Activities at Highview House Care Home

We had a lovely time joining Holly and Marie-Therese from the Wallace Collection, for a virtual introduction to the Collection, followed by a sensory exploratory walk through one of the museum’s most famous landscape paintings.  The Collection ranges from Old Master paintings to 18th century French furniture, arms and armour.   We all had a wonderful time and cannot wait to put our creative skills to a test and paint some landscapes in the upcoming days.

Following the recent Oscars, we had our very own awards day here at Highview.  We got the residents involved and they got to vote for who they would like to win from the chosen categories.  We then had our very own awards ceremony and the certificates were awarded to the staff by some of the residents.

The most Hardworking member of staff category had 2 winners and they were Judy Moodie (Senior Carer on the Ground Floor) and Tara Legg (Head of Unit for the Top Floor).  The funniest member of staff award was given to Marc Zimmermann (Care practitioner for the Top Floor) and the prettiest member of staff was won by Arwen Munro (Carer for the Top Floor).

Our hairdresser Kath Hall won the best hairdresser for always ensuring our residents look their very best and resident Julianne MacMillan won the award for the best bingo player.

We celebrate World Poetry Day, to this day, to honour the poets. Poetic expressions allow us to promote and spread teachings from different languages, particularly those that are endangered.  We celebrated this at Highview with a Poetry reading along with a prize for anyone who could guess the correct poem from a selection of quotes.  Many of our residents enjoyed reading some of the poems aloud along with the staff.

We had a lovely time joining Angela Cobbin for a theatre-inspired virtual talk about her book ‘My Name is Not Wigs’.  ‘My Name Is Not Wigs’ is the ultimate read for fans of witty behind-the-curtains memoirs, especially those with a penchant for the bright lights of stage and screen: tears and accolades aplenty!                                                                                                   

Angela shared interesting facts with our residents about her book, her life and her experiences as a wig creator in London’s West End in celebration of World Theatre Day.

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick, is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17th March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.  Today we celebrated with a very special guest, our very own Lisa the Leprechaun.  Lisa delivered gold to the residents and offered them the chance to try Baileys Irish Cream and Guinness, some traditional Irish drinks.  The residents also enjoyed donning their very own hat and beard.

It’s British Pie Week! Throughout one of the most delicious weeks of the year, our residents got involved in fun-filled activities and pie tasting sessions.

Pies are considered as a British National dish and we spent some time learning about the history of pies and exploring different recipes.

Our talented chef prepared residents’ favourite pies, so we can all enjoy them, from British Fish Pie to Chicken and Mushroom Pie and Cheese and Onion Pie.

Of course we focused on the sweet side of pies too with Choc Chip Pecan Pie and Cherry Crumble Pie.