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.
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 Fairview House Care Home
World Cocktail Day
World Cocktail Day is a global celebration of cocktails, the date marks the publication of the first recorded definition of a cocktail on May 13 in 1806 as a ‘stimulating liquor, composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water and bitters’. World Cocktail Day invites everyone to try something new, and perhaps a little exotic, this special occasion is celebrated by cocktail lovers worldwide.
Whether you’re a tequila fan, a whisky lover, a gin aficionado or you just like to mix it up and try something new, World Cocktail Day has something for everyone. It was certainly a day of fun-filled tastings for the staff and residents at Fairview House care home.
Conversations on The Pond with Henry Slator
We had a lovely time joining Henry Slator for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘Conversations at the Pond’.
Henry had an unusual writing journey, which many of our residents found inspiring, he underwent chemotherapy in early 2020, which allowed him to rediscover his light-hearted outlook on life by imagining conversations with creatures in and around his large garden pond and adding buckets of fun.
The entertaining Conversations at the Pond, with its mass of colourful illustrations, took our residents along his journey, they felt inspired, cheered and loved hearing all about Henry’s experiences.
A great time was had by all.
Pizza Making Masterclass
Welcome to a wonderful master class In making your very own pizza. Demonstrated by our amazing chef we were overjoyed to make the most delicious pizza’s with all our favourite toppings. No pineapple though, it seems we aren’t a fan of that!
Art Workshop
We had a wonderful art masterclass workshop today from our own activity team member Jade. We learnt to marble paper that could be used for card making, bunting or if you get really good you can even make your own wrapping paper! We decided to keep our pictures and you can now find them on the wall next to our new activity board.
It was very messy but a whole lot of fun and quite therapeutic!
Easter at Fairview House
Our morning began with our good Friday Easter service in preparation for Easter. What we didn't expect was a wonderful visit from not one but two Easter bunnies!
The Easter bunnies went around the whole home delivering Easter eggs, dancing to music and bringing joy to everyone who found them!
Kindness in the community - Easter egg donations
Fairview House would like to say a big thank you to Aberdeen Funeral Directors, Causewayend & Woodside for donating Easter eggs for our residents. James, Duncan, Melissa and staff kindly came to the home and dropped off several eggs which we are certain our residents will love!
We are ever so grateful for this kind gesture and cannot wait to see their faces when they get to enjoy them over Easter!
Thank you again!
Upcoming events
Whisky Tasting
Join us for an afternoon of Whisky Tasting as we sample a range of the delicious beverge with themed snacks.
Fairview's Got Talent
Join us on Wednesday 29th May for our very own talent show. featuring our talented residents, colleagues and members of the community.
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.
Dessert and Prosecco
Join us on the 7th July as we go al-fresco for our dessert and prosecco afternoon.
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.
