I accompanied my DGD's class to a local residential care home/respite centre. They had been invited to see a Punch and Judy Show that was, for some reason, being put on at the home. There was obviously some sort of event going on as there was a maypole and flags set out too!
Anyway the children (6-7yrs) were all ushered into a room to sit on the floor and the puppet theatre was set up. Around the edge of the room were a selection of residents. Most had their eyes closed. One lady next to me, Hugarian I gather, was clearly in a fairly advanced stage of dementia. She kept calling out in Hungarian and sometimes held my hand or fiddled about with the bangles that I wear. She never opened her eyes. I almost got propositioned by one chap who held my hand and asked if I would be his friend. I said OK! The others were also in various stages of dementia. Most children really enjoyed the show, some hardly noticed the residents others watched them more than Punch and Judy! None of the residents appeared to respond one lady put her hands over her ears as the children shouted out responses.
AIBU to think this was an odd event to put on or was there a benefit to the residents?
