The day the meerkats came to Ouse View

Ouse View care home, in Fulford York was full of animal mischief on Thursday when the Joe’s exotic mobile zoo came to visit the home. Residents at Ouse View were pleasantly surprised to see meerkats roaming around their lounge as Joe’s exotic mobile zoo paid a visit. The meerkats were in a 6 by 6 run and stayed for an hour playing with each other, there were 3 meerkats.

General Manager Rebekka Richardson said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their unusual visitors today. We knew that having the mobile zoo here would be a bit of fun for all our residents, especially as some find it difficult to go on many outings in our minibus. We are always looking for new activities for the residents and today we have seen the seen the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people. To see the faces of the residents light up when they saw the meerkats was a delight yesterday.”

Resident Margo was very excited and touched by the Joe’s Exotic Mobile Zoo’s meerkats: “As a child I used to love all the animals. Today was very enjoyable and it was wonderful that the animals were able to play, I cannot believe we saw a meerkat up so close, they were very cute. It was such a unique and a once in a life time opportunity!"

Ouse View Care Home is run by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest care providers, which is committed to delivering personalised care across its care homes and hospitals. Ouse View provides residential care, dementia care and respite care.

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