A recent ‘Have you ever?’ activity at Juniper Hayloft in Martin provided residents with loads of laughs and smiles as well as some star-studded discussions.
Hosted by Juniper Lifestyle Coordinator Janelle Johnson, the relaxed get-together is all about bringing residents together and keeping a sense of community at the residential aged care home.
“The main purpose of the Have you ever activity is to reminisce and to get to know a bit more about each other,” Janelle said.
Everyone at the session was ready to share entertaining insights about their lives and some unexpected plot twists when questions like ‘Have you ever met a celebrity?’ were put to the group.
From meeting 1960s Aussie TV royalty Bobby Limb during a personal appearance at the fondly remembered Boans store in the city to crossing paths with the actual buffalo that appeared in the original Crocodile Dundee movie, the answers were a mixed bag.
When it came to meeting high profile figures, one resident really hit the heights having chatted with the late Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip during a royal visit to Perth.
Further celebrities that residents had greeted over the years included Aussie music legend John Williamson and Irish singer Daniel O’Donnell.
Other topics that generated plenty of banter amongst the group included whether anyone had eaten a whole pizza, sung karaoke, seen a skunk, made a snowman, seen an elephant or planted a tree.
When there’s a former landscaper amongst the group that “planted thousands of them” over his career, it was clear who had the most experience there.
As well as providing the group with some mid-morning entertainment, the activity was a great way for residents from different backgrounds to bond over these shared experiences.
Janelle said with the success and positive response from residents to her first ‘Have you ever’ activity, she was definitely set to host another session soon.
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