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
Easter Fun At Ashlar House
Lots of Easter fun at Ashlar House this year. We made ourselves busy decorating our home for the upcoming Easter celebrations with a mix of spring flowers, rabbit displays and themed eggs, and hosting Easter-inspired activities for our residents.
This afternoon, our residents were delighted to welcome back Performing Pets and to meet their lovely rabbits, ducklings and chicks, they brought festive spirit into the home and put a smile on everyone’s face.
This exciting experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Cutting The Ribbon On Our New Look
Ashlar House held an Open Day to celebrate the start of a new era, following significant investment to the home in the form of a complete refurbishment and creation of a brand new 8-bed residential unit.
Visitors including resident’s families, local business owners and the Mayor of Epping, were welcomed to view the home’s stylish new interior and take a tour of the home at the Open Day.
The home’s hospitality team provided complimentary refreshments and a tasty spread of snacks. Live entertainment was provided in the form of local musicians, whilst volunteers from Epping Air Cadets assisted hospitality staff to hand out drinks and event goody-bags to visitors.
Epping Mayor, Councillor Michael Wright officially opened the new look home by cutting the ribbon before enjoying a tour and a chat with General Manager Sharon Osborne.
Staff and visitors chatted with Mayor Wright about the stunning new interior, many commenting that the home resembles a luxury spa retreat as much as a care home.
Local business owner Arhon Ankhkara commented; “I was extremely impressed during my visit to Ashlar House today. The whole premises has had a beautiful makeover and provides very impressive facilities. Ashlar House has succeeded in making one of the toughest decisions we would need to make in our lives a whole lot easier. Suffice to say, I would highly recommend.”
The home’s General Manager was available to answer any questions guests had about finding the right home and about the services offered at Ashlar House.
Sharon, General Manager at Ashlar House said: “The home is looking incredible after the recent investment and it was a pleasure to showcase the stunning new interior at the Open Day. Our Interior Design team have done a wonderful job. My door is always open and anyone who couldn’t make the Open Day is very welcome to drop by for a cup of tea any other day instead.”
World Book Day
Here at Ashlar House our bookshelves were bulging as we celebrated World Book Day in style.
The day promotes reading for pleasure, so our residents decided to host a discussion about their favourite books and authors, and to join a storytelling session.
We tested our knowledge with a book quiz and to the delight of all we joined the lovely students from Ivy Chimneys Primary School, so we can mark the occasion together and read to each other.
The day was truly enjoyed by our residents.
Coffee Masterclass
We had a fabulous time joining Nescafe's themed virtual event this afternoon.
We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, having a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.
To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz. To the delight of all, the session finished up with a coffee tasting class using Nescafe products.
Valentine's Day Fun
Love was in the air here at Ashlar House as we celebrated Valentine’s Day in style today.
Our home is beautifully decorated with themed cards, balloons and flowers, and our residents enjoyed a variety of Valentine-inspired activities, including some live entertainment.
Everyone was excited to use the themed materials on our Oomph on Demand platform and to discover the interactive games available on our Magic Table.
The residents had the opportunity to taste delicious sweet and savoury treats, prepared by our talented chef, whilst listening to all-time favourite romantic songs.
It was a lovely day and it was wonderful to see everyone go to so much effort to get involved with the day’s festivities.
Chocolate Heaven
We had a lovely time joining Chef Alex Connell from Vegetarian for Life for a Valentine’s-inspired virtual cookery demonstration.
Chef Alex created some delicious Valentine’s Day-inspired vegetarian desserts, which our residents had the opportunity to try too.
First, our residents sampled a wonderful Chocolate Orange Cake, which was absolutely heavenly. Then they tried hazelnut truffles which were a huge hit and finally they were treated to a chocolate orange cake which everyone adored.
All in all the afternoon was an absolute triumph!
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.
