Young visitors bring joy to care home residents on St Patrick's Day
Residents at Bere Grove Care Home today enjoyed a wonderful morning of laughter, a quiz and companionship when members of The King’s Arms Youth Group, Horndean when they paid a special visit to the home.
The young visitors spent time chatting with residents, playing games and taking part in a lively St Patrick’s Day quiz that brought out everyone’s competitive spirit. The group also kindly helped serve, hot and cold drinks and delicious cake, making sure residents were well looked after throughout the morning.
The visit created a lovely atmosphere in the home, with plenty of smiles, conversation and shared stories between the different generations. Residents said they thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with the young people and appreciated their kindness and enthusiasm and commented on how polite they all were.
Graham Allen, General Manager at Bere Grove said “We were delighted to welcome the King’s Arms Youth Group to the home. Intergenerational activities like this are so important, and it was wonderful to see residents and young people connecting and enjoying each other’s company. It truly was a lovely morning.”
Dom Clarke, The King’s Arm’s Horndean area manager said “The visit to Bere Grove was lots of fun for the boys...helping them to explore a range of social skills in an unusual setting that none of them have experienced before. They had great fun learned a lot”.
The visit highlights the value of bringing generations together, helping to build friendships, share experiences and create meaningful moments for everyone involved.
Thank you for coming, residents and staff at Bere Grove Care Home look forward to welcoming the group back again soon for more fun and friendship.
The Kings Arms, supports young people in the community to make them feel valued as individuals, feel positive about themselves to make wise decisions enabling them to cope with life’s daily challenges and to have a community to which they belong. For more information on The Kings Arms visit: www.thekingsarms.org.uk . For information about events at Bere Grove Care Home, please follow us on Facebook, @barchesterBereGrove or visit www.barchester.com/home/bere-grove-care-home.