Residents celebrate a spooktastic Halloween
Residents at a dementia care home in Wellington really entered into the spirit of the season at Halloween, creating decorations galore, donning spooky fancy dress items and enjoying traditional games.
Sam Paddon, head of care at Camelot House and Lodge, said: “We really grabbed their attention by creating a Halloween shop where they could browse among items that jogged memories of Halloween past.
“They loved reminiscing and telling us about the traditions they used to celebrate when they were younger.
“We’ve also spent a lot of time in the run-up to Halloween doing pumpkin-carving with them, and creating autumnal decorations, so our lounge looked really atmospheric for the big day.
“And of course there were Halloween costumes and favourite games and scrummy food like chocolate cobweb cupcakes, Halloween cookies and toffee apple cake which all went down well.”
The Halloween celebrations are part of a full and varied programme of activities at Camelot House and Lodge which is run by specialist dementia care provider Camelot Care. The group also has homes in Bridgwater, Plymouth and Yeovil and a fifth due to open next year in Holsworthy.
