Activities at Fairview House Care Home
Our teams are trained to enrich the lives of residents through stimulating the mind, body and soul, and taking the time to learn about each person to ensure everyone receives support that adds enrichment to their life.
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.
Fairview House Activities Team
Chloe, Cecilia and Veronica make up our fantastic Activities Team here at Fairview House.
They develop and oversee an active living programme for each resident, which encourages mobility, social contact, independence and fun. Each and every person can thrive and live to their full potential with no day ever being the same. They bring great enthusiasm and spark to the home and have one passion, which is to deliver an amazing and vibrant activities programme to cater to all tastes and abilities.
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
New interactive Rainbow table
Fairview Care Home in Aberdeen has recently brought a new splash of colour to residents’ lives by installing a digital Rainbow Table which brings with it a whole new world of interactive possibilities.
The Rainbow Table is a versatile digital platform that uses all kinds of interactive games and apps to connect people with each other, their family members and friends, all while stimulating movement and cognitive activity. The Rainbow Table can be used individually or as a group, residents are invited to play all kinds of games, take part in activities and classes, quizzes, brain training and sensory apps, connect with others via Zoom, watch films and TV programmes, listen to music, the possibilities really are endless. It is a great way to spark discussions, get everyone up and dancing, debating, reminiscing, the Rainbow Table is rapidly becoming everyone’s favourite piece of kit.
Virtual trip to Cornish Seal Sanctuary
A big thank you to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary for the fantastic live virtual event today!
Residents across our services loved seeing the seals up close and learning about the incredible work the sanctuary does to protect them and other wildlife in Cornwall as well.
Everyone truly enjoyed the experience.
National Housekeeping Week
This week we celebrate Housekeepers Week! Our housekeeping team was treated to a delightful high tea party alongside our residents and their families this afternoon to celebrate and show our appreciation.
Thank you for your tireless efforts. Your constant readiness to assist other teams in the house is truly remarkable. The teamwork you exhibit is exceptional! We hold great admiration for each and every one of you!
Thank you can never be enough.
Dementia Cafe Relaunch
Staff and residents at The home were joined by the Living Well Café and local charity ‘Music 4 u’ in launching a brand new community dementia café in the home and were joined by our neighbours and friends from the local community.
Linda a representative of living well had the pleasure of cutting the ribbon and opening the homes new café. The Living Well Project was set up in 2010, with the aim of supporting isolated and vulnerable people in the communities of North Aberdeen. The Living Well Project embraces two strands of care within the community; The Living Well Befriending Service and The Living Well Dementia Cafés.
Our newly launched cafe takes place on the first Wednesday of the month between 2.30pm and 4pm.
Hippy Day Fun
Fairview got “groovy baby!”
Today the staff changed their uniforms for some colourful Hippie outfits and lightened up all the residents faces with big smiles. The dining room was made up with lots of Hippie decorations which brightened up everyone who entered the room's mood.
Lots of Hippie activities was going on this afternoon. Our ladies made bracelets and arranged flowers while our gentlemen (and some ladies) decorated brownies and cookies. All the residents enjoyed the treats with a cup of tea while listening to Hippie music. Blessing also got the residents moving to the music when she grabbed the microphone to give us a brilliant performance.
It was a “groovy” day here indeed.
Summer Fete
We had so much fun at this years Summer Fête!
A big thank you to everyone who came out and joined us. We really appreciate everyone who came, family, friends, stall holders and staff, and we hoped that you enjoyed it just as much as we did.
We were delighted to welcome back Megan who entertained our audience and guests with an amazing musical set.
Congratulations to Freddie who won both the whisky game and our “name the dog” game.
It was lovely to see our relatives, loved ones and the wider community come together for such a wonderful time.
Upcoming events
May
We extend a warm invitation to you to join us throughout the month of May. All welcome.
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.
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 Lane Community Café
Join us every first Wednesday of the month for our Memory Lane cafe from 2.30 pm.
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.
