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
Christmas At Ashlar House
Christmas at Ashlar House has been wonderful fun.
Our festive season has included numerous live music performances, various expert-led art sessions, multiple cooking demonstrations, excellent food, lots of laughter and a complete refurbishment of our entire home!
We look to the New Year with optimism. Merry Christmas to all.
Christmas Jumpers And A Sing-Along
We are helping to make the world a better place by wearing a festival jumpers today in aid of Save The Children’s annual fundraising event, Christmas Jumper Day.
We were also visited today by local music teacher, Gem Cox, who performed some sing-along Christmas songs. Her repertoire ranged from centuries old carols to the rather more present day Michael Bublé.
Gem’s version of Shakin’ Stevens’ famous Christmas song even had some of the carers up dancing and singing “Merry Christmas Everyone”!
Music For Health - Christmas Special
Music For Health brought a joyful event to the home on Friday, including Santa's little helper and her sack full of festive cheer.
Our music session took a festive flavour with Jingle Bells and Christmas tales. Great way to continue our countdown to Christmas.
Live Christmas Music
The residents and staff at Ashlar House, got a special Christmas performance from BigBand singer Robert Jerome today. Residents had a wonderful surprise when the Christmas classics of yesteryear were performed by Robert paying a special visit as a Christmas Elf.
The show started with Jingle Bells where residents & staff sang & danced together celebrating the season in style with mince pies and tea to see in the joyful season!
Individual room performances also took place for residents who were unable to leave their rooms. The management staff were also treated to their very own singalong. Families and staff joined in with Robert to celebrate the Christmas season which made it an extra special day for the residents.
The Cutest Animal Therapy
Animal therapy does not get cuter than this. Our friends from Performing Pets visited us again today as part of the home’s animal therapy partnership. This time our residents were delighted to meet a mother goat and her baby kid – called Beauty and Honey.
It was wonderful to see so many smiles and hear so much laughing all around the home. When done correctly animal therapy brings joy, encourages social interaction and creates wonderful experiences for all involved.
Everyone at Ashlar House truly enjoyed this memorable experience and we are looking forward to the next visit from our therapy partners..
Rock 'N' Roll Christmas
This week we welcomed Tim Arthur playing Christmas Rock n Roll, including Christmas classics such as ‘Blue Christmas’, ‘White Christmas’ & ‘Rudolph’ all played in the style of good old rock n roll!
Of course there were plenty of other rock n roll classics too like ‘Rock Around The Clock’ and ‘Blue Suede Shoes’ to guarantee everyone: staff and families visiting their loved ones were rocking around the Ashlar’s Christmas tree!
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.
