Listen up, young folk: Words of advice from care home residents goes viral
Senior residents at a nursing home have gone viral after sharing their wisdom and advice for the younger generation on Facebook.
St Clair Nursing Center in Missouri, US has helped pensioners share their messages to young people in its ‘advice of the day’ series.
Since last month, the care home has been sharing pictures of the elderly residents holding a whiteboard with their name, age and unique insight.
The initiative was created by activities manager Debbie Michael, who chose a resident to participate each day and took the pictures for the centre’s Facebook page.
91-year-old resident Bob has captured the attention of people around the Internet with his advice: “Find someone to love, and keep on loving them”. His picture has gained more than 14,000 comments and 129,000 shares, and kickstarted a #BeLikeBob campaign with merchandise sales.
81-year-old Rose advised the youth to “get a good education”, while 92-year-old Waunita encouraged everyone to “eat, drink and be merry”.
Scroll through the gallery to read the advice from the residents.
Photo credit: St. Clair Nursing Center