Twenty\u002Dfour independent and long\u002Dterm facilities, from Abbotsford to Qualicum Beach, handed residents the butterflies in white boxes.
“There she goes,” said general manager Mirandah Sinden of Gilmore Gardens upon the release of dozens of colourful butterflies at the Richmond retirement home.
Butterlies are released by residents of the Gilmore Gardens seniors’ care home in Richmond on Friday.For resident Sally Houston, 85, the hardest part of the pandemic was the loneliness she felt being separated from her family, friends and other residents at Gilmore Gardens.Article content “A lot of COVID-19 restrictions felt similar,” Douglas said. “You couldn’t just simply go across the street and play with the other kids.”
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