Activities at Highview House Care Home

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.

Our annual Christmas parties are bigger and more joyous each and every year.   

Featuring special guest appearances, live music, and fancy dress, our residents join with staff, family and friends from across the home to celebrate.   

This year, we had live guitar and accordion music, a visit from Santa and as much food as you could possibly imagine.   

Plans are already in place for next year’s festivities!

As part of the Countdown to Christmas activities calendar, Highview residents were thrilled to play host to choirmaster Graham Bell and the Kiltarlity Community Choir.   The choir joined residents, staff, family and friends for a morning’s carol service, featuring traditional hymns as well as more recent Christmas favourites.

For residents, it was a chance to see old friends as the Kiltarlity musicians are regular visitors to the home, and the choir featured Cath Freeman, the wife of former resident Eddie Freeman.   And for our visitors, it was an opportunity to engage the residents in a seasonal group singalong.

One of the highlights of the activities year is the annual Christmas pantomime.   This year, our good friends at Theatre Presto joined us for a standing-room-only performance or Aladdin.

Residents, staff, family and friends from across the home joined together for a whirlwind afternoon of madcap laughs, interaction and singalongs.  After an hour and a half’s hilarity, everyone was left with huge grins and sore ribs, but that didn’t stop residents from posing with the cast for special souvenir photos.

Everyone at Highview is already looking forward to next year’s performance!