Activities at Highview House Care Home

One of the roles of activities at Highview is to keep families in contact with each other. Therefore, friends and families are always invited to any of our events.  Accordingly, we organise events that celebrate families, marriages and friendships.  In this vein, the recent Valentine's Day Bake-Off and coffee morning saw loved ones from across the country join residents for a day of home baked goodies and sweet treats.   Residents were delighted to spend the morning with their spouses, children and friends, and tucked in to a high quality feast, home baked by staff, residents and family.

Our themed days are held throughout the year, and regular coffee mornings are arranged to ensure that the home is open to, and visible to, both families and the local community.  

At Highview House, we are proud to maintain close relationships with the surrounding community. We are fortunate enough to be located just a few minutes’ walk from Muirtown Primary School, and their pupils are regular and popular visitors to the home.

Pupils from the school pop in to perform a variety of activities alongside residents, including storytelling, Easter egg hunting and performing songs.  These events are great fun for both age groups, and help to destigmatise dementia and care homes in the eyes of the youngest generation. 

Pupils from local primary schools are regular and popular visitors to Highview House. From treasure hunts to book readings, and from theme days to special occasions, our intergenerational activities are one of the most popular events on the calendar.

Furthering links between the home and the local community is a key part of our activities programme, so don’t be surprised if you see a small army of school kids when visiting loved ones at Highview.

Exercise is a vital part of life – irrespective of age.   

Residents at Highview were delighted to take part in an afternoon of armchair ballet, under the leadership of Scottish Ballet. Accompanied by live music, residents of all mobility levels were able to try their hand at dance moves, as well as getting an opportunity to look at costumes from the big stage performance of The Nutcracker.  

Scottish Ballet are currently on tour across the country, and residents at Highview were delighted they were able to stop off for a performance live in their living room!

Inspired by television’s Great British Bake-Off, Highview residents decided to start their very own baking club. And who better to lead it than the granddaughter of one of our residents, who happens to be a professional baker?

Each week, residents are encouraged to choose a bake and Niamh leads them step by step through the whole process – resulting in a delicious treat for the entire home. Some of the treats our residents have baked include cupcakes, custard cream biscuits and scones.  

Our baking club is a great example of resident-lead activities, with residents not just participating in activities, but taking an active role in deciding which activities are held. 

Person-centred care is fundamental to everything the activities team does at Highview House. We want every resident to enjoy the things that make them smile, laugh and live. Within our daily activities, we can make time to include family members, allowing families to spend quality time together while at the same time meeting old and new faces.

We encourage family members to attend activities as often as they can, and spending that special time together means so much for each and every resident.