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
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.
Mystery boxes
Staff at Fairview House care home have been hard at work creating mystery boxes for residents at the home to enjoy. This inspirational idea came about because staff were thinking about those residents who are nursed in bed or prefer 1-2-1 interactions rather than group activities, so they devised a way to bring activities to those individual residents.
The mystery boxes are themed, the team at Fairview House create a different one each month. Made up like a hamper, the boxes contain snacks and drinks relevant to the theme, a creative project for those who like crafts, themed games, activity books and facts about the chosen theme. February’s mystery box was Valentine’s themed and contained wool to make red woollen love hearts, a Valentine’s quiz, noughts and crosses, chocolate hearts and a game of love archery where residents throw arrows to score points and win prizes.
Any excuse for a tea party!
This week we enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea session with some relaxing music as we sipped tea in fine China and devoured delicious chocolate cakes and biscuits.
It was peaceful and enjoyable afternoon.
Pancake Day at Fairview House
The first day of March was busy as we marked not only St David’s Day but also Pancake Day. Pancake Day or Shove Tuesday is the traditional feast day before the Lent on Ash Wednesday.
Our residents had a wonderful day, filled with pancake-inspired activities, they prepared homemade pancakes and decorated them with fresh fruit, berries, syrup and chocolate. It’s safe to say they went down a treat!
Thank you to Fiona who kindly put on a lovely demonstration making Scottish pancakes from scratch for all to try with their favourite toppings, from jams and syrups to strawberries and cream.
It was a fun day, enjoyed by all.
National Hot Chocolate Day at Fairview House
Residents and staff had a great time celebrating National Hot Chocolate Day!
To celebrate we decked one of our trolleys with chocolaty goodies, cream, marshmallows and powder for dusting. To top it off we even had little activity goodie bags with chocolate themed activity books and chocolate coins.
Our General Manager, Janet was delighted to try one for herself too as were many of the staff.
It was a lovely way to start a new week!
Kindness in the local community
We have started to prepare for spring time, with these beautiful daffodils, donated by the amazing charity called Somebody Cares Aberdeen. Thank you so much for the donation, we truly appreciate it! It gave great colour to a lot of our resident’s rooms!
We also attached little ‘happy notes’ to the bouquets to spread the love!
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.
