Activities at Fairview House Care Home
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.
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 Fairview House Care Home
Visit from Dean Spruce the Magician
This morning we had a magical visit from Dean Spruce the Magician! We had so many residents from all units join together to watch and be part of all the magic.
Everyone had an amazing morning and it was great to see so many of us join in on the performance and laugh along with each other.
Crafts Outside
This afternoon we all got outside to enjoy some arts and crafts in the garden, everyone loved painting, colouring and making sticker posters together.
We also went around the gardens and made sure all our plants were watered to keep them looking fresh and colourful. Our residents are also really enjoying coming together from all units to take part in activities and make new friends.
Tuck shop Trolley
Over the past two days we have all been soaking up the glorious sunshine that we have been having. We have been getting as many residents as we can outside to go on walks and enjoy ice creams together!
We also have now got a tuck shop cart which is filled with delicious sweets and chocolates. Everyone has been loving being able to choose some of their old favourites and reminisce with one another whilst enjoying their sweet bags.
We are going to start taking our tuck shop around the whole home weekly for our residents to enjoy!
Residents mark Alzheimer Awareness month
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Fairview House care home in Aberdeen marked Alzheimer’s Awareness Month which is taking place throughout September.
Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia, the loss of cognitive functioning – thinking, remembering, reasoning – which can affect a person’s day to day life and activities. Functions that can be impacted are memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management and the ability to focus and pay attention. The number of people living with dementia in the UK is forecast to increase to over 1m.
Walks outside
More sunshine means more lovely walks outside. We all enjoyed soaking up the sun again and getting some exercise in together, hopefully the sun stays out for us all a bit longer. We had a lovely time reminiscing about our days at the beach in the sun and waling our dogs, it was great getting to know each other more and seeing so many smiles.
Baking Club
Today we had a lovely time making marshmallow rice crispie squares. All of our residents loved taking part in this activity and working together to create a delicious treat.
We started by melting chocolate in a bowl and then added in our rice crispies and marshmallows. Once this was all mixed together we added it to a tray and got decorating, these turned out amazing and are so proud of the outcome. In the afternoon we got to enjoy our creations with a lovely cup of tea and they did not disappoint.
Upcoming events
November
The leaves are falling, and November is calling. Check out our upcoming activities for the month.
Countdown to Christmas
Counting down the days to Christmas with a fun filled month ahead and we extend a warm invitation for you to join us - all welcome.
Merry Christmas!
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 Café
Join us every first Wednesday of the month for our memory lane cafe
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.
