Home to Me

“Home to me is being around family.”

For many of us, our home is our family. After living together under the one roof for 60 years, Shirley and her son Peter were very reluctantly separated when Shirley needed to move into residential care. Peter did everything to make Shirley feel at home, including requesting flowers in his mother’s room for her when she arrived (which we of course organised), but the time apart caused Shirley and Peter to miss each other terribly. Some months later, when Admissions Coordinator at Regis Dandenong North, Jackie Paull learned that Peter had been put into respite care at another home after a setback with his health, she knew how important it was for mother and son to be together again – so she put everything in place to make this happen. Needless to say, the day Peter arrived at Regis Dandenong North and reunited with his Mum was very emotional, with lots of hugs, kisses, and tears of joy. Both Peter and Shirley were finally home.