Village on the St. Clair residents reach out to families with touching slide show

Residents hold personalized messages to their loved ones in a PowerPoint presentation accompanied by famous Stevie Wonder song
6/1/2020  - Deron Hamel
 

For residents of the Village on the St. Clair, Stevie Wonder’s 1984 hit song I Just Called to Say I Love You perfectly summed up their feelings to family members during the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

So, with the help of team members at the Sarnia seniors living community, residents made a PowerPoint slide show that featured photos of them holding personal messages relaying how much they love and miss their families with I Just Called to Say I Love You playing throughout the presentation.

The slide show was e-mailed to residents’ families.

Steeves & Rozema long-term care and seniors living communities are following important protocols to keep residents and team members safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of these protocols, only “essential visitors” (who must be screened on site) are allowed entry to the homes. This means the majority of residents are not having visitors.

Village on the St. Clair fun co-ordinator Jennifer Beselaere explains why I Just Called to Say I Love You was chosen as the slide show’s song.

“The song talks about troubled time but always comes back to the positive and how it’s all OK because of love,” she tells S&R Today.

“We made a PowerPoint presentation for the families to remind them how much we miss them and love them.”

Jennifer says many residents’ families live far away, so this was a way for them to see their loved ones.

“We wanted to remind our families that we are thinking of them, missing them and will see them again soon,” she says.

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