Activities at Pentland View Care Home
Our home is always full of life, and we can thank our wonderful Activities Coordinators for this. Dedication to creating a unique and interesting activities programme is what sets us apart from other homes. We always take into consideration that some people would prefer to pursue their own interests, which is why our team strive to incorporative activities that cater to a wide range of tastes and hobbies. Our trips out are always fun and exciting as well, and residents are guaranteed to return with stories to tell their loved ones!
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 Pentland View Care Home
History of the Titanic with Oomph
We enjoyed an afternoon of reminisce we learnt about the Titanic on the anniversary of its maiden voyage. We logged into Oomph and watched real footage of the Titanic in port. We also watched footage of the crash site and wreckage. The residents were very interested as we looked back at the Titanic, which launched on May 31, 1911, and set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton on April 10, 1912, with 2,240 passengers and crew on board.
Book Club Corner
Residents were delighted when the homes local Tesco kindly donated a large selection of books for our residents to enjoy. We have a number of vivid readers and we are enjoying going through them to find our favourite genres and authors, we have also recently received a great selection of wildlife books which were kindly given to us by the local Boys Brigade. We are looking forward to time spent reading them all!
Live musical performance
Residents enjoy an afternoon of song and live entertainment as we welcomed popular local musician – Faith Charlton – to the home who performed a medley of well-known hits we enjoyed singing along too. Group musical sessions are a popular part of our homes life enrichment programme. Residents enjoy Faith’s visits as she is a talented guitarist and singer and performs a great variety of songs we all love!
Resident centred activity
Our life enrichment programme is varied and we always have a lot of fun things planned from virtual events, clubs, coffee and catch ups but sometimes the simple and quiet things are enjoyed alone whether it’s a board game, knitting and showing our creative flair or catching up on the news with the papers allows us to keep our minds active whilst we relax. This week Molly enjoy reading the Ocadian from back home in Orkney and Bab’s reading Remembering Caithness – what will be up to this week?
Come sing!
Residents across our homes and hospitals had a fantastic time with vocal coach Dan Cooper from Biiah as he led an amazing sing-a-long session for residents to enjoy.
Residents who joined the event were able to learn different techniques as they sang the famous ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ by Jimmy Cliff and ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by The Beatles.
Across our homes there were smiles and laugher all around. The session was such a success and was great for the mind, body and soul.
Inside the Factory
We had a brilliant time across our services with Harrogate Skills 4 Living as they took us on a wonderful virtual visit to their Harrogate Chocolate Factory.
Residents were thrilled to discover details about the chocolate-making process and the fascinating journey from bean to bar, all while enjoying some delicious sweet treats.
The Factory aims to employ people with learning disabilities and autism, involving them in all parts of the process, from sorting and roasting the beans to packaging and sales. The experience was truly enjoyed by all who joined this event.
Upcoming events
Coffee Afternoon - Last Friday of the month
We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at our monthly coffee morning, come and make new friends!
