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
International Nurses Day
Today we celebrated the anniversary of the birth of nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, also known as International Nurses Day, by acknowledging our dedicated and hard-working nurses.
To mark the occasion and to say thank you, our talented chef prepared delicious treats and refreshments for everyone to enjoy.
We received numerous cards and recorded thank you messages from relatives, friends and the local community, which were displayed around the home and shared with the team to make the day extra special.
Every staff member at our home is going above and beyond. A big thank you to all our nurses.
Silent Disco
Silent Disco using sound cancelling headphones!
We all know by now the power of music and how important it is to reminiscence. Here at Ashlar House we tried something new introducing “silent discos” to individual music taste.
Music has the ability to bring us joy, comfort, motivation and to help us relax everywhere and anywhere in the home. It may quantum leap some back in time, calm our worried minds or even boost our moods and allow us to dance away in silence.
Chocolate Heaven
Today at Ashlar house we are enjoying the bouquet of freshly made cupcakes and other delightful treats as the Easter Hampers come rolling in from families and the wider community. We have also received a lovely gift of chocolates and hand creams. If that wasn’t enough of a treat we also welcomed Chris Hunt to our home today who serenaded us with POP hits and Classic Jazz Guitar masterpieces.
Music From Robert Jerome
Today's performance at Ashlar House featured a lovely selection of Jukebox classics with hot cross buns, tea and coffee. It was a full house with resident's families invited to attend this special show which encouraged us to get in to the Easter spirit. It was lovely to see many of the residents engage in this activity with their families, seeing smiles on faces making many happy memories together.
Ashlar House Book Club
Bringing back Book Clubs, which promote a love of literature in a positive, nurturing environment. The purpose of any of our clubs is to bring our residents together to learn about and discuss something that matters to them, and the book club is no different.
Easter Music Performance
Welcoming first timer, Pete Morton, to Ashlar house for an Easter singalong!
With our friendly and appreciative full gathering of residents, including Mary who was celebrating her birthday, we sang a wide range of popular favourites. Pete began with ‘Ain’t misbehavin’, followed by ‘King of the road’, and ‘A long way to Tipperary’.
We moved on to Presley, The Beatles, Sinatra and many other gems. It was a joy! Looking forward to welcoming Pete to Ashlar House again!
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.
