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Intergenerational care


Old People’s Home for four Year olds - Channel 4’s heart warming documentary series - returned to our television screens for an hour-long Christmas special. The festive episode saw residents at St Monica Trust and a group of four- year-olds preparing for a fun filled carol service.


Social isolation is one of the biggest problems for older people and never more so than during the Christmas period. Loneliness can impact hugely on an individual’s health. Channel 4’s two-part series, which aired in August last year, was inspired by a revolutionary American scheme. The show brought together a group of older people and a group of four-year-olds for a six-week period to attempt to prove scientifically that the interaction between the two generations could transform the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of the older volunteers for the better.


For the first time, a team of geriatric specialists medically tested the impact the children had on the older group and delivered significant results, showing major improvements in their mood, memory and mobility.


Channel 4’s two-part series, which aired in August last year, was inspired by a revolutionary American scheme


The Apples and Honey Nightingale nursery in London, run by founder Judith Ish-Horowicz, is the first of its kind in the UK. The concept of intergenerational care began in 1976 when a nursery school and a care home were combined in Tokyo. Since then, there have been successful schemes across Europe, Australia and the US. In Singapore, the government has committed £1.7 bn to initiatives to improve ageing in the country, including 10 new intergenerational housing developments.


Nurseries are run near to care homes in cities such as Chichester and Edinburgh, but Apples and Honey is the first to run a nursery within a care home itself, with daily joint activities for the children and residents including exercising, reading, cooking and eating meals.


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Ish-Horowicz came up with the idea after bringing children from her first nursery in Wimbledon to visit Nightingale House each term. The new nursery, housed in the care home’s refurbished maintenance block, has 30 places for two- to four-year-olds and a number reserved for the children of care home staff. There can also be economic benefits for care homes considering sharing their sites, including gaining additional rent and sharing administrative, ground maintenance and catering costs and co-location can improve recruitment and retention of staff, who take advantage of flexible onsite childcare or find satisfaction in the increased variety in their roles.


If people are well stimulated and live meaningful lives, they are also more likely to eat well, which reduces the risk of dehydration and falls and lessens the likelihood of hospital admission.


Combining care for older and young people has economic benefits for care homes as well as health and wellness benefits for residents. The UK is still catching up with the idea, but interest is growing.


Susannah Millen • Editor susannahmillen@stepcomms.com


January 2018 • www.thecarehomeenvironment.com


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