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
Fine Dining
We would like to extend a warm welcome to our new residents, who have moved into Ashlar House recently. Today they’ve enjoyed a lovely dining experience with a number of delicious dishes, prepared by our talented chef, along with a glass of red wine. Our food is always cooked to highest standard and with residents’ preferences always in mind. The importance of a balanced diet is never forgotten here, so we offer a varied menu that has something for everyone to enjoy. As it's friday they ordered themselve to McDonalds
Celebrating NHS Birthday
Yesterday, ahead of time, Ashlar House together with Holly Whitbread, County Councillor for Epping and Theydon Bois and District Councillor for Epping Lindsey and Thornwood Common, distributed freshly baked cupcakes to healthcare staff in celebration of the 74th birthday of the NHS. This milestone presented us with opportunities to showcase our support and to acknowledge all local and national health and social workers. We continued to spread joy and happiness today as we delivered cakes and delicious treats to The Limes Medical Centre and St Margaret's Hospital, managed by the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust. We would like to say a big thank you to all members of the NHS for their continuous hard work, dedication and support. And of course a big shout out to our residents’ families and friends of Ashlar House, who helped making the wonderful cakes for the amazing NHS staff members.
Sports Day
What a wonderful day we all had. We were delighted to attend the Sports Day at our local Coopersale Hall School. Our residents had special VIP seats, so they can enjoy the games and support the children as they took part in various activities such as, running, skipping and bean bag races. The sun was shining and everyone had a brilliant time getting together before the children’s summer break. There were smiles and laughter all around the grounds.
Our Carers Are Amazing
Carers Week this year is being held from 6th - 12th June and provides an opportunity for us all to recognise and celebrate the wonderful carers we have in the Barchester family.
This year's theme is 'Make caring visible, valued and supported'.
Caring should be valued and respected by everyone in our society, and carers should have access to the information and support they need, where and when they need it.
This year Ashlar House Carers received a token of appreciation for their extremely important work and dedication.
Jubilee Street Party
Ashlar House celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style with a whole host of fun-filled activities, live music entertainment and lots of fizz. In recognition of the special occasion the Ashlar House team organised a royal street party; welcomed family, friends and members of our local community who enjoyed a variety of delicious cakes and tea, a BBQ and an ice-cream van.
Ahead of the celebration, our residents and team worked hard to decorate the home with themed flags; colourful banners, flower displays fit for the longest reigning monarch and not forgetting our royal mascots. To make things even more exciting we have the chance to showcase our stylish royal decors and enter the #BarchesterJubilee competition to compete against Barchester homes up and down the country.
Jubilee Entertainment
Today we welcomed back one of our regular singers, the wonderful Carly Ann to Ashlar House to start off our Jubilee celebrations weekend.
Residents, families and staff were dancing and singing, enjoying wartime classics and songs from throughout the Queen's 70 year reign.
Carly Ann was dressed in her wartime attire to mark the occasion. It was an afternoon of pure delight.
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.
