Staff at a nursing home in Wales have come up with a new activity to lift residents' morale -- a life-size version of the children's board game Hungry Hungry Hippos.
For residents at Bryn Celyn Care Home in Wales, United Kingdom that means visits from loved ones are put on pause. The home has been on lockdown since March 12."Everyone in the home team and residents are worried about the virus," Michelle Williams, general manager at Bryn Celyn Care, told CNN."But we are staying positive and doing what we do every day, which is supporting our residents, and keeping it as normal as possible.
Read MoreAnd after seeing inspiration online, the staff at Bryn Celyn Care Home came up with a new activity to lift residents' morale -- a life-size version of the children's board game Hungry Hungry Hippos. The object of the game is for each"hippo" to capture as many marbles as possible with its mouth. On Thursday, four staff members paired up with four residents and gathered around a pile of colorful plastic playpen balls.
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