White Lady Funerals, Warana visits eight different nursing homes each week to meet with and engage the residents.
White Lady Funerals has recently purchased around 26 DVDs which they deliver to the nursing homes in the local area.
The DVDs are mostly old musicals such as ‘Sound of Music’, ‘Singing in the Rain’, ‘Oklahoma’, ‘South Pacific’ and ‘Carousel’. Others include ‘Little Woman’, ‘Casablanca’ and ‘Ben Hur’.
“It’s lovely to see the residents responding to the musicals - it takes them back to a special place and often they will sing and dance along to them,” says Christine Wellfare, Location Manager Warana.
“We have formed a special bond with staff and residents and enjoy seeing the residents’ eyes light up when we bring in the new DVDs.”
Christine also uses the visits to pick up donated glasses for the Lions Recycle for Sight programme which distributes the glasses to people in developing countries who otherwise would have no access to them.
The DVD initiative has been so well received that White Lady will continue to build up their DVD library and share the classic titles with nursing homes in the area for years to come.