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.

Enriching life
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Life-encriching activities booklet

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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

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Live music performance by Elkie

Residents and staff recently enjoyed a live music performance from local singer Elkie, who had us all singing along to her renditions of the classics.

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Football Fever

Residents, staff and loved ones had fun betting on who would win the 2018 World Cup.

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Tina's Clothing

We were joined by Michael of Tina's Clothing, which is an established business designed to bring a collection of clothes and accessories to those who are perhaps less mobile and cannot visit the shops. Ahead of this visit, residents' families were informed of the event and encouraged to attend, many of whom were able to share in the experience.

During the event, residents and their families had a lovely time interacting with and showing off their new outfits.

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Police Visit

In a continued effort to engage with the local community, police patrol liaison officers were invited to Ashlar House to meet with residents, who were ;interested in seeing uniformed police officers. As this program develops more and more, local community representatives will be invited to engage with other residents.

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Fun in the Sun

Ashlar resident spent some time in our gardens recently when the sun was out. They enjoyed activities and refreshments in the warm weather and kicked back to enjoy the sounds of the birds and gentle breezes.

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Indoor Gardening

Because of the unpredictable English weather, we decided to made gardening easy for residents.

With some planning and the right supplies, we began by seeding some vegetables. This type of gardening is the perfect way to break through the chill of the winter and start thinking about the spring and summer.

We are hoping to expand this activity into a vegetable garden for residents to help keep them active and to give them a sense of accomplishment and responsibility, in addition to the delicious reward of fresh, nutritious vegetables at the end of the growing season.