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Residents of Kensington Old Age Home enjoyed a wholesome meal and some fun in the pool, thanks to the Warobile Lifesaving Aquatics Academy in Maitland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The academy hosted about 30 residents on Wednesday 9 March at the swimming pool based at Holy Cross High School in Maitland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The academy was established in 2015 following the drowning of two teenagers (\u201cCoach ready to dive in\u201d, People\u2019s Post<\/span>, 18 May 2021). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keith Abrahams, academy founder, said: \u201cWe invited them for a brunch and to get them into the water for some water therapy. We are opening up the pool to as many people as we can to learn to swim, and to teach the public about life skills.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Abrahams the aim was to make the elderly feel loved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you are cooped up in an old-age home year in and year out it\u2019s not nice for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s therapeutic when you get out there and just feel a difference. I just want to make a difference to the aged.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He says they hope to do this more often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis will be an ongoing thing, it won\u2019t stop here. We always have to think about the aged because we will all reach that age if God allows it. I want to see who can swim and who can\u2019t so that I can urge them to get into the water and feel the serenity. Water is nice therapy for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abrahams says it\u2019s important that everyone knows about water safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Blows (85) said it felt good to be out. \u201cThe atmosphere is lovely. I grew up in the area, so being here at the pool brings back fond childhood memories. I remember playing soccer on the sports field and attending the bioscope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hector Napier (78) pointed out it was his first time at the pool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love being here at the pool; it\u2019s better than being inside at the home. It is nice and serene. I am enjoying the koeksisters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Michaels (80) said: \u201cIt is nice to get out sometimes; I am enjoying putting my feet into the water. It\u2019s almost like you are out in the world again. If I knew I was allowed to swim, I would have put on my bather.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helen Louis, arts and crafts facilitator at the home, said: \u201cOur residents were extremely excited since they found out we are coming here. They can enjoy themselves and put their feet into the water and do some exercise. We just want them to enjoy themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said because some residents are frail and wheelchair bound they could not all attend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the home we play cards, dominoes, games, ball games, and we go for walks. We do a lot of activities with them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abrahams says the academy is fully reliant on donations and adds that chemicals, to keep the pool clean, costs about R2 500 per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a pensioner I get a Sassa (South African Social Security Agency) grant per month, so I pour my money into this academy to make it work for us and to leave a legacy behind so somebody else can carry on with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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