Activities at Pentland View Care Home

Across our homes we got into the Christmas spirit of things by joining a festive live virtual experience, led by Des and Kelly from Performing Pets.

Our residents were thrilled to meet the charming furry friends and get up close and personal with the reindeers.

We certainly learnt some interesting facts about the animals and had a fantastic time.

Residents, visitors, and staff at Pentland View Care Home in Thurso recently helped to make the world a better place by wearing a festive jumper on Friday the 9th of December in aid of Save the Children’s annual fundraising event, Christmas Jumper Day.

All residents and staff at Pentland View were encouraged to buy, borrow or decorate their own special Christmas jumpers and donate to Save the Children. While we may be biased, everyone looked fantastic while spreading festive cheer. The home raised sixty pounds for Save the Children, collected via their own web link for the cause and also a unique text code created especially for donations from Pentland View. This is enough to provide children in the UK and abroad with warm clothes and shoes, school supplies, and even food this Christmas.

David was born and raised in Wick and speaks about it often. One afternoon, we decided to take a trip through to see the sights of his hometown and to get lunch at a very popular local spot. He very much enjoyed a lunch of fish and chips, with his favourite drink choice…IRN Bru. Afterwards, we had a drive around the town to see his old street, where he used to work, and also the Wick Academy Football pitch, where he used to play. We have also made plans to go back and watch a home match in the near future.

We recently held a McMillan Coffee morning in conjunction with their World’s Largest Coffee Morning. Residents and guests enjoyed a good catch up while drinking their cuppas and munching on the delicious cakes baked by the kitchen for the event. Everyone said how lovely it was to come in and make connections and it will definitely become a regular event going forward.

Sandra is a very keen reader and also was a loyal and frequent visitor to our local library. In fact, when we went in she was delighted to be greeted by name by the librarian and everyone was very happy to see her. She very much enjoyed perusing the shelves and carefully picked out some books by her favourite authors. We then decided to extend our trip out and went to get a cuppa and have a blether about our favourite books and authors. She is looking forward to going out again to exchange them for some new titles, and this will be a regular outing for her. She’ll never go so long without a trip to the library again, that’s for sure!

George is always talking about how much he loves his fish and chips. As such, we hopped in to the mini bus one afternoon to have a lunch out at one of the local restaurants. George was delighted with his fish and chips, locally caught here in Scrabster, and also with a wee walk around the precinct to see what has changed.