Social support
Residents were happy to work with ACs, built friendships and loved participating in groups. Also, care home staff pointed out that engaging in the programme helped to establish positive resident-resident and resident-staff relationships. Some comments on social support included:"I (AC) think just like the social kind of bonding, it has brought us (staff and residents) all a bit closer I think."and:"They (residents) get really engaged and I think we (care home) have really enjoyed the social part of it as well. Just being with friends and doing something meaningful was great"and:"When there is a song playing, the carers around also join in and sing a couple of songs with residents and encourage them (residents) to do a couple of movements."