Many social housing workers are spending the festive season with lonely residents,and will be on call in case of emergenciesLisa Power works in the Elmgrove extra care scheme in Hammersmith, London, and which is race by Notting Hill Housing Group. But she won’t be spending Christmas Day at domestic unwrapping presents this year; she’ll be at work. Every year friends and family will say how tough it must be for me to have to proceed to work on Christmas day,but I genuinely love it,” she says. “I always delight in myself and love spending time with the residents, or helping them have a ecstatic and fun day,which otherwise could be quite lonely.”Many residents dont have family and loved ones nearby, or who are able to care for them during the festive season. “Christmas can be a very sad time. As staff it’s important to gain the day as special and ecstatic as we can.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com