Our activities coordinator is committed to supporting our Residents to get the most out of their days and evenings with us. Activities and entertainment are scheduled throughout the week to ensure there is something on each and every day. Activities generally run for a couple of hours each morning and again each afternoon with entertainment early evenings and weekends.
Social Activities, Keeping Active and Having Fun
Activity programs tailored around our residents’ hobbies and interests.
Day to day living at Elm Green Nursing Home is about our Residents and our activities programs are no different. We call it activity-based care and it’s at the heart of what we do. Specially created by our Activity Coordinators we have a full Active Lifestyle Activity Program (link to page). Weekly programs are tailored to the likes and interests of current residents in the home, can be group or one-to-one based and include classes such as.
Physio-assisted exercise classes, Siel Bleu exercise therapy, bowling, Regular live musical entertainment & dancing, art classes, pet therapy, gardening, baking, bingo, quizzes, board games, card games, movies, knitting, external trips (to local areas of interest, shopping, theater, variety shows, parks, etc.), themed parties, sonas therapy, imagination gym, weekly mass (and other religious preferences facilitated for).
Food & Nutrition
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Fresh Quality Ingredients: Our food is prepared in-house everyday with fresh, seasonal, and nutritious ingredients by our trained esteemed chefs
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Choices & Resident led Preferences: There is a choice available every day and the dishes and menus prepared reflect and include the likes and requests of our Residents as well as their nutritional needs
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Nutritionally Analyzed: Our menus are nutritionally analyzed to support the promotion and delivery of healthy eating for older people, including those with Dementia and eating difficulties.
Nursing Home Visits
Please note we have temporary measures for visits to our residents underpinned by public health infection control advice and guidance from HSE for Covid 19.
Location / Finding Us
Elm Green Nursing Home is located just off the N3 at Castleknock and a 5-minute drive from the Castleknock/Blanchardstown exit. The new Castleknock / Ashtown train station is close by as is the Phoenix Park, with Dublin City Center a 20-minute drive away.
Contact Us:
Elm Green Nursing Home,
New Dunsink Lane,
Castleknock,
Dublin 15
D15E403
Tel: 01 8113900