School invites elderly to see Egg-cellent Easter display
AN EGGSTRA special invitation was sent to care home residents for a Runcorn school’s Easter assembly. Residents from Simonsfield Care Home, on Boston Avenue, were invited to view the school’s display of hand decorated Easter eggs. They had been created by pupils aged five to ten years old at The Grange Academy, on Latham Avenue, for a school competition. The school invited the elderly residents to visit following the care home’s appeal for Easter eggs. More than a dozen of the chocolate treats were presented to residents at the assembly. Debbie Smith, home manager at Simonsfield Care Home, said: “The school teachers and children were very keen to show our residents all the eggs entered into their egg decoration competition. “All the residents who went thoroughly enjoyed the assembly and talking to the children. Resident Emma Adams, in particular, got very emotional and had a little cry. “We would like to say a huge thank you to the school for inviting our residents to attend their Easter assembly and also for the generous donation of Easter eggs. “The residents will be enjoying those with their afternoon tea.” Simonsfield Care Home is part of the Hill Care Group. For further information visit www.hillcare.net.
St Budeaux Pupils Get Creative
Residents at a care home in Plymouth say that regular visits from pupils of nearby St Budeaux Foundation School are ‘a breath of fresh air.’ The Year 4 pupils come to see their older friends at Freshfields care home as part of the Archie Project, a scheme that links local schools with people with dementia. Freshfields’ activities co-ordinator Paul Hutt said: “This is the fourth year that St Budeaux children have been coming here and our residents just love their visits. “They sit side by side and enjoy a whole different variety of activities when they come here. “On their most recent visit they did seasonal arts and crafts activities.” The Archie Project is a project created to reduce the stigma and fear associated with the word dementia that links to local primary schools, care homes, sheltered housing schemes, businesses, and community members. Swedish designed and purpose-built, Freshfields in Agaton Road, Plymouth, is a specialist 38-bed dementia care facility which overlooks the Tamar Estuary. Camelot Care also has homes in Bridgwater and Wellington in Somerset. For more information see www.camelotcare.co.uk
