Activities at Highview House Care Home
We understand that the people we support have passions and interests that could be difficult to pursue after moving into a care home – but that doesn’t mean we don’t encourage them to try! Some hobbies can define a person, so our Activities Coordinators are dedicated to ensuring that everyone we support is able to do what makes them happy to the best of their abilities. Social events are organised with individual tastes in mind and with the idea that residents have the opportunity to try new and exciting things.
Aiden Wylie
Hello, my name is Aiden Wylie, and I am Head Activities Coordinator here at Highview House. My job is to ensure a mentally and physically challenging and varied calendar of activities. I want to involve all our residents in a warm and welcoming environment.
My career has been in education and I have lived in countries as diverse as Japan and Iraq, but in 2022 I came to Highview with the ambition of offering a range of activities, trips and entertainment which lead to lasting memories and experiences.
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 Highview House Care Home
Star of Nimrod
We had a lovely time joining Graham Whitlock for an exciting virtual event to discuss his book ‘The Crystal Palace Chronicles: Star of Nimrod’.
Our residents were thrilled to find out more about the book and the fictional character Joe, who went on a rollercoaster adventure travelling back in time to the heyday of Victorian Crystal Palace.
Everyone had lots of fun during the virtual talk, as Graham took them on a clever and hilarious adventure. A great time was had by all.
Time for fun 41!
This afternoon some of our ladies enjoyed an afternoon at the Carlton Bingo, Inverness. Margaret used to go to the bingo all the time before she came to us here at Highview and today we got her back to play! She took a couple of her friends Annie and Julianne from Highview along with her and her Granddaughter joined her also. Julianne won 2 full houses and shared a 3rd full house with someone else.
Recreating memories
Resident, Christine and her husband Bill had been to see Phil Collins at his Final farewell Tour in Dubai back in early 2000's. We recreated this for Christine and as you can see, she absolutely loved it. She also had a little dance with some of the staff. Recreating these memories is a lovely way to allow us to be a part of their past and their present as part of the homes resident centred activities.
A trip back in time
Annie had found these discs in her bedroom and asked the staff if they could help her find out what was on them. As always, our staff aim to deliver and we took the discs and had them developed for her. Annie was delighted to be able to see the pictures of her family that she had not seen for some time and they brought up some great memories for her.
Book corner 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.
National Scrabble Day
It’s National Scrabble Day! The home was in high spirits as we celebrated the day in style organising inter-home scrabble tournament. The day finished off with a Scrabble quiz and delicious afternoon treats, which brought smiles and laughter into the home. Many of the residents take pleasure in playing scrabble and find it relaxing, they also enjoy making new friends along the way.
Upcoming events
Could you be a Volunteer?
Volunteers provide a valuable and wide variety of services in many different settings. Do you have spare time? For more information we'd love to hear from you.
Calling all Emergency Services
Calling all emergency personnel! Come and take a break on us - there may be a cake or two available!
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