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
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!
Birthday celebrations for a special lady!
We had a wonderful time celebrating our Margaret's Birthday.
Residents and staff came together to celebrate over a tea party with a delicious homemade cake from Chef, Alex along with cakes and scones.
Margaret had a wonderful day celebrating her special day.
International Nurses Day
Fairview House would like you all to join us to wish all of our Nurses a very happy International Nurses Day.
Nurses at Fairview and around the world celebrate every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.
Lara, Operations Manager at Fairview House would like to thank the amazing Nursing team here for the care compassion and support they give the the Residents families and each other.
Sensory Edible Flower Sculpting
Residents in Memory Lane have enjoyed a sensory edible flower sculpting this week. Everyone had a lovely time creating their own flowers and it was very enjoyable that we got to eat them after!
This is such a simple yet effective activity and has shown a positive reaction with our residents. All you need is some fondant icing and chocolates then you can create whatever you wish!
Virtual Sensory with the Historic Royal Palaces
Our residents had a delightful time during a special virtual sensory storytelling event, led by Art Historian Jon Sleigh from the Historic Royal Palaces.
Jon took us on a journey to discover some of the more unusual and unexpected inhabitants of the palaces and the Tower of London, sharing fascinating stories about the pets at the palaces.
Whilst enjoying the virtual experience, our residents were treated to hot beverages, delicious biscuits, berries and cakes.
It was a truly lovely time for all.
Coronation Celebrations fit for a King
We started our morning by watching the coronation and getting everyone together to enjoy one another's company whilst doing so.
In the afternoon we held the most amazing Afternoon Tea for all of our residents. We had such a good turn out from all over the home and what fun we all had!
Everyone was so pleased with the amazing spread that was put on alongside endless teas/ coffee and some fizz! Thank you so much to our head Chef Alex who has been working so hard the last couple days getting all the food ready for us to enjoy today!
Another huge thank you to our Activities staff for putting on such a good tea party for all of our residents, seeing everyone so happy is what it is all about! A further thank you to all the family members and friends who also brought in cakes and biscuits for our residents to enjoy as well, it doesn't go unnoticed!
Upcoming events
April
Hello April! We are looking forward to a fun filled month ahead - all welcome.
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.
