“That Pancake with Sugar and Syrup Tasted so Good”: Limburg Nursing Home Residents Are Having the Time of Their Lives by the Sea

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“I saw the sea for the first time in 15 years and immediately remembered the image of my late husband, sitting on a chair with his bare legs crossed. When he wanted to go home in the evening, his feet were completely sunburned.” Denise Poncelet (100) tells this with a glint in her eyes. She suggested to the management of Home Elisabeth in Sint-Truiden, Limburg, to go to the sea again. And Denise was not alone. Jos (79) enjoyed his pancake and Id…