{"id":6389,"date":"2022-02-07T13:18:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2022\/02\/07\/lifelong-burnage-resident-celebrates-104th-birthday-and-end-lockdown-restrictions\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T13:18:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T13:18:18","slug":"lifelong-burnage-resident-celebrates-104th-birthday-and-end-lockdown-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/lifelong-burnage-resident-celebrates-104th-birthday-and-end-lockdown-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifelong Burnage resident celebrates 104th birthday and end of lockdown restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lifelong Burnage resident&nbsp;Ada Louis&nbsp;celebrated her 104<sup>th<\/sup> birthday this weekend with a special party&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; the first since the pandemic struck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbeyfield.com\/residential-care-homes\/downing-house-in-manchester-at-m20-4pp\/\">Downing House<\/a>&nbsp;residential home worked hard to make Ada\u2019s landmark birthday extra special after a difficult two years.<\/p>\n<p>Ada, who was born in Burnage in 1918 and lived there her entire life, worked making artificial flowers by hand before working at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renold.com\/company\/history\/\">Hans Renold<\/a>&nbsp;chains factory in Didsbury.<\/p>\n<p>Ada moved to Downing House in 2020, at the very start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, lockdowns and restrictions meant that care homes could not receive visitors in order to protect residents and staff from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>This meant residents were unable to see their loved ones for many months, making it a very difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive Prof Martin Green said care homes had been &#8220;right at the frontline of this dreadful pandemic&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Figures released by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)&nbsp;showed that more than 39,000 care home residents died with the virus between 10 April 2020 and 31 March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Activities coordinator, Rubina Hewitt, told NQ: \u201cIt\u2019s been a difficult time for Ada and all the residents throughout the pandemic \u2013 being restricted from seeing their loved ones\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Downing House posted Ada\u2019s story on social media, asking the public to help make her day extra special by sending birthday cards after being unable to celebrate properly last year.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"782\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D378848844007438%26id%3D100056469759858&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rubina said: \u201cIt\u2019s been going really great. We\u2019ve had some great responses\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ada was \u201coverwhelmed\u201d by the amount of cards she received from the general public wishing her a happy birthday.<\/p>\n<p>The party, held at Downing House, included a live singer, who sang plenty of Frank Sinatra \u2013 Ada\u2019s favourite musician.<\/p>\n<p>The events of the day were well received by residents and staff who took part by wearing Frank Sinatra inspired hats,&nbsp;singing and dancing along.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6388\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2022\/02\/img_8032.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2022\/02\/img_8032.jpg 640w, https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2022\/02\/img_8032-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ada also thoroughly enjoyed the celebrations, telling NQ she had a \u201cbeautiful day\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Rubina said: \u201cAda really is the life and soul of Downing House.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>We love her so much, she has a beautiful smile that lights up any room<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ada, described as having great sense of humour, still recalls spending time going out in Burnage and even dancing on the tables.<\/p>\n<p>Rubina said: \u201cWhenever there is music playing, she\u2019s up dancing and singing along.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is always up for a laugh with the residents and staff members\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>After the celebrations, Ada told NQ the secret to a long life is ultimately \u201cbeing happy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cI only feel 25.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifelong Burnage resident&nbsp;Ada Louis&nbsp;celebrated her 104th birthday this weekend with a special party&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211; the first since the pandemic struck. 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