Activities at Fairview House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators create a weekly planner that consists of a variety of activities, which caters to all residents' needs as best as possible. The most popular activities are bingo, which we host twice a week, flower arranging and weekly visits from Vinnie our pet therapy dog. Residents also enjoy minibus trips in the nicer weather and we attend a concert every month. We are also involved in the Council Well-being Team, which keeps us up-to date with upcoming events within the community and provides interesting ideas for activities we can try in the home.
Throughout the year, we host various special events, including themed open days and summer and winter fetes that people in our local communities are welcome to join us for. We also have monthly church services with Rev. Ann from Danestone Congregational Church, which is open to loved ones as well.
Fiona Mackie
Fiona has been the activities lead at Fairview House since 2021 and is at the forefront for our homes life enrichment.
She speaks about how much she enjoys engaging with the senior generation, learning from their life experience and wishing to pass this on, from this she says "a different day is a different story"
Away from the home, Fiona has a passion for cooking and baking with being a former chef and a love for crafts which she has translated both of these into the homes activities program.
FIona loves to spend time with her family and her two grandchildren.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Fairview House Care Home
Visit From The Plucking Pals Ukulele Band
The Plucking Pals ukulele band brought their lively tunes to Fairview House as our residents, relatives guests and colleagues couldn't help but tap their shoes to their favourite tunes and it wasn't long before the home had a full dance floor as everyone enjoyed memorable afternoon.
Following on this from fabulous performance our guests and residents enjoyed a selection of refreshing beverages and tasty snacks prepared by our talented kitchen team.
London Ladies
As part of our International Women’s Day celebrations, Residents from across our services were thrilled to join tour guide, Mandy Morrow, for an exciting talk about some Legendary London Ladies.
Mandy shared the fascinating stories of eight ladies with us, from the one of the richest heiresses in the world to the original 'Roaring Girl'.
Everyone who participated truly enjoyed the experience and were delighted to take a walk down memory lane.
Bingo Bonanza
Across the country our homes and hospitals came together to find out which care home or hospital had the best Bingo players as they teamed up for Barchester’s Bingo Bonanza.
Residents were treated to some exciting virtual games of Bingo as part of Barchester’ very own game show series.
Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Fairview House Welcomes the British Sugar Craft Guild
Staff and residents at Fairview House Care Home in Aberdeen have invited neighbours and friends from the local community to their Daffodil Tea Party hosted by the fabulous ladies from the ‘British Sugar Craft Guild’
Residents and guests from within the local community came together to chat over tea or coffee and homemade cakes provided by the British Sugar Craft Guild, against the backdrop of the colourful yellow daffodils.
Boogie in the Bar
Residents from Fairview House visited Mains of Scotstown, in Bridge of Don Aberdeen to enjoy their first Boogie in the Bar.
Taking place on the 3rd Monday of the month, an event organised for senior citizens, people living with dementia, Alzheimer’s. People in isolation or anyone who is lonely and needs someone to chat to. A hot meal is also provided.
Fairview Care Home residents had a wonderful time and danced away the afternoon.
Welcoming The Puppet Gang
Residents and guests at Fairview House Care Home in Danestone Aberdeen enjoyed an afternoon of fun with a music and puppet performance that took place at the home. The Puppet Gang performed a selection of classic hits including Lois Armstrong, What a Wonderful World.
Residents joined in with the singing, and clapped along as the puppeteer performed with several puppets including Charlie Chaplain and Elvis.
General Manager, Fiona Torrie said, “Our residents and guests had a wonderful day singing along with the wonderful performers. We do our best to provide a wide range of activities and entertainment at Fairview House as part of the lifestyle enrichment programme for residents, and this was one of our favourites!”
Upcoming events
Open Day
We warmly welcome you into our home for our open day on Saturday 27th April.
April
Step in April and have a peek at the exciting Life Enrichment and Community Events taking place.
Afternoon Tea
Join us on Monday 6th May for an afternoon of decadence, sweet savoury treats and plenty of hearty chatter.
Pizza & Ale
Join us in May for this special community evening event as we enjoy delicious pizza and a selection of local ales.
Professional's Open Day
Join us on Thursday 9th May for our Professioanal's Open Day networking event.
Bladder & Bowel Seminar
We warmly welcome you to join us for a special community event as we welcome Bladder and Bowel specialist Joanne Hoyle.
Movie Club
Every night from 6pm join our residents for our daily movie club featuring a movie matinee performance.
Respite- Are you looking for a extra care break?
If you are looking for a little care break for yourself or a little care break pop in and see what we have to offer.
Volunteers - Could you make a difference?
We recognise the special impact that volunteers can make on the day to day lives of our residents. If you would like more information we'd love to hear from you.
Emergency Services - Take a break on us!
We offer a warm welcome and a hot drink any time you need one - to all emergency services personnel, police, ambulance, district nurses - pop in any time!
Memory Cafe
We warmly welcome you to join us on the first Wednesday for our Memory Cafe as we welcome carers and loved ones from the community who have been touched by dementia.
