Activities at Seaview House Care Home
Our Activities Coordinators are constantly striving to mentally and physically stimulate those we support by organising group and individual activities for anyone and everyone to participate in. There are exercise classes and a walking group, regular outings in the minibus to nearby places of interest including local concerts, as well as weekly visits from a PAT dog, and regular visits from musicians and entertainers, as well as church services which are held twice a month. We also host a weekly social event in which we encourage residents from the whole home to socialise together.
Activities are one of the most important aspects of a care home, so it is essential that our team are dedicated to ensuring that residents are entertained, and that life at Seaview is fun and active.
Mandy Wilson
Mandy has worked for Barchester since 1998. At first as a carer and then in 2004 as the activities coordinator for Seaview. She is passionate about helping people who live at Seaview get the very best out of their day and actively promotes the resident’s monthly committee.
Read our brochure 'Life-enriching activities' for more information about life in our care homes.
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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 Seaview House Care Home
Community Spirit
Snow! Snow! & more Snow!! It was lovely for us all to have such a wonderful fall of snow, most we have had in the past 20 years! The residents enjoyed watching the winter wonderland from the windows and the girls making the snowmen they requested! We also have the best community, with Aurora Energy Services – NMS who went round Wick and helped clear the snow where needed. We were delighted they cleared both our car parks so staff, visitors and visiting professionals could get in safely to Seaview.
90th Birthday Celebrations
We do love a celebration at Seaview and this lovely lady Jessie was 90 years young, so her family arranged with staff to have a special tea party with her in our dining room. Jessie was delighted having her family around her and then enjoyed a 2nd day celebrating with this cake and the residents. We are only too happy to arrange family events at Seaview as family connections is important to help maintain.
Storm Gerrit
When storm Gerrit hit Wick, all the residents wanted to do was have a Pyjama/movie afternoon as this is their home so they could! We all got our PJs on and grabbed a teddy and met up in the lounge to enjoy some hot chocolate & marshmallows and cream cakes whilst watching their movie choice which was south Pacific! Cosy afternoons at home are the best everyone said!
Medical Detection Dogs
Across our services residents had a fantastic time during a special live virtual event, led by Emilia from Medical Detection Dogs. Emilia took us on a journey to discover how the organisation began training dogs to support people with complex health conditions, saving their lives on a daily basis.
Using their amazing sense of smell, these dogs can identify odour changes emitted prior an episode and alert the person to take preventative action.
We were introduced to the wonderful dogs and the science behind the sniff. It was a delightful experience for everyone, especially our canine-loving residents.
Big Quiz of the Year
All over the country our care homes and hospitals linked up for Barchester’s Big Quiz of the year!
Residents tested their knowledge with a variety of questions, from historical humdingers and musical musings to pictorial puzzlers and connective conundrums.
Everyone who participated had a fantastic time and enjoyed some friendly competition.
Wreath Making Masterclass
Local Florist Francis Yellop and 2 off her staff were delighted to attend Seaview for their yearly Christmas Wreath masterclass. Everyone got involved in the making of the wreaths and residents delighted with the end result having never made one before. The gents were also keen to join in with this activity. The wreaths now having pride of place in their rooms.
