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
Birthday celebrations at Fairview House
Here at Fairview house we like to celebrate life, today we celebrated not just one but two birthdays!
A big happy birthday to Patricia who turned 87 and to Violet who turned 99 today!
We celebrated with a fantastic handmade cake, afternoon tea and gifts. And of course it wouldn't be a party if we didn't decorate the dining room perfectly for everyone to attend. It was a full house! And everybody enjoyed themselves.
Nescafe virtual experience
We had a fabulous time joining NESCAFÉ’s virtual coffee experience. We were able to look into how they sustainably farm their coffee beans, as well as, to have a virtual tour of one of their factories all from the comfort of our home.
To make things even more interesting, our residents had the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive quiz, and to the delight of all to taste the signature Sweet Cinnamon Shaken Iced Coffee cocktail.
London Fashion Week at Fairview House
Here at Fairview House we marked London’s Fashion Week in style.
We looked through fashion magazines and learnt more about the Swinging Sixties, typified by Mary Quant, Ossie Clark and Bárbara Hulanicki, through to Vivienne Westwood’s punk provocations and Alexander McQueen’s dark and dramatic visions and London’s long legacy of producing extraordinary designs.
We reminisced and discussed what fashion means to our residents and everyone had the opportunity to talk about their favourite outfits.
We even organised our own mini fashion show, which went down a hit!
Everyone had lots of fun.
Love is in the air at Fairview House
It's valentines day, and what better way to fill a day of love then with a wonderful valentines lunch, followed by Jackie Prolly singing for us and of course it wouldn't be valentines day if we didn't have chocolate covered strawberries courtesy of our wonderful chef.
We also wanted to take the time to thank family as we recently had an influx of donations from you all. We now have some wonderful crafts, football items, baking items and more added to our activities corner.
It was a wonderful day enjoyed by all!
Mystery Box Fun at Fairview House
It's mystery box time! Each month we prep, plan and create wonderful themed mystery boxes for residents to enjoy. This month our Box was valentines day themed! We have worked hard to provide a variety of activities in each box from archery with heart arrows to reminiscing about the things we love.
Our residents loved these activities and our activities staff work hard to go around rooms of residents to ensure nobody misses out that want to take part.
Valentines preparations in full swing at Fairview House!
Preparations for Valentine’s Day are in full swing at Fairview House. Residents and staff had a lovely time writing messages of love on our special wall and crafting some beautiful cards!
A day filled with lots of love and laughs!
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.
