Activities at Pentland View Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
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 Pentland View Care Home
Valentine's Day
For Valentine’s Day, residents enjoyed arranging flowers to keep in their rooms. They also received chocolate truffles. Residents that did not participate received a visit and delivery of a single red rose and chocolate. We even had a resident enjoy a lovely meal with his wife, along with gifting her a rose and chocolate. We hope that everyone felt loved and appreciated on this special day.
Flower arranging demo
Across our homes we had a fantastic time joining, Kathryn Delve, Master Florist, for a Valentine’s-inspired live virtual flower arranging demonstration. Kathryn shared brilliant and creative ways to decorate our tables with beautiful flowers that are sure to make your heart swoon!
Those participating in this virtual event put their skills to the test and followed along with some amazing creations of their own. Residents truly enjoyed the experience.
Residents celebrate Chinese New Year
Staff and residents at Pentland View in Thurso welcomed in the Year of the Dragon with a day of celebrations and activities.
Inspired by Chinese culture and traditions, residents baked a Chinese New Year cake, which was enjoyed by all. Residents learnt all about the traditions and superstitions of Chinese New Year, and enjoyed watching Chinese New Year celebrations happening in Shanghai. The colours, decorations and traditional clothing were all admired as we ate our New Year cake, and opened fortune cookies. Residents also enjoyed a video explaining some of the customs around the Chinese New Year, as well as the mythology behind it. They then enjoyed a quiz about everything that they had learnt.
Board Games
The perfect antidote for a rainy day.....board games! Some of the ladies recently enjoyed a rather competitive game of scrabble on just such a day. Sandra ended up winning by one point!
Medical Detection Dogs
Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.
Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.
We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.
Snowy days
Snow days are for cosy blankets, a good cuppa, even better company, and doing all of our favourite indoor, cosy activities. In the past few days, we have done quite a few. Two favourites have been watching nature documentaries (especially Growing Up Wild) and playing Name That Tune, with music spanning the 1950's through 90's and across various genres. Between us, we have a pretty good musical knowledge!
Music of the 1960s seems to be a particularly favorite, with The Beatles, Tom Jones, The Supremes, and Louis Armstrong among some of the favourite artists. We couldn't resist singing and having a wee dance along, as well, all with the lovely backdrop of our snowy garden setting the scene.
Upcoming events
Coffee Afternoon - Last Friday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly coffee morning, come and make new friends!
