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- Bell and Owen Turnbull, with Nina and Shirley. The couple will have been married for 60 years in 2015. PHOTO: Jane Hilton
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- David Brown, 70, with Bell, a silver-laced wyandotte. PHOTO: Jane Hilton
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- Tommy Appleby, 88, with Pam and Rose Appleby, who lives three miles from Wood Green but visits regularly, says the project ‘saved his life’. PHOTO: Jane Hilton
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- Doreen Railton, 88, with Betty, an ISA warren. PHOTO: Jane Hilton
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- Thomas ‘Ossie’ Cresswell, with Betty Cresswell, regularly takes the chickens he cares for on ‘roadshow’ trips to schools and retirement homes.
“Chickens Helping The Elderly Tackle Loneliness”
A study by the University of Northumbria last September found that the male participants of HenPower all reported improved wellbeing and reduced depression and loneliness. In one dementia care home it found that since the hens had arrived violent incidents by residents were down by 50%, and the use of antipsychotic drugs was so reduced that they were no longer issued routinely.
