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Originally Posted by Barefoot
What a wonderful post. If I can just add one thing ... You don't have to be able to sing or have a talent. Many seniors in Long-term care are lonely and want to talk. Ask them questions about their favorite memories or their hobbies or their pets. If they don't have memories, just talk to them about your favorite memories. I bet they'll smile.
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How true Bare. During our working life we were transferred to Scotland, my otherhalf worked and I could not, so I volunteered at one of the local churches to cook a lunch one day a week. After we had finished cooking, serving and cleaning up I used to go out and sit with the elderly people and just talk, they were so interesting. They had lived through so much and had some wonderful and frightening tales to tell. I often wish I had written everything down, it is all lost now.