[WATCH] ‘PEAS IN A POD’ Daughter Volunteers At Nursing Home So She Can Keep Seeing Her Dad

49-year-old Nina Ambrose was devastated when lockdown rules meant she couldn’t visit her father Roger, whose 77, who moved into a nursing home in January.

So when she was laid off,  the applied to volunteer as an activities and events coordinator at her fathers nursing home where he stays because he suffers from alzeimers.

Shes been there Since April!

Nina is enjoying her new role so much, in fact, that she’s considering a new career in caring. “I love it,” she said. “It makes the residents so happy, when I go in, they start clapping and saying, ‘sing sing’, and they remember all the old songs. Music has such a big impact on people with dementia. It’s been a massive game changer.

“I wouldn’t have considered doing this job before, but this has absolutely inspired me.

She documents Roger’s journey through illness on her Instagram page @rantsandbigpants to help others in similar situations. Her big hope is that others will realize being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s “doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom: You can tap into what made people happy and the activities they once enjoyed at whatever level they can enjoy them now. I tell Dad the same joke every week and he laughs his head off.

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This post was written by Morgan Ryan