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.
Chloe Garvie
Chloe has been a part of the Fairview House the since spring of 2024 and quickly became a much valued of the team, She began her time in the home as a Care Assistant before finding her calling as the an Activities Coordinator.
She speaks with warmth and enthusiasm about how the home fills her with purpose, how much she enjoys spending time with the residents, making them smile, getting to know them and knowing that everyday she is making a difference enriching the residents lives.
Away from the home Chloe enjoys knitting, going for walks and hiking.
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
Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Residents and the team here enjoyed an afternoon singing and dancing to Irish music and creating these great hats!
From an Irish themed menu created by our talented chef - we enjoyed some delicious food.
It was a great day and laughter filled the air!
Fundraising for Ukraine
Residents and staff from Barchester’s Fairview House care home in Danestone are fundraising to try to help ease the suffering of people affected by the war in Ukraine.
Desperately wanting to help in whatever way they can, staff and residents put their heads together to come up with a plan to help raise funds. They landed on the idea of sip and paint sessions, coffee mornings where residents, staff and friends of the home will paint hearts in all different shapes and sizes and sell them for £1 to family, friends and local community groups with all proceeds going to help people of Ukraine.
General Manager, Janet Decourt, says: “We all had the same feeling that we had to do something but we felt at a loss to know what to do to help. That’s when we came up with the idea of painting the symbolic hearts to raise some money which we will donate to Ukraine. We hope everyone will get behind us to help us to help much-needed funds.”
March Mystery Box
Mystery Box time! We love creating monthly themed activity boxes for our residents and this month our theme was "By the beach" we were excited about this one and the residents were too! Each box contained some fizzy drinks, sweets, painting seashells, kinetic sand to make mini sand castles and our personal favourite pin the chips on the seagull!
What will next months theme be?
Afternoon tea at Fairview House
This afternoon we enjoyed an afternoon tea with a selection of beautifully made sandwiches from tuna and red onion to three cheese and onion there were so many delicious options.
We of course couldn't enjoy an afternoon tea without delicious home made cakes!
Next week, we have something a little extra planned for our afternoon tea!
Residents enjoy a virtual tour of Cliveden from the National Trust Talks Service
We were treated to an amazing live virtual talk and a tour of Cliveden, hosted by the house and chapel guides from the National Trust Talks Service.
The volunteers kindly gave us a tour around the famous house taking an in-depth look at Cliveden’s many stories from its 350 year history, from devilish dukes to scandalous headlines and boundary-breaking garden designs to political notoriety.
Starting with the Duke of Buckingham who built the first house in 1666, our residents met the key owners who helped shape the house and its gardens including the Orkney, Sutherland and Astor families.
The talk was accompanied by an illustrated presentation which brought to life these individuals and showed how their influence at Cliveden still continues today.
We all had a brilliant time.
International Women's Day at Fairview House
Happy International Women’s Day! In recognition of the day, we commemorated the wonderful achievements of women around the world and celebrated with themed Ladies Tea Parties and a lovely talk by Fiona from Deen Divas.
Our residents took part in discussions about the role of many different women who have shaped history from Cleopatra and Boudica to Florence Nightingale and Marie Curie right through to the Queen and Mrs Thatcher.
A lovely day was had by all.
Upcoming events
Dessert and Prosecco
Join us on the 7th July as we go al-fresco for our dessert and prosecco afternoon.
Future Financial Planning Seminar
We have teamed up with local solicitors, from Ledingham Chalmers Solicitors, to provide useful information and practical advice and answer any queries you may have.
July
Take a peek at our upcoming life enrichment and community events coming in July.
Beer and Music Festival
Join us on Wednesday 31st July for our homes 'Beer and Music' festival
Professional Open Morning
Calling all professionals! Join us for our open morning on Wednesday 7th August and meet like minded and fellow professionals.
Well-being Coffee Morning
Join us on Tusday 8th August from 10.30am as we welcome special guest speaker Justine Dunbar from SAMH Aberdeen.
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.
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.
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 Cafe
We warmly welcome you to join us on the first Wednesday for our Memory Cafe as we welcome carers and loved ones from the community who have been touched by dementia.
