An artist has enlisted the help of some unusual assistants for her latest piece - residents at the care home where she works. April Towriess, who is also the activities coordinator for the Fairway View care home, is supporting Dementia Awareness Week and using her background in yarn art to create a community-wide project.
She has had help from residents at the care home, who she calls her ‘forget-me-not warriors’ to knit and crochet flowers to create a mural which will be displayed at the front of their building, which looks out onto Bulwell Forest golf course. Over the week more of residents’ work will be added to the floral arrangement which depicts the Alzheimer’s UK forget-me-not flower.
The Bulwell-based artist hopes to raise awareness about the importance of stimulating the minds of dementia patients to keep them engaged. April said: “My preconceived idea of dementia was that it made people angry, frustrated and violent which isn’t the case.
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