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
Performing Pets visit with Birds
We had our monthly visit from Performing Pets and they brought along some birdies for our residents to enjoy! The birds brought a lot of happiness and smiles to our residents and it’s something they thoroughly enjoyed and talk about often! Our residents are still enjoying the discussions about the birds and how calm and colourful they were! Performing pets is always a great experience for our residents who enjoy holding, petting, feeding and interacting with the variety of animals that visit us!
Getting ready for Christmas at Ashlar House
Here at Ashlar House, we thoroughly enjoyed getting ready for the festive period! Our residents enjoyed a Christmas Photoshoot with our handmade window decoration! The Christmas season is always a special time for our residents because it brings a lot of happiness, joy and fun! It allows our residents to reminisce, get creative and get merry! Some of our residents still talk about the ‘pictures through the window with the deer’ and it is always accompanied by a smile when we discuss it and look back at the photoshoot pictures! Our activities aim to bring everyone together, including relatives and our focus is to give meaningful activities that bring happiness and fun to the lives of our residents.
Miniature Piglets, Ronnie & Reggie Visit
Yesterday, we held our first Afternoon Tea Dance! We also had our friends Performing Pets visit with special guests Ronnie and Reggie; 7 week old miniature piglets!
Our residents enjoyed an afternoon full of laughter. We served the Afternoon Tea alongside music and dancing. To be able to meet and feed the tiny piglets was an added bonus for our animal loving residents.
Daily Activities
At Ashlar House we have a full calendar of activities including external entertainers, professional presenters, outings, trips to local landmarks, parties, celebrations and animal therapies. But many of our residents also enjoy quieter everyday activities which are always available from including modelling club, the Magic Table and even a game of balloon tennis!
We cater our activities calendar so that everyone is able to join in different activities each week and that everyone can enjoy socialising as well as new hobbies.
Gardening Club At Ashlar House
We have an active Gardening Club at Ashlar House with residents who enjoy time spent outside creating beautiful displays and growing things for our kitchen.
Sensory items donated by Home instead Epping
Massive thank you to Maureen from Home Instead - Epping Forest for the very kind donation of these sensory items for our residents.
The items have been shared with our sister home in Waltham Abbey Paternoster House Care Centre - Barchester Healthcare who will update there faecbook page with photos of their residents engaging with these brilliant items.
Thanks again Maureen. Very kind of you and they are already being enjoyed and used.
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.
