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Memory Care Residents Share Early Christmas with Middle Schoolers

Middle schoolers and residents at Willowbrook Place reminisce, sing carols and make gingerbread ornaments ahead of Christmas.

Middle schoolers from Addenbrooke Classical Academy join WIllowbrook Place residents to decorate gingerbread men.
Middle schoolers from Addenbrooke Classical Academy join WIllowbrook Place residents to decorate gingerbread men. (Willowbrook Place, an Anthem Memory Care community)

Over 30 middle schoolers joined residents at Willowbrook Place, an Anthem Memory Care community in Littleton to celebrate the holidays. The students from Addenbrooke Classical Academy led the seniors in Christmas carols, gingerbread ornament making, puzzles and board games.

“Having dementia doesn’t diminish the joy of celebrating the holidays,” said Sarah Kressig, community relations director for Willowbrook Place. “This was a great chance for the young people and our residents to reminisce and share their love of Christmas.”

Willowbrook Place is located at 5275 S. Kipling Pkwy., Littleton.

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About Anthem Memory Care

Anthem's core purpose is to protect, engage, and love people living with memory loss and is committed to provide understanding and significance to people with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Anthem, based in Lake Oswego, Ore., operates and develops memory care communities in California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Utah and Washington. The company’s website is AnthemMemoryCare.com.

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