CARE homes in the South have celebrated Chinese New Year with festivities, lantern making, food, music, talks and language learning.
Residents, team members and visitors have all come together for fun activities to mark the start of the Year of the Rabbit.
At The Aldbury, Colten Care’s dedicated dementia care home in Poole, residents were greeted with jasmine tea and fortune cookies with traditional music playing in the background ahead of an arts and crafts session on making Chinese lanterns.
The fun at Kingfishers in New Milton included a talk by senior care lead Fay Suenfa.
Born in China, Fay shared details of her family traditions and how they celebrate Chinese New Year.
Other Colten Care homes celebrating the day included Canford Chase in Poole which held a tai chi morning and invited residents to make their own Chinese-themed fans.
And at Linden House in Lymington residents made Chinese-style hats and decorated a model of a dragon’s head during a craft session.