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Friendships may be fleeting for people living with dementia – a few seconds here, a few minutes there. But even a brief moment of friendship lifts our mood and those warm feelings can persist when the particular act of friendship has been long forgotten.

Such presence, such dignity.

There were so many great pictures of Coral this month, I have included some of them here for the family to enjoy.

…but sometimes there is nothing like the quiet company of other men. The thing is men only have about a thousand daily words and women have three thousand. You get the picture…

The Lodge is our small community for people living with the later stages of dementia. This afternoon Paul entertained the residents (and staff!) with his old school music hall performance. Even Percival the teddy enjoyed himself.

Percival comes with quite a story. His owner was asked to leave her care home because it was felt that Percival did not fit into the ethos of the care home. This can often happen to teddies and their owners in regular care homes where non-conventional behaviour can be frowned upon by other residents and staff.

Luckily for Percival we are not a regular care home and we were delighted for him and his owner to come and live in the Lodge. Over time Percival has been adopted by some of the other residents and he brings much pleasure. Let’s be honest – who would not enjoy cuddling up to a teddy every now and then ?