Older people have always been something I cared so much for. My mom and my grandmother always took me and my brother with to visit the great grand parents of our family or others. My mom always made some extra food, so we could bring to the neighbors or other people that could not make it them self because the age caught up with them. I was always so happy to see how happy they were for little things, and when I grew older I kept doing the same as my mom and my grandmother. I used to drive to my great-grand father and make him breakfast in the morning, and we used to spend the time talk about the old days and he was telling stories and showed me pictures. I think it made him as happy as it did for me.
Unfortunately, when age catch up, some need to get on nursing homes to be taken care of because they are not able to do it them self. Thank God, we have such a great health system in Norway that people are actually getting taken care of. (Yes, we complain sometimes, but if we are seeing the countries outside Norway we should be thankful).
When I visited my family in the nursing home the following years, I could see how much they appreciated us coming to visit. They loved to share their stories and just talk. Not everybody had people visiting them at all, so by see some new faces made them so happy. Sometimes just an extra coffee treat or tart could light up a day for them. After seeing how much small things and events do for the people at the nursing home, I decided I wanted to do something for the older people at the nursing home now.
After being in contact with my aunt and a lot of emailing back and forth from New York. We had a concert planned at Tjoelling Sykehjem (My local nursing home from where I grew up).
My best friend is an amazing singer and she joined the project. My mom and I was making cakes and waffles that we wanted to bring as a treat after the concert. This was so we could sit down with them afterwards and just talk and enjoy the time together.
This was the best day I had in a long time and I will tell you how it went in the next post! I will show you pictures from the day and also videos!
Meanwhile, take some extra care of the older people around you. I can guarantee they will love it.
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