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Visit
Balhousie St Ronans Care Home’s Christmas Party where members of staff and
people spending Christmas Day there will be available for interview. Lots of
festive photo and filming opportunities available including a visit from Father
Christmas, singing, music, drinks and nibbles.
Balhousie Care Group to opens its
doors to people spending Christmas Day alone
As Christmas Day draws near, many people in the local
community will be spending the festive season with loved ones. But, what about
those who don’t have anyone to share the magical time with and are lonely this
festive season?
To ensure that as many people as possible are not alone this
Christmas, Scotland’s leading provider of residential care, Balhousie Care
Group, is opening its doors on Christmas Day in all 25 of its Homes across
Scotland to welcome anyone who is alone to come along and enjoy some Christmas
Dinner and join in with the festivities.
Sadly, for every family sitting round the table enjoying
turkey on Christmas Day, there may be someone who is completely alone. In
particular, many elderly people can find Christmas a particularly lonely time
of year. John Lewis’s recent Man on the Moon advertising campaign highlighted
how Christmas can be an entirely different experience for people living alone.
By opening their doors on Christmas Day, Balhousie hope that there will be less
people lonely across the communities that their Care Homes are based.
With Care Homes spanning the east coast of Scotland from
Aberdeenshire to Fife, Home Managers have been working with social workers and
members of the local community to identify people who may be alone and could
benefit from spending Christmas Day with staff, residents and families in the
various Care Homes.
Denise Grant, Home Manager at Balhousie St Ronans Care Home,
commented:
“So many people, particularly the elderly, spend the festive
season feeling isolated and nobody should have to be on their own on Christmas
Day. We have been liaising with members of the local community to find people
in this situation and invite them to enjoy Christmas Day with us instead of
being alone at Christmas. Anyone who finds themselves alone on Christmas Day should
come and see us and be part of something truly magical.”
To find out more about Balhousie Care Group visit www.balhousiecare.co.uk
To enquire about visiting a Care Home on Christmas Day call
01738 254254.
ENDS
For further information contact Anna Gunn on 01738 658187 or
a.gunn@volpa.co.uk
Notes to Editors
Rebecca Mitchell from Turtle Tots will also be at Balhousie St
Ronans Care Home during the Christmas party to deliver boxes of chocolates to
residents, after being inspired by the John Lewis Christmas advertising
campaign. The chocolates were collected to highlight awareness of how lonely
the festive season can be and bring a smile to the face of residents.