This week, we’re celebrating the heartfelt work of Kirsty Bagan, 39, from Glasgow. She said…
Inhaling deeply, the care home residents copied me. Then, as we all exhaled, they burst out laughing.
You see, Iwas leading a laughter yoga class at the local care home in East Kilbride as an activity coordinator.
At first, we were all forcing ourselves to chuckle in line with the breathing exercises.
But before long, we were all laughing hysterically.
I loved spreading joy to the residents from doing something so simple. And it came so naturally to me, too.
Originally coming from an entertainment background, working for Haven Holidays, I’d toured schools and care homes across Scotland, putting on pantos and theatre productions, too.
Back in 2015, Istepped into the role of Fairy Lily in a production of Mother Goose.
As Isang the words to What AWonderful World during a care home performance, the smiles of the residents really resonated with me.
From there, Iknew that I wanted to keep on spreading joy within acare home setting.
I brought the fun to them instead
While the residents couldn’t get out and about to the theatre, Icould bring the fun to them instead.
Plus, Iwanted to work closer to home so Icould spend quality time with my daughter Frankie, five. So, Ilooked for my next opportunity. And instantly, an activity co-ordinator role at Sanctuary Care, acare home five minutes away from me, caught my eye.
And afew months later, in November 2021, I started my new role.
Immediately, I got stuck in wi
