Donkeys visit Rose Lodge Care Home in Wisbech

Rose Lodge care home, in Wisbech, was full of animal fun when some donkeys came to visit.

Residents (and staff) were delighted to see both Milly and her older sister Pixie, roaming around the garden and home.

General manager Meg Jones said: “Animals hold such a special place in so many of our residents’ hearts and we wanted to foster this love and be able to support residents, especially those who may find it difficult to go out on our minibus.

“Today has been wonderful to see the positive therapeutic influence these gentle animals can have on our residents. We have some of our residents living with frailties and dementia who responded really well to being able to pat and stroke both the donkeys.”

Resident Alice was very excited by the donkey’s visit, she said: “They are such beautiful animals aren’t they, so gentle and soft- I don’t know how anyone could hurt them.”

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