Staff and residents at Glenroyd care home decided to invite the local nursery for a day filled with literary fun. Everyone got involved by dressing up as characters from their favourite books and sharing excerpts with one another. It was wonderful to see the variety of stories being read and to listen to all the different topics being discussed.
Betty, a resident at Glenroyd care home, truly embraced the spirit of the day by dressing up as an Oompa Loompa. She donned her acting shoes and engaged the children in delightful conversations about their outfits and the reasons behind their choices.
Aga Prendota, the Activities Co-ordinator at the home commented: “Our residents all love to read and to talk about their favourite books so World Book Day is a fantastic opportunity for us all to spend the day with our noses in our favourite books. Having the children come to visit us made it even more fun, we all loved seeing their costumes.”
Yvonne Hand, General Manager at the home, said: “It has been a brilliant day and we have all enjoyed swapping our must-reads. Our residents love getting lost in a good book so they very much enjoyed reading excerpts from their favourite novels and discussing what they love about them. There are so many wonderful books to discover, everyone enjoyed finding out about new titles to put on their reading lists.”
Our varied life enrichment programme keeps residents active, and provides a daily choice of engaging physical, mental and spiritual activities tailored to residents’ interests and abilities.
Glenroyd care home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Glenroyd provides residential care, nursing care and dementia care for 74 residents from respite care to long term stays.
