Residents at Enliven’s homes are encouraged to make their room their ideal home. They are welcome to choose a theme that reflects their personality and interests and most of all brings them joy.
This is no different at Cashmere Home in Johnsonville.
In the case of garden lover and Cashmere Home resident, Janet, her four walls flutter with more than a hundred butterflies, birds perch on picture frames and flowers bloom. Seasonal bunting loops around the top of the walls which are also hung with photos of loved ones and pictures of forests and gardens.
“The room feels like it’s mine,” says Janet, contentedly. “I can focus on the different things that make me happy.”
While Janet’s daughter Carolyn and granddaughter Sarah are responsible for much of the transformation, they are enthusiastically supported by Cashmere Home and Cashmere Heights Home recreation team leader, Linda Lankshear, who regularly adds to the butterfly collection.
The indoor garden reflects the one outside Janet’s window, which Carolyn created from scratch using pots and troughs filled with petunias and roses and a graceful ceramic birdbath.
An avid reader, Janet also enjoys doing puzzles in the Cashmere Home games area and solving the crossword is part of her daily routine. When spending time in her room, Janet’s imagination takes flight amongst her treasures in harmony with music from the Concert programme on her radio.
