WHAT’S NEW? CARE HOMES TAKE VEGETARIAN
MEMORY CARE PLEDGE Vegetarian for Life, a UK charity aimed at improving the quality of life of older vegetarians and vegans, has announced the addition of care providers Sunrise Senior Living and Gracewell Healthcare as the newest signatories to its Memory Care Pledge.
Launched in 2019, the initiative helps to ensure that vegan and vegetarian residents can live the rest of their lives in the way that they intended.
Care homes pledge to follow five key measures so that residents experiencing cognitive losses or capacity issues will have their beliefs upheld and respected.
With all sites in the Gracewell Healthcare and Sunrise Senior Living chains having taken the Vegetarian for Life Memory Care Pledge, a total of 59 UK care homes have now made the commitment to their vegetarian and vegan residents.
Amanda Woodvine, Chief Executive of Vegetarian for Life (VfL) said: “The number of UK care homes that have agreed to cater well and ethically for older vegetarians and vegans is constantly rising. We are delighted that 1,500 care homes are already on the VfL UK List. This constant growth shows how much of a priority meat-free catering is becoming in the care sector.
“We want to ensure that older vegetarians are catered for well for their whole lives, especially if capacity issues or cognitive
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losses become prevalent. We are encouraging care homes to pledge that they will also help uphold residents’ choices for vegetarian or vegan living.
Anokhi Popat, Head of PR for Sunrise Senior Living UK and Gracewell Healthcare,said: "Our homes are proud to have signed up to the Vegetarian for Life Memory Care and Inclusivity Pledge. We believe that the five fundamentals are central to our own values, ensuring that we support all of our residents to continue to live meaningful lives consistent with their ethical beliefs."
https://vegetarianforlife.org.uk/pages/pledge
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