I have been stewing over the article, “Retirement home events questioned,” since I read it in The Morning Star Feb. 14.
I know a number of residents of Heaton Place who are mobile and active and do go out into the community. Some still walk a lot or others use their scooters or cars. For some of the residents, walking or driving is no longer an option. That’s why many of them choose to live in a retirement home which is a small self-contained community.
If Heaton Place is bringing in vendors or facilitators to provide residents with information on medical or other products geared to the residents’ age group, I say more power to them. If they want to have craft fairs and teas, etc. why not.
Don’t make the residents venture out in inclement weather or the heat of summer. That’s when accidents happen. The residents have free will and you can’t make them attend somewhere they don’t want to. They are happy. Leave them alone.
If the Armstrong Activities Centre is complaining about the lack of attendance, maybe they need to up their game.
Competition is healthy and promotes positive changes.
Marjorie Hopkins
Armstrong
