Activities at Fairview House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
Our Activities Coordinators create a weekly planner that consists of a variety of activities, which caters to all residents' needs as best as possible. The most popular activities are bingo, which we host twice a week, flower arranging and weekly visits from Vinnie our pet therapy dog. Residents also enjoy minibus trips in the nicer weather and we attend a concert every month. We are also involved in the Council Well-being Team, which keeps us up-to date with upcoming events within the community and provides interesting ideas for activities we can try in the home.
Throughout the year, we host various special events, including themed open days and summer and winter fetes that people in our local communities are welcome to join us for. We also have monthly church services with Rev. Ann from Danestone Congregational Church, which is open to loved ones as well.
Fairview House Activities Team
Chloe, Cecilia and Veronica make up our fantastic Activities Team here at Fairview House.
They develop and oversee an active living programme for each resident, which encourages mobility, social contact, independence and fun. Each and every person can thrive and live to their full potential with no day ever being the same. They bring great enthusiasm and spark to the home and have one passion, which is to deliver an amazing and vibrant activities programme to cater to all tastes and abilities.
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 Fairview House Care Home
Puppet Friends
What an incredible day at Fairview! Our residents were delighted by a fantastic visit from The Puppet Gang, featuring special appearances from none other than Charlie Chaplin, Elton John, and Elvis (to name a few)!
There was plenty of singing, dancing, and laughter as everyone got up close and personal with the amazing puppets. It was truly a joy to see so many smiles and hear the sounds of happiness fill the room all afternoon. A big thank you to the Puppet Gang for creating such a magical experience for us all!
Do you
Our lovely Peggy told us that she wished she could go outside and build a snowman! Peggy decided that it was too cold to go outside so we brought some snow inside for her to build a snowman!
Peggy’s face lit up when she saw the snow and immediately started with her snowman. She said it looked like a pug and called it Fuzzy!
Our other residents also enjoyed touching the snow and laughing at our beautiful little Fuzzy!
Dolly Parton Cowboy Day
We had an amazing time celebrating all things country and western with a special nod to the Queen of Country herself, Dolly Parton! From cowboy hats to line dancing and delicious Southern-inspired food, it was an afternoon full of fun, movement and great music.
Thank you, Cecilia, for teaching us how to line dance! We also celebrated our wonderful Activities Team for the outstanding work they are doing at Fairview! Your dedication, creativity, and hard work bring so much joy, enrichment, and meaningful moments to everyone here at Fairview!
Colleagues treat Residents to panto performance
Residents, relatives and staff from Fairview House were in for a treat with a performance from their own staff members. The staff members performed a Cinderella Pantomime (oh no they didn’t- oh yes, they did!)
Residents of the home were accompanied by relatives and staff from Fairview House as they enjoyed the timeless tale full of magical twists, fun, laughter and adventures.
One resident commented; “it was the best pantomime production I have seen in years, the actors really made me laugh!”
Staff Treat Friday
It is very important that our staff here at Fairview House know how much we appreciate all their hard work.
All our staff does so much for our residents with utmost love and care.
They are angels without wings. We have started Staff Treat Friday to show how much we appreciate every staff member buy getting everyone on shift a treat.
The treat can be anything and every Friday is a surprise. Thank you, all Fairview staff members, for everything you do.
Christmas Fayre
Our Fairview House Christmas Fayre has been a wonderful success!
The day was filled with smiles, laughter, and plenty of Christmas cheer. Santa’s Grotto was a hit, with many residents, relatives, and staff enjoying the chance to meet Santa and receive some delicious chocolate treats!
A huge thank you to Angela Duguid for your beautiful singing—you brought so much joy with all our favourite Christmas songs!
And a heartfelt thanks to all our incredible stallholders for coming along and even joining in the dancing with our residents—it was truly magical! Thank you to everyone who made the day so special. Let the festive season continue!
Upcoming events
Newsletter
Hello! We are delighted to share our latest newsletter - December edition.
February
February may be short but it is filled with lots of exciting activities and events and we hope you can join us!
Movie Club
Every night from 6pm join our residents for our daily movie club featuring a movie matinee performance.
Respite- Are you looking for a extra care break?
If you are looking for a little care break for yourself or a little care break pop in and see what we have to offer.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
We offer a warm welcome and a hot drink any time you need one - to all emergency services personnel, police, ambulance, district nurses - pop in any time!
Memory Lane Community Café
Join us every first Wednesday of the month for our Memory Lane cafe from 2.30 pm.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the special impact that volunteers can make on the day to day lives of our residents. If you would like more information we'd love to hear from you.
