\n Trinity Manor Care Home in Sherborne hosted a visit from Zoolab, whose mobile zoo brought along a selection of animals for residents to meet and interact with.\n<\/p>\n
\n The creatures included giant snails, stick insects, and a snake, providing a hands-on experience for those living at the home.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sohail Daniel, senior general manager at Trinity Manor, said: “Our residents have really enjoyed their unusual visitors today.\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents at Trinity Manor Care Home were pleasantly surprised to see animals such as giant snails, stick insets and even a snake roaming around their home as Zoolab paid a visit. (Image: Barchester Healthcare)\n<\/p>\n
\n “We knew that having the mobile zoo here would be a bit of fun for all our residents, especially as some find it difficult to go on many outings in our minibus.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are always looking for new activities for the residents and today we have seen the seen the enjoyment and the therapeutic influence animals can have on people.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Trinity Manor is operated by Barchester Healthcare, one of the UK\u2019s largest care providers, offering personalised care across its network of care homes and hospitals.\n<\/p>\n
\n The home provides residential and dementia care, including both short-term respite and long-term stays.\n<\/p>\n
\n Barchester Healthcare supports 11,000 residents across 200 homes, focusing on helping older people live with dignity and respect.\n<\/p>\n
\n For more information, visit the Barchester Healthcare website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trinity Manor Care Home in Sherborne hosted a visit from Zoolab, whose mobile zoo brought along a selection…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-783424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=783424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}