Palmers Green Care Home Receives Note-Worthy Gift From Jazz Club

Enfield care home residents have jazzed things up a bit thanks to a gift from the famous Ronnie Scott’s club.

Residents at Brookwater House Care Home, Oakthorpe Road, are thrilled they can now strike up a chord thanks to the Yamaha piano.

The generous gift is now filling the home full of music, proving a tonic to players and listeners alike.

Resident Gizzy Williams, aged 76, said:
“It’s wonderful to sit down at the keyboard again and enjoy playing.

“I used to play piano at home.”

Fellow resident May Doyle, aged 93, lives with dementia and started playing the piano at primary school. May later played at her local church so the chance to tinkle the ivories again is very welcome.

Brookwater House Customer Relations Manager Amba Shaw said everyone is delighted with the gift, which is now in the Bistro, the social hub of the home.

She said: “It’s wonderful to have music in our lives. It can offer so many benefits for our mental and physical well-being.

“Also, playing an instrument can be physically demanding, so it’s good for promoting movement, too, as well as bringing people together.

“We love having the piano and we would like to say a huge thank you to Ronnie Scott’s for this incredible gift.

“Listening to May and Gizzy play has certainly made everyone smile here at Brookwater House.”