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
Trip to local Supermarket
We enjoyed a trip out to our local Tesco for a tea/coffee and cake.
We all had a lovely time filled with many chats and laughs. Since the weather is getting warmer we are trying to take different residents out each week to enjoy some fresh air and one another's company.
Home celebrate Easter in style
Staff and residents at Barchester’s Fairview House care home, in Aberdeen, celebrated Easter with a whole host of different activities including Easter Bonnet making, baking for our Easter bake sale and having the Easter Bunny visit!
Residents at Fairview House enjoyed an eggs-tensive range of Easter activities, from taking part in Good Friday crafts and attending our weekly church service to getting a visit from the Easter Bunny and having every resident receive a chocolate egg which were kindly donated to the home from Marine Technical Limits.
Celebrating International Women's Day
In the afternoon we celebrated International Women's Day by having a lovely afternoon tea. We wanted all the ladies in the home to know just how much we all love and appreciate them, so what better way to come together and enjoy some lovely cakes, biscuits & teas/coffee together.
We all had such a fun day today and was amazing to see so many residents joining in on the activities!
A Visit from Moo Music Aberdeen
‘We had such a wonderful visit today from Moo Music Aberdeen who came in to do a music and movement class with some of our residents.
Everyone had such an amazing time and it was so lovely to see so many smiles all morning!
We all had so a great time dancing, singing and playing some instruments. We already can't wait for their next visit to the home!
A huge thank you to everyone coming in and making our morning so much fun.’
Human Hungry Hippos
We started our morning by playing a giant game of human hungry hippos! This was such a laugh and everyone loved being involved and taking part.
The residents went head to head to see who could collect the most balls with the grabber device whilst being gently pushed into the centre of the room.
A huge well done to Kathleen who was our winner today and collected an amazing total of 22 balls!
St Patrick's Day
Residents and staff at Fairview House Care Home in Aberdeen celebrated all things Irish for St Patrick’s Day this week. The home was decorated with shamrocks and everyone dressed in green to mark the day.
Held on March 17th, Saint Patrick's Day actually observes the death of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, but the day has come to be a huge celebration of Irish heritage and culture.
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.
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.
