Emma Sheppard reports on a poetry reading group at a care home in Liverpool, which is helping participants with dementia improve their mood, concentration and social interaction.
Stephanie Brada reads the Henry Charles Beeching poem Going Down Hill on a Bicycle to a group of residents at a care home. They read along with her, some mouthing the words, others silently following the print-outs on their laps.
“Michael, did you ever have a bike?” Brada asks one of the men sitting across from her.
“Yes,” he replies. “I rode it to work.”
This might be unremarkable in another setting, but the 10 participants of this reading group at Stapely... Keep reading on The Guardian
Stephanie Brada reads the Henry Charles Beeching poem Going Down Hill on a Bicycle to a group of residents at a care home. They read along with her, some mouthing the words, others silently following the print-outs on their laps.
“Michael, did you ever have a bike?” Brada asks one of the men sitting across from her.
“Yes,” he replies. “I rode it to work.”
This might be unremarkable in another setting, but the 10 participants of this reading group at Stapely... Keep reading on The Guardian