the memory of the ancients revived by the war in Europe

Reindeer (Ille-et-Vilaine)the hundred residents of an Ehpad meet on Thursday March 17. All are upset by the conflict in Ukraine which, for some, brings back painful memories. “I lost an aunt and my little cousin was amputated“, testifies one of them. “I still see the bombs coming out of planes“, says Marie-Thérèse Vaucellean 88-year-old resident. “Man is made to fight, it is not possible. It’s awful“, she adds. Yvonne Le Henaff89, another resident, wish talk about it, even if it’s hard. “It’s a horror, but you have to think about it”she says.

“They’re doubly hurt because they know it’s not over.”, May Yang Mouasocial worker at the Espace et Vie Rennes senior residence Bellangerais. In order to externalize the anxieties of the elderly, a speaking time was organized in the Ehpad. Residents also share their solidarity with Ukrainians.