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 Museum Day
In recognition of International Museum Day, Catherine at Epping Forest Direct Museum kindly loaned their collection of assorted memorabilia from the '40s, '50s and '60s for our residents to interact with.
Our residents then discussed their memories of similar items and compared these to those kept in their rooms and throughout the home.
Many of these items were perfect for the VE Day celebrations too, as some of the residents were fascinated by the first edition newspapers from the day.
It was a fun, tactile and rewarding day for all!
Online Singalong
Our residents from Ashlar House were invited to participate in an online singing session via Zoom. Residents got involved and enjoyed every moment of it, and yes, they did have fun!
VE Day Celebrations
We paid homage to the brave men and women of World War 2 by celebrating VE Day. Several of our residents shared their memories of this very special day 75 years ago with BBC Essex of moments when Victory in Europe was announced.
We all paid our respects by marking 2 minutes of silence at 11:00. Special decorations were put up around the home and Bridget from Cake Art Essex spoilt us all with stunning VE Day Cupcakes.
It was special time in our calendar that was enjoyed by all!
A Double Celebration
We had two reasons to celebrate: firstly, we all raised a cup to our nation's drink of choice in acknowledgement to National Tea Day. We also joined the rest of the nation in celebrating the Queen’s birthday.
The beverage we think of first to help us process good and bad times... for many of our residents tea isn’t simply a way of hydrating, it has typically become the focal point of many social engagements with friends and family members.
To celebrate National Tea Day we at Ashlar House put on a full tea trolley service, whizzing around the house delivering a smorgasbord of fragrant teas available, along with appropriate dunking materials, which is an absolute necessity to celebrate such a prestigious occasion!
We had many tea-related activities on offer, including trivia games that spanned the centuries. We Brits have had such a personal relationship with tea. As tea is never just tea, we also used video conferencing as an opportunity to include our residents' friends and families to share a brew and a chat... another full day at Ashlar House.
Over the Rainbow
In such unprecedented times, residents, families and our dedicated carers at Ashlar House, are already showing wonderful community spirit in a time of need. The display around our home is keeping us going!
Happy Easter
We celebrate Good Friday thanks to Andrew at Tesco in Epping, who provided limited access so that all of our residents could receive an Easter egg on Sunday. We also had a very welcome addition to the Ashlar House family, as our resident Robin’s eggs hatched. We are wishing everyone a happy and safe Easter from all at Ashlar House.
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.