{"id":11551,"date":"2020-11-30T08:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/?p=11551"},"modified":"2020-12-17T09:16:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T14:16:18","slug":"nursing-home-staff-dresses-up-like-deer-so-residents-can-go-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cjwffm\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/11\/nursing-home-staff-dresses-up-like-deer-so-residents-can-go-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Home Staff Dresses Up Like Deer So Residents Can Go Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>A nursing home &#8216; home on Manitoulin Island got creative to keep their elderly residents entertained and happy.\u00a0 Someone said they missed being able to go hunting.\u00a0 So the nurses used Christmas trees as a makeshift forest . . . dressed up as reindeer . . . and let residents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/indigenous\/wikwemikong-nursing-home-elders-nerf-gun-hunting-1.5809899\">hunt them with Nerf guns<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The\u00a0Wikwemikong Nursing Home on Mantiloulin island recently shared photos of their staff dressed as deer and moose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>The team of woodland creatures pranced through a room of Christmas trees in a heartwarming game as the Nursing home residents were encouraged to \u201chunt\u201d the frolicking staff members with Nerf guns!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>\u201cWe heard it was open season so we gave it a SHOT,\u201d the nursing home posted on Facebook.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11552 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/11\/28fde61a-nef-3-695x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"390\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11553 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.briwebapp.net\/2020\/11\/03247849-nerf-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"694\" height=\"618\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>In the last few weeks, held a photo shoot for all the female residents, a lip sync battle, and organized a game of\u00a0Wheel of Fortune and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>When the first fast food chain \u2014 a Tim Hortons \u2014 opened on Manitoulin Island in October, the elders were able to join in the festivities\u00a0with a walk up \u00a0&#8220;drive thru&#8221; 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