Activities at Highview House Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Aiden Wylie
Hello, my name is Aiden Wylie, and I am Head Activities Coordinator here at Highview House. My job is to ensure a mentally and physically challenging and varied calendar of activities. I want to involve all our residents in a warm and welcoming environment.
My career has been in education and I have lived in countries as diverse as Japan and Iraq, but in 2022 I came to Highview with the ambition of offering a range of activities, trips and entertainment which lead to lasting memories and experiences.
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 Highview House Care Home
A trip back in time
Annie had found these discs in her bedroom and asked the staff if they could help her find out what was on them. As always, our staff aim to deliver and we took the discs and had them developed for her. Annie was delighted to be able to see the pictures of her family that she had not seen for some time and they brought up some great memories for her.
Book corner with Henry Slator
We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.
Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.
The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.
National Scrabble Day
It’s National Scrabble Day! The home was in high spirits as we celebrated the day in style organising inter-home scrabble tournament. The day finished off with a Scrabble quiz and delicious afternoon treats, which brought smiles and laughter into the home. Many of the residents take pleasure in playing scrabble and find it relaxing, they also enjoy making new friends along the way.
A wish is granted!
Sometimes residents ask us for something specific and it is always a great pleasure to be able to deliver. Barbara, who likes to be known as Ara, asked us if we could let her see Jim Reeves. We went one better and not only let Ara see him on the television, we got some songs (along with the lyrics) up onto the television for her. This allowed Ara to sing along to some of her favourite songs and I think you can see by her face that she was absolutely delighted. Ara has a beautiful singing voice and it was lovely to be able to do this for her.
Easter Crafts
Here at Highview we have been making Easter cards in preparation for Easter weekend. Some of our residents have made cards and asked that they be posted out to relatives/friends which we have made happen. John made two cards for his family and Chandra made a card for her son. Margaret made a card for all the staff here at Highview. We kept a picture of the card and sent the original out to her family. Everyone really enjoyed decorating their cards and really got into the spirit of Easter by wearing Easter bonnets.
Discovering the Astor's
Our residents came together to enjoy an exciting virtual talk courtesy of the team at National Trust Talks Service. The illustrated talk took us closer to one of Cliveden’s most famous families, the Astors. Our residents were able to discover what motivated William Waldorf Astor, America’s richest man, to purchase Cliveden in 1893 and how the estate became the centre of high society in the 1920 s and 30 s thanks to his son Waldorf and daughter in law Nancy Astor.
Upcoming events
Could you be a Volunteer?
Volunteers provide a valuable and wide variety of services in many different settings. Do you have spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Calling all Emergency Services
Calling all emergency personnel! Come and take a break on us - there may be a cake or two available!
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