Dignity and respect were placed centre stage yesterday as staff, residents and visitors marked the annual arrival of Dignity Action Day.
Although these important qualities are at the heart of our charity’s care each and every day, Dignity Action Day gave everyone an opportunity to express their personal understanding by taking part in a variety of enjoyable activities.
Residents at our Holy Cross Nursing Home in Sunderland chose to mark the occasion with some uplifting songs by entertainer, Christine Rosemond, which brought everyone together to celebrate.
Local favourites, such as ‘Fog on the Tyne’, ‘Blaydon Races’ and ‘When the Boat Comes In’ had everyone singing along and enjoying each other’s company with lots of chatting and reminiscing continuing over cream scones and refreshments later.
In Newcastle, many of our St Catherine’s Nursing Home residents chose to spend time chatting about what dignity meant to them personally and everyone’s thoughts were written down and made into a colourful poster for everyone to see.
Adults with learning disabilities attending our Parkhead Resource Centre in Ashington chose a similar theme, writing individual messages on cut out prints of their own hands which they then hung on their very impressive Digni-tree.
Parkhead’s Senior Support Worker, Hannah Chapple said, “Dignity Action Day got us all thinking and appreciating each other and it gave us a lovely, warm fuzzy feeling to be part of it all.”