When we got there, we walked through a door that looked normal on the outside, but on the inside the staff had painted the door so it looked like a library, to keep the people in the building in. We went on the second floor, which is what they called the high care floor. When we got in there the lady showed us to the room where we were going to be staying for the hour. Our teacher said that our goal was to try and keep the topic flowing, even if that was by playing a game.
The first person I talked to was a lady, she wasn't very active, but she insisted on playing a game of memory with a deck of cards. We decided to just pick random cards, as I thought it would be easier for her. The game ended quickly because she started to get tired and even though there wasn't really a winner I told her that she won.
I then went and talked to another lady, she had a really fascinating history. She was one of eight children, plus her two parents. But I think one died although she didn't actually tell me, she said that one of her brothers were in the 2nd world war but his plane crashed, she didn't tell me if she dies or not but at the end she said she only has 2 brothers now. She said that from a young age she had to learn to knit and sew because her mum had to do all the washing and look after the young ones, and since she was the eldest she was given the job of looking after the household.
The last two I talked to were also quite funny, one of them thought she had ruled everyone and knew everything when she was at school. She used to tell the teacher she didn't need to do her homework because she was smarter then everyone. The other one loved to give compliments, so it was rude not to give her one back, she was really nice and friendly.
I thought this experience was amazing and really showed me what people are like. One of them said that the aged care facility was a hell hole, and others said they couldn't complain, and that it was alright. It was lovely talking to them and listening to what they had to say, and at the end of it made me wonder what their everyday life is like? When we walked in no one was talking to anyone. Is that what it is like everyday? They must have liked us there because they kept on offering us morning tea, one of them kept on offering me, and one of my friends, tea even though we kept saying no. They were really nice and funny, I would be happy to do this again. 😉😄