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
Easter bunny visits
Residents thoroughly enjoyed a visit by the Easter Bunny, he delivered lots of Easter Eggs. Who doesn’t love a chocolate treat.
75th Wedding Anniversary
We celebrated two of our residents 75th wedding anniversary recently and we organised a special afternoon tea and a virtual zoom party with all of their relatives. Vi & Stan even made it to front page of the Evening Express and received a card from the Queen! It was a wonderful afternoon and we were delighted to be able to share this milestone with them and wish them many more happy years.
Pancake Day
On Pancake Day, we celebrated throughout the home but visiting each of our residents with our very own ‘pancake trolley’. Each resident was given the option to flip a pancake or to eat one straight away with many residents choosing to eat one straight away! We couldn’t blame them, because we had so many different spreads available. What was your favourite topping?
Hug our home
Here at Fairview we came up with a campaign called “Hug our home” to celebrate Valentine’s Day and to engage with the local community. We reached out via Facebook to encourage children across Aberdeen to make up love hearts with letters on them that we could then share to residents to help fill their rooms with love. Residents were overwhelmed with the response and love was definitely in the air here at Fairview!
New visiting suite for home
Residents are overjoyed at Fairview as Barchester Healthcare has implemented a visiting suite for residents to continue to spend time with their loved ones for the autumn and winter seasons in addition to the outdoor visiting that has been on offer for those able for many months.
Balancing resident wellbeing and safety is at the forefront of Barchester Healthcare’s thinking and they understand how important it is for residents and their family and friends to be able to spend time together in the safest way possible.
There has been much careful planning and preparation for this moment by Barchester Healthcare, who run Fairview care home. It was welcome news for their residents and family and friends as we enter the colder season meaning catch-ups can continue to take place, instead of, or in addition to, outdoor visiting already offered for those able.
The 'Don' Restaurant
Fairview’s new weekly dining experience – “The Don Restaurant” went live on Wednesday 9th December. This week’s theme was “A La Carte”. The residents absolutely devoured their three course meals and had a very pleasant time. The restaurant was decorated perfectly, to match the theme.
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.
