added in some low impact marching in the spot to break things up a bit! Once we had finished, we took to our chairs for a well deserved rest, and had a nice Long Cool down and full body stretch followed by some relaxation with some nice soothing music. The whole class done so well, and I very much look forward to seeing everyone soon for our next session where we will try some new exercises
Honouring our late Queen Elizabeth II
Today at Ashlar House we remembered the Queen. From all of us at Ashlar House we would just like to say thank you for 70 years of wonderful service you did your parents family and your public proud.
Award!
Ashlar House are proud to share that we are awarded for the Care Home Friend’ Intergenerational 12 Weeks Challenge with Ivy Chimneys Primary School!
National Allotment Week
We are celebrating National Allotment Week, which is taking place from 8-14 August. Founded by the National Allotment Society in 2002, National Allotment Week is a way of raising awareness about allotments and the role they play in helping people to live healthier lifestyles, grow their own food, develop friendships and bolster communities. The theme for this year’s National Allotment Week is Bugs, Bees and Broccoli and acknowledges the importance of gardening with nature in mind. Our residents had lots of fun whilst visiting our local garden centre in preparation of the week. There were smiles and laughter all around as everyone admired the beautiful gardens and flowers. A fantastic time was had by all.
Women's Football
Several hours of our residents made the effort to dress for the occasion whilst even those that don’t enjoy football got into the spirit. You could feel the energy when England scored in the first half. You could cut the tension when Germany equalised in the second half, an electric finish in extra time was celebrated by all at Ashlar house. That’s enough punditry from us, we’ve all earned a well-deserved rest as we catch our breath!
An Afternoon at the Opera
We had a fabulous time with the talented soprano Astrid Joos from Street Theatre. Astrid spoke about a selection of famous operas and our residents were treated to performances of wonderful arias from operas well-known to all, such as ‘Giuditta’, ‘Don Giovanni’ and ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’. It was a lovely experience, truly enjoyed by all.
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.
