Activities at Fairview House Care Home

On Pancake Day, we celebrated throughout the home but visiting each of our residents with our very own ‘pancake trolley’.  Each resident was given the option to flip a pancake or to eat one straight away with many residents choosing  to eat one straight away! We couldn’t blame them, because we had so many different spreads available.  What was your favourite topping?

Here at Fairview we came up with a campaign called “Hug our home” to celebrate Valentine’s Day and  to engage with the local community. We reached out via Facebook to encourage children across Aberdeen to make up love hearts with letters on them that we could then share to residents to help fill their rooms with love.  Residents were overwhelmed with the response and love was definitely in the air here at Fairview!

Residents are overjoyed at Fairview as Barchester Healthcare has implemented a visiting suite for residents to continue to spend time with their loved ones for the autumn and winter seasons in addition to the outdoor visiting that has been on offer for those able for many months.

Balancing resident wellbeing and safety is at the forefront of Barchester Healthcare’s thinking and they understand how important it is for residents and their family and friends to be able to spend time together in the safest way possible.

There has been much careful planning and preparation for this moment by Barchester Healthcare, who run Fairview care home. It was welcome news for their residents and family and friends as we enter the colder season meaning catch-ups can continue to take place, instead of, or in addition to, outdoor visiting already offered for those able.

Fairview’s new weekly dining experience – “The Don Restaurant” went live on Wednesday 9th December. This week’s theme was “A La Carte”. The residents absolutely devoured their three course meals and had a very pleasant time. The restaurant was decorated perfectly, to match the theme.

With Christmas just around the corner, Residents have enjoyed fun-filled days with a variety of life enrichment activities from baking and decorating the Christmas cake, decorating the trees and adding that touch of sparkle and glitter to the home, virtual events and having a lot of fun along the way!

Throughout December, Residents have been busy counting down to Christmas with their busy life enrichment programme filled with fun-filled festive activities.

We have been busy making festive decorations to display around our home and making our Christmas cakes, starting them early so we could ‘feed’ them with brandy or sherry and leaving plenty of time for them to mature before decorating and entering into Barchester’s annual Christmas cake competition.

As we made our cakes, it was lovely to hear everyone sharing their memories of Christmases past, the traditions they enjoyed and what Christmas has meant to them.