Dec
2009
9
care for a cuppa?
Located in the North East of Edinburgh, Lifecare's Cottage Companion Club is situated in a cottage in the grounds of Queen's Bay Lodge. The small, homely day centre offers specialist day care to people who have dementia living in the Portobello and surrounding areas of the city and helps support and their family and carers. A team of four carers support ten clients. LEWIS's Gillian and Nikki went out to help the group for an afternoon.
What they did
After lunch, the girls were taught by the Companion Club's clients how to play dominos and a slightly unusual (but far superior) way of playing scrabble. They all sang Christmas carols and the girls also tried to help complete a crossword but were far too slow for the pros!
Highlight of the day
Apart from Nikki's solo performance of Bonnie Wee Jeannie McCall(!), it really made the girls' day to get a chance to speak to the clients and see how happy and stimulated they are. And don't forget, they loved meeting all the great staff at Lifecare!
Summing up
Overall, they thought it was a brilliant afternoon spent with some really lovely people. Nikki and Gillian said they would definitely love to go back for a visit to see the entire group again!
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