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
Decorating Memory Lane Garden
Today our garden club in Memory Lane got together to start painting the benches outside.
Everyone loved joining together and working as a team to start adding more colour to the garden. We are already so proud of the work we have done and can't wait to continue adding more to the garden area.
After our hard work we sat back and relaxed to enjoy the sunshine and each other’s company!
Fun in the Sun
This morning we got lots of our residents outside to soak up the sunshine with some ice cream / lollies. We also brought our speaker outside and did some music and movement, everyone was so happy and enjoying one another's company.
Enjoying Pride month
This June, staff and residents at Fairview House care home in Aberdeen, have been creating decorations, festooning their home with rainbows and enjoying the colourful celebrations from around the world. Lots of the festivities from different parts of the UK and from around the world are available to watch online and residents have had a fantastic time experiencing the different parades and carnivals on offer.
Healthy Eating Week
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Fairview House care home in Aberdeen have been celebrating Health Eating Week by taking part in a range of different activities to promote eating well. Healthy Eating Week is an annual event run by the British Nutrition Foundation to highlight the importance of healthy, active lifestyles and invite everyone to ‘find your healthier you!’
The staff and residents got into the spirit of the week by setting up a hydration station to go around all of our resident’s rooms and lounge areas to ensure that we were all keeping hydrated. We also came together to make our own fruit salads and learn about the importance of getting your 5-a-day into your diet. Throughout the week we also conducted our balloon volleyball and music and movement classes to ensure everyone was getting some exercise every day.
RAF Hendon
Across our services we had a lovely time joining Rhiannon Watkinson from the RAF Museum London for an interactive talk exploring the exciting and innovative aviation history of Hendon.
Our residents were able to learn about the first flights from the fields at Hendon, the creation of the London Aerodrome and Battle of Britain pilots who flew from RAF Hendon.
The talk also included photographic and film material from the Museum’s archive. Residents across our homes had a fantastic time and we truly enjoyed the virtual experience.
World Milk Day
To celebrate World Milk Day, residents enjoyed our delicious Milkshake Cart.
We had chocolate, vanilla and strawberry milkshakes alongside a fruit punch for anyone who didn't like milkshakes. Thank you so much to our chef Alex who supplied this for us, everyone loved them!
Many residents enjoyed the milkshakes so much they had a lot of refills! This was a great way to bring something new into the home and we will definitely be doing it again!
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.
