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Around the home

The house, the work, and the ordinary days. We photograph people only with their consent, and never to make a point about them.

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Residents and staff laughing together over a board game.
An afternoon game
A staff member walking outside with two residents.
A walk outside
A man speaking into a microphone at a meeting in the hall.
A public meeting
Two residents helping a third down a staircase.
Coming down the stairs
People seated and listening at a gathering in the hall.
Listening
A woman speaking to a seated gathering in the hall.
Speaking to the gathering
Three residents holding handmade cloth flowers.
Work from the craft table
Residents and staff around a desk covered with handmade flowers.
Showing the week's work
Two staff members supporting an elderly man along a corridor.
Walking practice
A staff member at the bedside of an elderly resident.
Bedside care
A woman being helped through the gate and met at the door.
An arrival
A group talking at the gate of the house.
At the gate
Two elderly residents sitting on their beds.
The women's room
A man addressing a room of people seated at long tables.
A meeting in the hall
People at long tables listening to two men standing.
Talking it through
A group standing at the gate after dark.
A call after dark
People seated around the tables in the dining hall.
In the dining hall
An elderly resident sitting on her bed, wrapped in a shawl.
One of our elders
Four young men sitting together, one with a bandaged head.
Four who arrived together
Two staff members with a resident sitting on the edge of her bed.
A morning round
A resident walking with a frame, steadied from behind.
Learning to walk again
A man holding a young resident in an embrace.
An embrace
A young resident standing in the middle of the dining hall while others sit at the tables.
The middle of the room
Five young men sitting together on a bed with a staff member.
The men's room
Four people on the balcony, one of them seated in a wheelchair.
On the balcony
A large group of residents and staff on a day out in the hills.
A day out