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
Wreath Making
We got residents from all communities to come together and work as a team to make the most beautiful Christmas wreath.
Everyone loved getting involved in decorating and placing all the different aspects of the wreath, we were even more chuffed when it was completed. There was glitter everywhere by the end of this Activity but who doesn't love a bit of extra sparkle!
Gingerbread House Making
Today we came together and made our very own amazing gingerbread houses! This activity was challenging at points especially when our houses kept falling apart! However, with great determination and team work we managed to create some beautiful houses in the end.
Everyone loved working together as a team and seeing the final product after a hard morning of work! It was even better at the end when we had some left over chocolates and sweets to snack on! Great effort from our residents & happy to see everyone enjoying themselves!
Decorating our Home for Christmas
Today we all continued with helping getting the home decorated in preparation for Christmas! Everyone has loved getting involved in making the home look beautiful and getting into the festive spirit.
In the afternoon we then put a Christmas movie on in all the lounges and enjoyed some delicious mince pies to celebrate a hard day’s work!
We will continue to decorate the home over the next week and are all excited to come together and enjoy each other's company on the run up to Christmas.
Residents build Gingerbread House
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Fairview House care home in Aberdeen love any excuse to get creative so when they found out it was Gingerbread House Day on December 12, they didn’t need any persuading to get cracking! The staff and residents asked head chef Alex to whip up a big batch of gingerbread for them and then got busy decorating with icing, chocolate smarties, jelly sweets and sprinkles to make some of the glitziest gingerbread houses in town.
Donkey Sanctuary
Across our services, Residents enjoyed a fantastic virtual tour of the Donkey Sanctuary Manchester. Residents were thrilled to meet the lovely herd of donkeys, including Henry and his best friend Tiny Tim and to learn more about their every day care. They were introduced to the sanctuary’s work and the impact they make to the lives of donkeys in need worldwide. The virtual experience was truly enjoyed by all.
Deck the halls with holly!
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Fairview House care home, in Aberdeen, have been decking the halls, getting out the tinsel and unravelling the fairy lights, ready for a whole host of Christmas celebrations.
Fairview’s residents and staff have been busy putting up our Christmas trees, decorations and light displays to make the home as festive as can be. The residents have also been crafting a variety of decorations around the home including a giant wreath made from real forestry. The home is looking beautiful and we already cannot wait for Christmas day to come!
General Manager, Karren said: “Christmas is such a magical time and our residents love nothing better than to spend time creating decorations for the home and then we all help to put them up together. It is so special to be able to share these rituals and we all love to see the home decorated and filled with twinkly lights.”
Upcoming events
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.
Whisky Tasting
Join us for an afternoon of Whisky Tasting as we sample a range of the delicious beverge with themed snacks.
May
Join us in May and take a look at the upcoming Life enrichment and Community Events we have planned at Fairview House.
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.
